F1 2026 Chinese F1 Grand Prix - Race Weekend Thread

[Nuggs Bunny]

Kimi is gonna get another 5 seconds

 

[RWnBluey]

Just flicked over from the footy. Oscar was just behind Lando last I checked. What happened?

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Just flicked over from the footy. Oscar was just behind Lando last I checked. What happened?

McLaren double stacked the pitstop and Oscar lost out as he was behind

 

[juice t]

Antonelli went wide last corner

 

[juice t]

Antonelli once again getting rewarded for his own error

 

[jb04]

Kimi so shit on the restart Oscar may get punished lol

 

[gaskin]

What a joke. It isn't Oscar's fault that Kimi is shit.

 

[Bedi]

Having seen a second 'race' now i think the comparison to T20 cricket is there. Whereas once hitting six was a big deal - and a real treat for the spectators, you get 'maximums' (the word makes me cringe) every over now. And you could def argue the same would apply for overtaking if what we've seen in Australia and China happens every single race.

 

[NSWCROW]

What happens if Kimi just plain-old ****s up that final left-hander coming onto the pit straight ?

Oscar just has to **** his own race due to other's incompetence ?

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Very good sprint race. Love the tussle from Russell and Hamilton at the start. And safety car, we got a good finish

 

[Bedi]

also love how everyone manages to overtake each other with the exception of Oscar.

 

[jb04]

Having seen a second 'race' now i think the comparison to T20 cricket is there. Whereas once hitting six was a big deal - and a real treat for the spectators, you get 'maximums' (the word makes me cringe) every over now. And you could def argue the same would apply for overtaking if what we've seen in Australia and China happens every single race.

Ehhhh, fans have been screaming out for years to make these cars better at following and overtaking.

More sixes is as contrived as more overtakes, I'll admit. Smaller grounds, bigger bats, harder balls. And here we have push to overtake.

The other extreme is zero overtaking aids and before you know it, you're stuck behind Vitaly Petrov for an entire race and someone else wins the WDC as a result.

 

[Bedi]

Very good sprint race. Love the tussle from Russell and Hamilton at the start. And safety car, we got a good finish

Up there with the best we've seen, but possibly because we don't get too many safety cars in sprints

 

[Bedi]

Ehhhh, fans have been screaming out for years to make these cars better at following and overtaking.

More sixes is as contrived as more overtakes, I'll admit. Smaller grounds, bigger bats, harder balls. And here we have push to overtake.

The other extreme is zero overtaking aids and before you know it, you're stuck behind Vitaly Petrov for an entire race and someone else wins the WDC as a result.

i was on here arguing the same thing last week – so it's conflicting, i know!

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

I think sprint races will eventually become a regular race at every event.
Sprint & qualifying on Saturday.
Normal race on Sunday

 

[jb04]

Cadillac need to change their adhesive sponsor because they had bodywork flying off last week as well.

 

[juice t]

I think sprint races will eventually become a regular race at every event.
Sprint & qualifying on Saturday.
Normal race on Sunday

Bringing MotoGP and F1 programming closer together

 

[Cromulant]

Ehhhh, fans have been screaming out for years to make these cars better at following and overtaking.

More sixes is as contrived as more overtakes, I'll admit. Smaller grounds, bigger bats, harder balls. And here we have push to overtake.

The other extreme is zero overtaking aids and before you know it, you're stuck behind Vitaly Petrov for an entire race and someone else wins the WDC as a result.

Are they actually better at following though ??

Genuine question, or is it the power usage.

 

[BIRDBRAIN]

Overtaking is now completely meaningless, what have they done.

 

[jb04]

Are they actually better at following though ??

Genuine question, or is it the power usage.

Nah I don’t really think so. Small sample size for this season but from what I’ve seen unless it’s wheel to wheel it’s a bit more of settle in outside the dirty air to manage fuel and tires like before.

 

[happy_eagle]

With the cars once again seemingly figuring themselves out after a few laps of chaos, does this mean the race will be the same, or have they now got the data they need to know where to deploy in the race?

 

[satty]

Are they actually better at following though ??

Genuine question, or is it the power usage.

Think the dirty air generated by the car has been significantly reduced in conjunction with the introduction of the various battery harnessing and deployment modes.

The front wing system complexity has been drastically reduced.

 

[Barrybran]

Yeah. 1 race and 1 sprint in, these regs ****ing blow

I think these regs have made things more interesting early in a race. Sprints were basically a DRS train last year. It's nice seeing some wheel-to-wheel action at the front.

 

[Vader]

Yes Crofty Kimi's pit stop was a shocker because he observed his penalty.

I didn't think they were allowed to serve penalties under SC conditions? They definitely can's in Supercars - it's mind boggling that they would be allowed to in F1.

 

[Vader]

Think the dirty air generated by the car has been significantly reduced in conjunction with the introduction of the various battery harnessing and deployment modes.

The front wing system complexity has been drastically reduced.

That, and the fact that they're going a LOT slower (several seconds per lap) this year, meaning less disturbed air to begin with.