The F1 Thread

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Every team interviewed has said this strategy was decided before the race even started.

 

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Cadillac bought a Super Bowl commercial to reveal their livery.

 

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On 12/2/2025 at 10:26 AM, Deleterious said:

 

Such a shame. I really liked him and thought he had a bright future.  That car is career ender.  

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Come on Lewis, just retire.  

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Max and Red Bull just gave up too much at the start of the year.  If they figure things out a few racers earlier, this might have ended up different.

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I did not know DRS was going away next year.  Not sure how I feel about that.

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Max had 421 points himself.  So his two teammates only contributed 30 points.

 

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New cars for next season raises the potential for a complete shifting of the grid.   I don’t think it’s likely but we could have a complete changing of the guard.   Who knows Aston Martin and Williams could end up fighting for a championship.    

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I can't remember what # Max used to have on his car.

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33 -  I was thinking about that yesterday.  For sure, Lando would take that #1 next year even if it’s just rub Max a bit.  

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I just got a push notification from The Athletic saying Lando will use #1.

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9 hours ago, Hongbit said:

New cars for next season raises the potential for a complete shifting of the grid.   I don’t think it’s likely but we could have a complete changing of the guard.   Who knows Aston Martin and Williams could end up fighting for a championship.    

I saw in the car write-up that they are narrowing tires by an inch. Seems like an interesting decision. Maybe it’s a match to the weight reduction?

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2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

I saw in the car write-up that they are narrowing tires by an inch. Seems like an interesting decision. Maybe it’s a match to the weight reduction?

All of the changes are to primarily solve the dirty air problem.   If they can limit the turbulence coming off the car, they hope this will allow for closer racing and more passing.  The tire narrowing is something they hope will help. 

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Sounds like Max is changing his number to 3.

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57 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

Reportedly NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle, his wife and son were qmong those on the plane

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Big if true.  He’s the only race engineer that Max has ever had.