*****OFFICIAL FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX THREAD***** (1 Viewer)

[TennesseeJed]

There's a lot more variation than usual in the teams' tire availability for race day. McLaren sitting pretty with two sets of new hards and one set of new mediums. Pirelli doesn't say how old the used tires are but some may just be scuffed for a lap or two.

https://x.com/adamcooperF1/status/1926334566857351312

Remind me again - is this a mandatory 2-stop, or is it a mandatory 3 tire compounds?

If its 3 tire compounds, having the extra hards won't matter much, but if it's just a mandatory 2-top, and 2 tire compounds, that could be a factor.


I think the timing of safety cars will be a bigger impact than tire choices.

 

[The Gator]

There's a lot more variation than usual in the teams' tire availability for race day. McLaren sitting pretty with two sets of new hards and one set of new mediums. Pirelli doesn't say how old the used tires are but some may just be scuffed for a lap or two.

https://x.com/adamcooperF1/status/1926334566857351312

Remind me again - is this a mandatory 2-stop, or is it a mandatory 3 tire compounds?

If its 3 tire compounds, having the extra hards won't matter much, but if it's just a mandatory 2-top, and 2 tire compounds, that could be a factor.


I think the timing of safety cars will be a bigger impact than tire choices.

Two stop, still mandatory two compounds though for a dry race, not three

should be MHH(papaya) or MMH(fLeclerc)

 

[Eephus]

There's a lot more variation than usual in the teams' tire availability for race day. McLaren sitting pretty with two sets of new hards and one set of new mediums. Pirelli doesn't say how old the used tires are but some may just be scuffed for a lap or two.

https://x.com/adamcooperF1/status/1926334566857351312

Remind me again - is this a mandatory 2-stop, or is it a mandatory 3 tire compounds?

If its 3 tire compounds, having the extra hards won't matter much, but if it's just a mandatory 2-top, and 2 tire compounds, that could be a factor.


I think the timing of safety cars will be a bigger impact than tire choices.

Two stop, still mandatory two compounds though for a dry race, not three

should be MHH(papaya) or MMH(fLeclerc)

Kind of silly for both Allpeens to have three sets of new softs in the garage. I could kind of understand sending Colapinto out on mediums in Q1 to try something different but committing both cars to that qualifying strategy couldn't have worked out worse.

 

[Skipdog77]

Hamilton with a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Verstappen in Q1. Ferrari told Lewis that Max was approaching on a fast lap, then inexplicably told Lewis he was slowing down (Narrator: He wasn't.). Lewis started to speed up and move into the racing line just as Max was coming through. Was probably a fun Ferrari team meeting after that.

 

[The Gator]

Love these

Charles vs Lando Ghost Car

 

[TennesseeJed]

Baby Bulls playing a blinder in the strategy game.

Hadjar already with 2 stops and in the points.

 

[TennesseeJed]

Mercedes, on the other hand is having a nightmare weekend.

Behind Hadjar, and yet to pit either car.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Liam Lawson should win driver of the day
-QG

 

[TennesseeJed]

Dumb "race"

 

[TennesseeJed]

FIA have to do something before next year. Understand Russell's frustration, tough penalty to take in an otherwise very poor weekend from Mercedes.

 

[thecatch]

FIA have to do something before next year. Understand Russell's frustration, tough penalty to take in an otherwise very poor weekend from Mercedes.

This track sucks. It's a cool visual to see the cars driving through Monaco but I'm not sure there's any rule change that could salvage this race from an entertainment standpoint.

 

[TennesseeJed]

Even the final lap drama was manufactured by Max backing up the leaders.

 

[culdeus]

The cars are simply too big. Should just change it to a sprint and a 5 lap time trial or something

 

[TennesseeJed]

We should have added a category in our pre-season predictions - best driver signing of the year.



Mercedes wins that, with very little competition.


Valtteri Bottas is clearly the best driver signing by any team in years. Relaxed Bottas is worth his weight in gold for his social media presence alone.

 

[Eephus]

This track sucks. It's a cool visual to see the cars driving through Monaco but I'm not sure there's any rule change that could salvage this race from an entertainment standpoint

Former F1 driver and current track designer (and GP drivers association chairman) Alex Wurz suggested some minor changes to the Monaco circuit to promote overtaking.

 

[TennesseeJed]

This track sucks. It's a cool visual to see the cars driving through Monaco but I'm not sure there's any rule change that could salvage this race from an entertainment standpoint

Former F1 driver and current track designer (and GP drivers association chairman) Alex Wurz suggested some minor changes to the Monaco circuit to promote overtaking.

I saw that - interesting ideas.

Also interesting to see a number of drivers content to leave things as they are.

