Yeh, Max definitely Called It.
Wondering if we’ll see another FOTA or Intercontinental series raise its head again? Usually does each time the FIA is fucking-up badly…
Meanwhile, all commentators, everywhere:
“La, la, la, what exciting and competitive racing we’re having this year, these new regs are really, really SUPER and the Emperor of Fairyland is absolutely not stark-bollock fucking naked and threatening to take away our broadcasting franchise if we dare to acknowledge how shitted-up it all is… La, la, la…”
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Apparently Max isnt enjoying not winning
There is probably some appropriate meme somewhere
As a young guy, he is showing the signs of being a dinosaur.
Adapt or die.
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Actually finding this season rather interesting.
Haven’t been able to say that in years.
Yes it’s different.. Times change.
Lots of place swapping and without a SC boosted pitstop Ant might not have won it.
Those who are complaining need to learn to use the tools better / improve their cars
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Agreed. Miss M and I watched and enjoyed.
Kimi A leading by 12s, being told “you can back off now” and then putting in the fastest lap of the race was fun.
A very successful - on paper - weekend for him. Qualify on pole, fastest lap, and the win. I’m sure he would prefer not to have dropped back at the start.
George Russell’s “f*ck my luck” was understandable when Kimi was able to take advantage of the SC.
Didn’t realise from the coverage just how big Bearman’s shunt was!
Speed differential was huge - questions being asked..
Pics of the wreckage from the other side show all.
Can always happen due to failure etc but this was due to deployment / recovery differences?
Can’t exactly apply the highway code!
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I find myself in the unusual position of being a grumpy.old bugger with regards to the new rules.
I appreciate it’s early days for all the teams , but the vast majority of “overtakes” yesterday seemed to reflect the randomness of the algo-driven deployment of electricity?
Hardly “brave overtakes" as the commentators appear to have been instructed by Stefano to call them.
The limit will always be the limit, and better drivers will always find it quicker, but with my extremely limited / non-existent technical knowledge, I’m worried that big-balls corners are a thing of the past with these regs.
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The limit has always been defined or limited by grip / tyre management, fuel management, reliability management and ‘some’ driver / team skill to bring it all together.
The near total destruction of being able to follow a car effectively to pass in recent memory, and the introduction of in my view the even more fake DRS, all but killed it for me.
At least this is something different.
It will evolve and things will get closer and perhaps more homogenised and boring again
I mustard mitt …I’m not really enjoying it much now. I find myself thinking …after the race has finished …what was the real result ?.. 
It sees to me that the drivers can figure out the best way to achieve the fastest lap. However this is not in a race scenario …when in a race situation and in amongst the other cars.
When in the actual race…you are having to make so many different manoeuvres … easing off …braking .. acceleration etc etc that this breaks the power management plan. Drivers suddenly find they are out of battery half way down the straight. And I’m guessing each lap is different from the previous and therefore cannot really be worked through in the SIM.
I can see why Max is not happy (I’m not a max fan by the way)…and credit to him …he’s saying don’t feel sorry for me …I’m happy …but don’t enjoy the racing anymore…it’s not what he signed up for.
I’m no expert on this and getting on a bit so I don’t quite get the new ruling …please forgive me …it just seems to me that unforseen events and situations are unfolding…and we have a "super mario kart " type of race …as Max as said.
Yes. Except this limit has always been to a large degree a risk that is the drivers to manage.
The ‘26 drivers are patently not in control of the wild variances in power delivery: an algo is
Where they do still have control — like manning up and taking fast corner flat — they’re effectively forced not to, because pushing there just FUBAR’s their quali lap / race pace.
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This is what the ‘Super Mario Cart’ comments and Max’s customary “seeking new challenges” posturing are all about - the regs have been skewed to increase the amount of on-track overtaking action, and to try to artificially close-up the pack. It’s all about improving the ‘visuals’ to make the racing more appealing to noobs and Casuals, increasing audiences, and thus for F1 investors to make more lovely, lovely money…
Rocky-road to a one-make series.
It’s all more of a mess because there are lots of cars on track this year that are clearly woefully-underdeveloped and under-tested prototypes, very far from the finished article. These reg changes should really have come with much more significant relaxations to development budgets and track-testing time than they did.
It’s a fucking mess, but the FIA could not give less of a shit about what traditionalists like or dislike.
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Gold wheels mandatory next ?
Double points if black nineteen aligns with end plate when car in parc ferme…
You’re an FIA mole, aren’t you?
Ssh …
Yeah, the Cadillac memes have been and gone already.
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