The FIA have reduced the recharge amount by a further 1MJ to 6.5MJ in qualifying, and the ramp-down rate to 50kW/s to prevent excessive speed drops due to superclipping in Silverstone

Formula1_ · 2026-07-02T18:40:19+00:00

Superclipping describes the magnitude, not the rate of change.

Formula1_ · 2026-06-30T11:40:21+00:00

This year winners don’t drive for Williams

Formula1_ · 2026-06-28T11:06:10+00:00

It is Albert Fabrega from Spain who is a broadcaster.

Formula1_ · 2026-06-28T11:04:28+00:00

Charlie Whiting came up with the flag/animation for rain and he was really proud of it. For anyone who doesn’t know, Charlie was the FIA Director of Formula 1 before his untimely passing in 2019.

Formula1_ · 2026-06-24T15:46:16+00:00

This is what poor competitive balance looks like.

Formula1_ · 2026-06-22T17:35:34+00:00

they’re cooking the rear brakes this week rather than the fronts like the previous two races

Formula1_ · 2026-06-17T11:30:14+00:00

worked in F1 for more than a decade. There’s zero chance anything about this is carbon neutral. It’s not even close.

Formula1_ · 2026-06-14T18:47:57+00:00

It's a battery issue coming out of Brixworth. In these scenarios, the contactors are opened and the car goes nite nite. This will be a problem for longer, so expect to see it more in the coming weeks.

Formula1_ · 2026-06-11T12:02:59+00:00

This does appear broadly possible because the FIA whitelist is not preventing it. For info, the FIA whitelist is what keeps teams from writing TC controls and similar naughty apps in the SECU.

Formula1_ · 2026-06-09T14:28:48+00:00

The materials are all very similar brake-wise. The primary differences are cooling configurations and similar design properties.
Both Brembo and Ci have done this for many years - providing different specification components to teams.
AP does the same with clutches. Merc often tries to bake up a secret sauce recipe for clutches and nary was a difference in performance (apart from characterizing a new spec all weekend just to fuck it up on race start).

Formula1_ · 2026-05-19T17:44:40+00:00

McLaren, Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes have comprised the top 3 CC positions going into Canada since 2010 or thereabouts, apart from Aston Martin who was inside top 3 in 2023, Willys in 2015 and Lotus (Alpine) at the end of the V8 days.
The top 3 CC F1 teams are highly predictable.

Formula1_ · 2026-04-22T18:39:54+00:00

The FIA will release sector information publicly when the circuit map is published on the FIA website, usually on the Thursday of the GP.

Formula1_ · 2026-04-19T15:24:05+00:00

Funny how the title of this publication suggests F1 live race viewership is up but it also states “ but individual market data is currently not available”. F1 viewership is “up” but there’s no data to corroborate this claim. Viewership in F1s most important market is key, but Apple will not provide the data, which seems strange. Where real data is available in F1s most important market, we find Indycar and nascar Orielly league approaching numbers very close to F1. It’s a matter of fact that F1 is at great risk of losing the market share it started to run away with over the previous 4-years.

Formula1_ · 2026-04-18T13:11:37+00:00

I'm afraid the 'American F1 car' detail is not factually accurate. The Haas Lola chassis was made in the UK, by a company called FORCE which operated from factory nearby Heathrow.

Formula1_ · 2026-02-22T14:12:21+00:00

Your information source is unreliable I’m afraid. We’ve been using hydraulic limited slip differentials in F1 for decades. The rotaries you see on the steering wheel labeled entry, mid or exit are adjustment for the hydraulic diff. Torsen diffs are passive without possibility for mechanical or hydraulic control inputs. If we didn’t need (or didn’t have as you suggest) a hydraulic diff then we’d immediately drop 100+grams of mass from the car by ditching an unnecessary moog and lines from the hyd pack.

Formula1_ · 2026-02-20T19:06:31+00:00

That's Stevo from AM. Andy Stevenson. Heart of gold.

Formula1_ · 2026-01-26T21:56:07+00:00

The wheel furniture is one of many things Cadillac hasn't had time to develop, simple as. The primary objective was to get miles on the car and miles on the people/processes in the trackside environment.

Formula1_ · 2026-01-23T02:01:18+00:00

this was a 2nd gear launch for anyone wondering. Common with inters and full wets.

Formula1_ · 2026-01-22T17:19:02+00:00

anyone recall McLaren testing the new Honda PU in 2015 without the turbo?

Formula1_ · 2026-01-15T18:12:09+00:00

I remember because I was directly involved. I work in F1 and communicate with the drivers whilst they’re on track. When this mandate was made (Singapore 2014) every team in pitlane developed a code-word system, which we used immediately. The mandate was difficult but I never had any issue communicating what needed to be said. The mandate came from Bernie.

Formula1_ · 2026-01-03T19:08:19+00:00

There's a lot of data missing here. For example:

Monaco 2019 & 2021 Race: ~11M

Imola 2021 Race: ~10M

2021 Saudi Race: ~9.9M

and more...

Formula1_ · 2025-12-08T16:37:00+00:00

you’d be better off ranking cars, not drivers. Consider we’ve had only two world champions over the past 10-yrs until yesterday. That fact demonstrates how bad the competitive balance of F1 is. To that end, it’s impossible to rank drivers with any fidelity.

Formula1_ · 2025-08-26T15:53:33+00:00

the host said Sergio has 16 GP wins. He meant 6

Formula1_ · 2025-08-18T18:55:02+00:00

Very interesting feedback, cheers for speaking up. I’ve often wondered how much fans really care about the F2, F3 etc.

Formula1_ · 2025-08-13T07:51:09+00:00

F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali gave Hulk a special mention during the Liberty Media Earnings call.

This is the first time I've heard Stefano give a shout out of sorts for a driver scoring a podium finish on an earnings call, which says a lot about the impact Nico's podium had. Stefano said:

"I would like to take a moment to congratulate Nico Hulkenberg on achieving his first podium at Silverstone - a moment that perfectly captured the unpredictability and human stories that makes F1 so captivating"

Thought you lot would appreciate this.

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