I was reading something today about a "discussion" Wolff and James Vowel were having in the paddock - and Vowles suggested one solution could be to "allow" what Russell did during the race.

If that move had been a 5-second penalty - then it would have encouraged cars to go faster on the track, instead of the slow down tactics that we saw. Otherwise, drivers behind cut corner, and there is no incentive to back up the field.

 

[The Gator]

This track sucks. It's a cool visual to see the cars driving through Monaco but I'm not sure there's any rule change that could salvage this race from an entertainment standpoint

Former F1 driver and current track designer (and GP drivers association chairman) Alex Wurz suggested some minor changes to the Monaco circuit to promote overtaking.

I saw that - interesting ideas.

Also interesting to see a number of drivers content to leave things as they are.

I was reading something today about a "discussion" Wolff and James Vowel were having in the paddock - and Vowles suggested one solution could be to "allow" what Russell did during the race.

If that move had been a 5-second penalty - then it would have encouraged cars to go faster on the track, instead of the slow down tactics that we saw. Otherwise, drivers behind cut corner, and there is no incentive to back up the field.

Can’t they just have a minimum lap delta like they do in quali?

If you go below that delta, penalty

 

[TennesseeJed]

This track sucks. It's a cool visual to see the cars driving through Monaco but I'm not sure there's any rule change that could salvage this race from an entertainment standpoint

Former F1 driver and current track designer (and GP drivers association chairman) Alex Wurz suggested some minor changes to the Monaco circuit to promote overtaking.

I saw that - interesting ideas.

Also interesting to see a number of drivers content to leave things as they are.

I was reading something today about a "discussion" Wolff and James Vowel were having in the paddock - and Vowles suggested one solution could be to "allow" what Russell did during the race.

If that move had been a 5-second penalty - then it would have encouraged cars to go faster on the track, instead of the slow down tactics that we saw. Otherwise, drivers behind cut corner, and there is no incentive to back up the field.

Can’t they just have a minimum lap delta like they do in quali?

If you go below that delta, penalty

I don't think that penalty works - since the cars that are slowing, are already out of contention - they are trying to help a teammate who is ahead of them.

 

[Eephus]

This track sucks. It's a cool visual to see the cars driving through Monaco but I'm not sure there's any rule change that could salvage this race from an entertainment standpoint

Former F1 driver and current track designer (and GP drivers association chairman) Alex Wurz suggested some minor changes to the Monaco circuit to promote overtaking.

I saw that - interesting ideas.

Also interesting to see a number of drivers content to leave things as they are.

I was reading something today about a "discussion" Wolff and James Vowel were having in the paddock - and Vowles suggested one solution could be to "allow" what Russell did during the race.

If that move had been a 5-second penalty - then it would have encouraged cars to go faster on the track, instead of the slow down tactics that we saw. Otherwise, drivers behind cut corner, and there is no incentive to back up the field.

Can’t they just have a minimum lap delta like they do in quali?

If you go below that delta, penalty

I don't think that penalty works - since the cars that are slowing, are already out of contention - they are trying to help a teammate who is ahead of them.

Regular qualifying on Saturday
Lego cars on Sunday

 

[The Gator]

This track sucks. It's a cool visual to see the cars driving through Monaco but I'm not sure there's any rule change that could salvage this race from an entertainment standpoint

Former F1 driver and current track designer (and GP drivers association chairman) Alex Wurz suggested some minor changes to the Monaco circuit to promote overtaking.

I saw that - interesting ideas.

Also interesting to see a number of drivers content to leave things as they are.

I was reading something today about a "discussion" Wolff and James Vowel were having in the paddock - and Vowles suggested one solution could be to "allow" what Russell did during the race.

If that move had been a 5-second penalty - then it would have encouraged cars to go faster on the track, instead of the slow down tactics that we saw. Otherwise, drivers behind cut corner, and there is no incentive to back up the field.

Can’t they just have a minimum lap delta like they do in quali?

If you go below that delta, penalty

I don't think that penalty works - since the cars that are slowing, are already out of contention - they are trying to help a teammate who is ahead of them.

I didn’t specify the penalty…lol.

If one car puts in two laps in a row under the delta, both cars get a drive through penalty.

Kaboom.

 

[The Gator]

This track sucks. It's a cool visual to see the cars driving through Monaco but I'm not sure there's any rule change that could salvage this race from an entertainment standpoint

Former F1 driver and current track designer (and GP drivers association chairman) Alex Wurz suggested some minor changes to the Monaco circuit to promote overtaking.

I saw that - interesting ideas.

Also interesting to see a number of drivers content to leave things as they are.

