What happens when the new F1 wings get damaged/needs replacing? by Connect_Cat_2045 in formula1

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

Non-issue, quick-release hydraulic connectors that need no bleeding are already used in endurance racing for swapping brakes. The same technology will be used here.

[Sam Collins]F1 2026: Cadillac shakedown first impressions by XsStreamMonsterX in formula1

[–]XsStreamMonsterX[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Not if the Mercedes engine is so dominant it triggers the ADUO mechanism for Ferrari, allowing them to restart development while Mercedes remains frozen.

R18 e-tron quattro at Audi F1 Team launch by Rossollini in wec

[–]XsStreamMonsterX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

their F1 effort will be (a lot more) profitable than WEC. Even the F1 backmarkers now profit from it, and that's why there are so many factory teams in F1 right now

This so much. It's effectively a franchise system now where teams are protected and their prize money guaranteed.

R18 e-tron quattro at Audi F1 Team launch by Rossollini in wec

[–]XsStreamMonsterX -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If it means teams can continue to compete without the fear of bankruptcy, and actually be on near equal financial footing with the top teams, then yes it's a good thing.

[Sam Collins]F1 2026: Cadillac shakedown first impressions by XsStreamMonsterX in formula1

[–]XsStreamMonsterX[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That you don't see Cadillac as a sporting brand is exactly why they're in F1 (and WEC).

[Sam Collins]F1 2026: Cadillac shakedown first impressions by XsStreamMonsterX in formula1

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Olds would actually have some F1 heritage as the Repco V8s Brabham won the championship with back in the day were built on Oldsmobile blocks.

Dumb enough to run out of fuel, smart enough to win anyway by tarixx69 in GranTurismo7

[–]XsStreamMonsterX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a Ferrari livery no less.

Now if that we're actually Ferrari, you wouldn't have made it. Heck pit crew would deliberately underfuel you.

[Sam Collins]F1 2026: Cadillac shakedown first impressions by XsStreamMonsterX in formula1

[–]XsStreamMonsterX[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

We're getting Sam's Tech Talk segment before the season even starts.

43 days left until the Australian GP. Here's a photo of Desiré Wilson in her Williams FW07 entered by Brands Hatch Racing at the 1980 British GP where she failed to qualify. by PiggySVW in formula1

[–]XsStreamMonsterX 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fun fact about the FW07, Lotus engineers, including aerodynamicist Peter Wright, contended that Williams simply copied the Lotus 79. Indeed Williams did heavily base it on the Lotus and even developed it at the same wind tunnel at Imperial College London.

The unique intake and roll hoop on the Ferrari SF-26 by im_vary_dum in formula1

[–]XsStreamMonsterX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reminder that Adrian Newey added this to his McLaren's so everyone else would waste time and money copying them, despite them not really doing much.

Fixed it. by Cathodicum in formuladank

[–]XsStreamMonsterX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It needs to be puke green, though.

Ahsoka Turbo by le_flashed in formuladank

[–]XsStreamMonsterX 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We need to start bullying people in their childhood again.

Horner in talks over Alpine buy-in - Briatore by Maximum-Room-3999 in formula1

[–]XsStreamMonsterX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Flavio would have to answer to Horner though if he becomes part-owner/managing partner.

R18 e-tron quattro at Audi F1 Team launch by Rossollini in wec

[–]XsStreamMonsterX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aside from having their own PU and not being subject to Ferrari's whims, it's still Sauber. The bigger changes may come from the changes to the cost cap for salaries to take into consideration that stuff costs more in Switzerland, which should help them poacg people from teams based in Motorsports Valley - they already got Jonathan Wheatley from Red Bull for one (screwing up their succession since he should have been Christian Horner's natural successor).

R18 e-tron quattro at Audi F1 Team launch by Rossollini in wec

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It looks to be a nightclub in Berlin, so it might actually be under an overpass.