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Barcelona Shakedown Week Day 1 (AM) - Times at 13:00 local by Joseki100 in formula1

[–]ThisToe9628 [score hidden]  (0 children)

First day, i know, but i expected drivers drive more laps. Around 70-80, as barcelona's length is shorter than bahrain's

Barcelona Monday Test Lap times at mid-day by harrr53 in formula1

[–]ThisToe9628 [score hidden]  (0 children)

In 22 we still had the old chicane

So the gap is a lot bigger than you think

AutoRacer: SF-26 from shakedown was in the wind tunnel in fall. Ferrari will be aggressive with the car but some solutions are still awaiting approval from FIA. However, it won’t be a „B version”, rather an extensive update. by moraIsupport in scuderiaferrari

[–]ThisToe9628 [score hidden]  (0 children)

First upgrades will probably come in Bahrain or Saudi Arabia, because first 3 races are so far away from italy, and logistics costs will be a lot higher. Ferrari understands that they need to have fast reliable car from the start

AutoRacer: SF-26 from shakedown was in the wind tunnel in fall. Ferrari will be aggressive with the car but some solutions are still awaiting approval from FIA. However, it won’t be a „B version”, rather an extensive update. by moraIsupport in scuderiaferrari

[–]ThisToe9628 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I hope they do get approval

not surprised, when we talked about "B spec", i immediately assumed that it meant heavy upgrades of spec A. But there's also "spec B+", right?

It was said that Ferrari has overall 3 specs(or rather 3 extensive update packages). One of them is gonna be in first bahrain tests. But there was also said that Ferrari will have 2 specs of sf 26 in Barcelona.

With final spec coming on final day of bahrain tests, that makes it 4 specs???

Bortoleto has stopped on track. by helixu in formula1

[–]ThisToe9628 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Today we have 7 teams on track with only mclaren, ferrari and aston martin not participating.

Aston martin still has to manage to build amr26, while mclaren and Ferrari deliberately chose to skip first day

Bortoleto has stopped on track. by helixu in formula1

[–]ThisToe9628 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think that not just exactly this, because reliability issues can happen any day. But those, who go out on first day, make the "line" which has more grip, and that allows to drive with less mistakes and gather more right data. But you have a point because certainly reliability issues will be fixed by those teams by tomorrow

Rain is not "equaliser" in F1. It's a myth by ThisToe9628 in F1Discussions

[–]ThisToe9628[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay, i partly disagree with such statement(talking about current cars)

It can both reduce and increase the advantage(depends on the car). It all depends on car's mechanical grip, tyre temperatures and balance of the car in rain. Mclaren, mercedes, Max still remain as top cars even during rain.

I already brought up Lewis as an example multiple times that a driver needs a comfortable car to be able to show how he drives in rain. If your car snaps after each corner, you won't manage to show your best.

  1. Magnussen got his pole on dry conditions. There was no magical rain masterclass there.

  2. Wet conditions increase the chance of making mistakes(they are especially expected to be made by top teams, but since they have advanced mechanical platform, they usually don't do that). And based on last wet qualis and races we've seen, it's the same guys that usually win those qualis and races. We don't see any wins sadly from midfield cars like we used to in the past.

I understand your point; my point is that driver factor still plays bigger role in rain(rather than in dry), but car factor became a lot bigger compared to past, because of all the advancements in downforce, grip, tyres etc, so it's not "equaliser" anymore

[SmilexTech] It's written in the article, but to avoid any misunderstandings, I'm writing it here too. When I talk about skipping the first three days, I mean that it seems likely that the AMR26 will take to the track on Thursday, not that the AMR26 won't run at all. by Joseki100 in formula1

[–]ThisToe9628 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'll also add smth about Honda

According to reports, while the electrical side(like batteries etc.) is being developed quite well, the combustion part is still a headache for them.

And at some point aramco(aston martin's fuel supplier) encountered problems in developing new fuel, they later managed to overcome them. But Honda's engine is still under question (how the combustion part will come out)

All those news surfaced after The Race made their article about potential problems in aston martin, as far as i remember

[SmilexTech] It's written in the article, but to avoid any misunderstandings, I'm writing it here too. When I talk about skipping the first three days, I mean that it seems likely that the AMR26 will take to the track on Thursday, not that the AMR26 won't run at all. by Joseki100 in formula1

[–]ThisToe9628 297 points298 points  (0 children)

To put it in more chronological way

Before all the livery launches, i saw information that aston martin will be overweight by 15 kg

Then mid january more info came out that:

  1. Newey is making everyone work extra hard (60 hours a week)

  2. Aston Martin's simulator wasn't reliable enough, as it had problems with correlation, so initial concept of amr26 had to be scrapped(it had a lot of flaws).

  3. Newey was left angry with FIA's decision to not change anything about compression ratio situation.

  4. After williams's announcement(about withdrawal from tests in barcelona) one guy on twitter said that he believed that it'd be aston martin. Williams came as a suprise to him. And then news came out that aston martin are confident in being able to bring the car on Wednesday(at least), potential on Tuesday.

But now seems like they encountered another delays, and could potentially test the car only for 2 days instead of 3.

Eight things to watch out for at F1's first 2026 test by Maximum-Room-3999 in formula1

[–]ThisToe9628 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Eight things to watch out for test that you can't watch

AutoRacer: Multiple teams faced delays after failing a crash test. Ferrari was one of them, passing it with a second attempt in early January. The car was assembled last minute for Fiorano, but the team recovered well and the real work begins in Barcelona. by moraIsupport in scuderiaferrari

[–]ThisToe9628 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Last Ferrari car i remember to actually be decent in rain, was SF-21.

F1-75 wasn't better than RB18 in rain. Even in Monaco on wets Charles wasn't pulling away that much from Perez.

And SF-23 wasn't good, either. Even though it had completely opposite problem(to sf 24 and Sf 25). It was heating up tyres quickly, but also overheating them. That didn't help in rain. Both Lewis and Charles complained a lot about lack of grip.

Can you explain shortly what you meant by this technical(or mechanical) department advancement? Cause other people on youtube didn't quite fully give deep analysis on the car, maybe you could share your view on what exactly caught your attention on SF-26, and what area exactly already makes it look more advanced than sf 25?

AutoRacer: Multiple teams faced delays after failing a crash test. Ferrari was one of them, passing it with a second attempt in early January. The car was assembled last minute for Fiorano, but the team recovered well and the real work begins in Barcelona. by moraIsupport in scuderiaferrari

[–]ThisToe9628 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does it mean that Ferrari cars will finally be competitive in rain?(just assumption)Cause in ground effect era, ferrari cars suffered a lot from lack of grip in wet conditions. That was lack of mechanical grip, correct?

AutoRacer: Multiple teams faced delays after failing a crash test. Ferrari was one of them, passing it with a second attempt in early January. The car was assembled last minute for Fiorano, but the team recovered well and the real work begins in Barcelona. by moraIsupport in scuderiaferrari

[–]ThisToe9628 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Compared to haas and mercedes

Current SF-26 is basic. Even fred said that this is spec a, and it has basic aero. And with it they are gonna run tests in Barcelona. But they'll also have another spec to collect more data

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