I was reading something today about a "discussion" Wolff and James Vowel were having in the paddock - and Vowles suggested one solution could be to "allow" what Russell did during the race.

If that move had been a 5-second penalty - then it would have encouraged cars to go faster on the track, instead of the slow down tactics that we saw. Otherwise, drivers behind cut corner, and there is no incentive to back up the field.

Can’t they just have a minimum lap delta like they do in quali?

If you go below that delta, penalty

I don't think that penalty works - since the cars that are slowing, are already out of contention - they are trying to help a teammate who is ahead of them.

I didn’t specify the penalty…lol.

If one car puts in two laps in a row under the delta, both cars get a drive through penalty.

Kaboom.

I dare you to tell me this doesn't work.


Gator > MBS

 

[Eephus]

Gator > MBS

That's a low bar to clear

 

[TennesseeJed]

This track sucks. It's a cool visual to see the cars driving through Monaco but I'm not sure there's any rule change that could salvage this race from an entertainment standpoint

Former F1 driver and current track designer (and GP drivers association chairman) Alex Wurz suggested some minor changes to the Monaco circuit to promote overtaking.

I saw that - interesting ideas.

Also interesting to see a number of drivers content to leave things as they are.

I was reading something today about a "discussion" Wolff and James Vowel were having in the paddock - and Vowles suggested one solution could be to "allow" what Russell did during the race.

If that move had been a 5-second penalty - then it would have encouraged cars to go faster on the track, instead of the slow down tactics that we saw. Otherwise, drivers behind cut corner, and there is no incentive to back up the field.

Can’t they just have a minimum lap delta like they do in quali?

If you go below that delta, penalty

I don't think that penalty works - since the cars that are slowing, are already out of contention - they are trying to help a teammate who is ahead of them.

I didn’t specify the penalty…lol.

If one car puts in two laps in a row under the delta, both cars get a drive through penalty.

Kaboom.

It took me a while - but I think I now understand what you are saying here - you want both cars from the offending team to do a drive through.


At first, it read to me like you wanted the slow car, and the car following it to both get the penalty

 

[The Gator]

Interesting strategy from Charles in Q3

 

[TennesseeJed]

Interesting strategy from Charles in Q3

I was driving to Nashville this morning so I was listening to it, and wasn’t sure I heard them correctly when they said Leclerc was getting out of the car as the other drivers were making their 2nd runs in Q3.

 

[The Gator]

Interesting strategy from Charles in Q3

I was driving to Nashville this morning so I was listening to it, and wasn’t sure I heard them correctly when they said Leclerc was getting out of the car as the other drivers were making their 2nd runs in Q3.

Yup

Read afterwards that he chose to save an extra set of tires for the race and not use them in quali. Should be interesting to see if he’s right or not

 

[TennesseeJed]

Interesting strategy from Charles in Q3

I was driving to Nashville this morning so I was listening to it, and wasn’t sure I heard them correctly when they said Leclerc was getting out of the car as the other drivers were making their 2nd runs in Q3.

Yup

Read afterwards that he chose to save an extra set of tires for the race and not use them in quali. Should be interesting to see if he’s right or not

Ferrari strategy guys are usually spot on…

 

[The Gator]

Interesting strategy from Charles in Q3

I was driving to Nashville this morning so I was listening to it, and wasn’t sure I heard them correctly when they said Leclerc was getting out of the car as the other drivers were making their 2nd runs in Q3.

Yup

Read afterwards that he chose to save an extra set of tires for the race and not use them in quali. Should be interesting to see if he’s right or not

Ferrari strategy guys are usually spot on…

This one is 100% on sCharl..he made the call

 

[The Gator]

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/s/jXL07rs0mr

 

[TennesseeJed]

In some ways it makes sense

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/s/jXL07rs0mr

He still could have handled it better imo - with track evolution, he should have waited to make his lone attempt and gone out with everyone else making their 2nd runs.

 

[The Gator]

In some ways it makes sense

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/s/jXL07rs0mr

He still could have handled it better imo - with track evolution, he should have waited to make his lone attempt and gone out with everyone else making their 2nd runs.

absolutely

 

[Eephus]

Stroll withdraws from the Grand Prix and will undergo wrist surgery next week.

I assume he'll be back in time for his home race in two weeks but I'm hoping for Drugovich season.

 

[TennesseeJed]

Stroll withdraws from the Grand Prix and will undergo wrist surgery next week.

I assume he'll be back in time for his home race in two weeks but I'm hoping for Drugovich season.

Do I understand correctly that he (Drugovich) can’t race tomorrow?

 

[Eephus]

Stroll withdraws from the Grand Prix and will undergo wrist surgery next week.

I assume he'll be back in time for his home race in two weeks but I'm hoping for Drugovich season.

Do I understand correctly that he (Drugovich) can’t race tomorrow?

That's my understanding because Lahnce qualified the car. If he had withdrawn earlier in the weekend, Drugovich could have stepped in.

I'm curious to see Drugo back in a car, it's been 2 1/2 years since he won F2 which is an eternity in racing.

 

[TennesseeJed]

What are the odds of Norris and Piastri clashing and taking each other out in turn 1?

 

[TennesseeJed]

Charles knows best...

 

[TennesseeJed]

Verstappen - doing Verstappen things when the race falls apart.

 

[TennesseeJed]

Interesting results now for Verstappen and Red Bull.

Now, he is 49 points behind Piastri, and Red Bull showing no signs of catching McLaren - even after the front wing rules adjustments.

At some point I think Red Bull have to start to consider 2026. I thought they would stick with the 2025 car, and continue to work to bring upgrades in an effort to deliver the Driver's Championship - but that is fast approaching becoming a lost cause.


At this stage I think most teams can devote more development time/costs to 2026 without compromising their 2025 position. McLaren have no serious contender in the Constructor's championship, and have teammates fighting for the Driver's Championship. Ferrari have nothing left to prove this season - they are on par with Mercedes behind McLaren and Max, and Mercedes are in the same boat - no practical difference between 2-3rd in the constructor's championship.

And with the new Regs next year, every team will be hoping to get off to a strong start, thus using as much development time as they can now.

 

[QuizGuy66]

A little hindsight but verstappen would have been best served to stay out on the softs he was already on. Lawson stayed out (pitted Lap 46 vs Verstappen pitting Lap 48) and only lost position to Alonso. Obviously tougher up front but the older softs would have surely been better.

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

And yeah it is getting close to the point where everyone should probably go the way Williams has and put it all on 2026.

With Constructors race the way it is we are getting close to where they can have the two orange cars just have a straight up battle. Unfortunate but true.

Is there no way they can revisit what Verstappen did and up the penalty later or no?

Mighty race from Hulk! Is he locked in to Sauber for next year? Seems like he could be a decent option as the veteran driver for the new Cadillac team.

-QG

 

[The Gator]

Verstappen - doing Verstappen things when the race falls apart.

It was a perfect storm. Charles nudged him, then George did ….Max was feeling picked on

 

[TennesseeJed]

Is there no way they can revisit what Verstappen did and up the penalty later or no?

They did - sort of - they handed him 3 penalty points - bringing him to 11.

12 points is a 1-race ban.


But, its a rolling 12 months, and I don't know when points start coming off of Verstappen's license.

 

[QuizGuy66]

June 30th two of the points roll off.
-QG

 

[The Gator]

June 30th two of the points roll off.
-QG

Was just going to say, seems like two more races until he loses some.


Come on sassy max

 

[The Gator]

Verstappen - doing Verstappen things when the race falls apart.

Haven’t dug deeper yet, but saw a post from the stewards saying that George did force Max off and they were not going to have Max give the spot back.

RIP GP?

 

[QuizGuy66]

Yeah the stewards putting a little salt in the would lol.
-QG

 

[TennesseeJed]

2026 F1 race schedule

March 6-8, Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne

March 13-15, Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai

March 27-29, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka

April 10-12, Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir

April 17-19, Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Jeddah

May 1-3, Miami Grand Prix, Miami Gardens

May 22-24, Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal

June 5-7, Monaco Grand Prix, Monaco

June 12-14, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona

June 26-28, Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg

July 3-5, British Grand Prix, Silverstone

July 17-19, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps

July 24-26, Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest

Aug. 21-23, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort

Sept. 4-6, Italian Grand Prix, Monza

Sept. 11-13, Madrid Grand Prix, Madrid

Sept. 25-27, Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku

Oct. 9-11, Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore

Oct. 23-25, U.S. Grand Prix, Austin

Oct. 30-Nov. 1, Mexico Grand Prix, Mexico City

Nov. 6-8, Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo

Nov. 19-21, Las Vegas Grand Prix, Las Vegas

Nov. 27-29, Qatar Grand Prix, Lusail

Dec. 4-6, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina

 

[gianmarco]

I don't follow racing at all, and I get this isn't the same thing, but going to an Indycar race tomorrow with my girls to check it out for the first time. Hoping it's a good time.

Any shtick or tips always welcome

 

[TennesseeJed]

I have become oddly fascinated with the F1 Academy races this season - they have had 3 races this weekend in Montreal.

Competitive racing, with some evenly match cars.

 

[TennesseeJed]

Of course - 3 safety cars in 17 laps today...