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Post #2688 1.28K
📊 Austrian GP - Race | Race Pace Analysis

Verstappen had the best race pace, by a tiny margin (0.07s). Great comeback after the crash!

ANT almost as quick as RUS, McLaren 3rd best car.

Ferrari’s extra stop didn’t pay off: HAM was barely quicker than PIA, who pitted twice.

Racing Bulls best of the rest.
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Post #2687 1.14K
📊 Austrian GP - Qualifying | Quali Analysis

🟩 Mercedes (RUS) got pole by being competitive everywhere.

🟥 Ferrari was still the slowest on the straights despite the updated engine. Best-in-grid downforce.

🟦 RBR: Best Top Speed.

🟧 McL: Lacks aero efficiency (Low top speed, slowest in fastest corner).
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Post #2685 1.51K
📊 Austrian GP - Practice 2 | Session Analysis: Best Sectors, Track Domination & Top Speed

Mercedes are the favourites: unmatched top speed among the top teams.

🟧 McL/🟥 Ferrari losing significantly on straights. McL has excellent early-straight acceleration, while Ferrari is losing in all sectors. (New PU debut in FP3?).
🟦 RBR: Excellent traction
🟨 RBs: Best top speed
🟩 Aston: 24 km/h top speed deficit!

POWER RANKINGS
1) Mercedes
2) McL
3) Ferrari/RBR
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Post #2684 1.5K
F1 All-Time Official Top Speed Record To Fall in 2026?

F1's All-Time Official Top Speed Record (372.54 km/h, Williams in Mexico 2016) could fall this year, even though '26 cars have just ~550 hp above 350 km/h. That's the impact of running minimal drag! 🚀

BOR smashed Catalunya's previous record (349 km/h, STR in '21): he hit 360 km/h on lap 2 (so on a full tank, which limited his acceleration)! He was also 25m behind the car ahead, while STR was right on the gearbox of the car in front (and on lap 59, so with far less fuel onboard).

Mark my words: speeds will exceed 370 km/h in Mexico (thanks to the low air density), and we'll see the highest speeds ever clocked in F1, despite very low ICE power!

[Only official/confirmed top speed values considered.]


Via @JMP_software
(Idea by @yelistener)
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Post #2682 1.76K
📊 Barcelona-Catalunya GP - Qualifying | Aero Performance & Quali Gaps 2025 vs 2026

AERO PERFORMANCE:
The upgraded Ferrari was not only very quick (1-3 was possible, their first real shot), but also no other car was faster (342km/h) on their best lap - something they had never come close to before! 💡

The car now has very little drag, with only a power deficit standing between them and a win. ✅

QUALI GAPS 2025 vs 2026:
Ferrari's updates (worth an estimated 0.2s @GiulyDuchessa) worked: they were the team that lost the least time to '25, and had a shot at a 1-3 finish! HAM did a great job once again, while LEC must get out of his own head.

Compared to last year, Merc lost 0.13s to Ferrari, RBR 0.48s, McL 0.85s!

Aston was over 6.4s slower than last year, basically F1.5 💀(ALO is rumoured to be in talks with Alpine).
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Post #2681 1.31K
📊 KEY F1 QUALI STATS (Averages - 2025 vs 2026)

- 2025: McL >> RBR > Mercedes > Ferrari >> Williams;
- 2026: Mercedes >> Ferrari > McL > RBR >> Alpine.

- Mercedes got ALL poles (so far) in 2026; McL's 'just' 13 out of 24 in 2025.

- New regulations → Much larger field spread.

Average gap to pole more than DOUBLED: from 0.86% of laptime (~0.7s) to 1.79% (~1.5s).
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Post #2680 1.7K
📊 BARCELONA-CATALUNYA GP - RACE | TYRE DEGRADATION

The Hard was the tyre to be! The Medium had worse degradation and pace (as the drivers couldn't push as much on it), but still miles better than the Soft.
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Post #2679 1.71K
📊 BARCELONA-CATALUNYA GP - RACE | RACE PACE
PIT-EQUATED (1 extra pit = 22s lost)

The VSC timing may have gifted HAM the lead, but it was HIS PACE that put him there!. 🏆

1) 🟥 Ferrari / HAM
2) 🟩 Mercedes / ANT (first time they're not P1)
3) 🟧 McL / NOR (~ same pace as ANT!)
4) 🟦 RBR / VER

On his extra stint, HAM was six-tenths faster than ANT on average, and still 0.27s/lap quicker even after accounting for the additional stop!
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Post #2677 1.54K
📊 BARCELONA-CATALUNYA GP - PRACTICE 2 | TOP SPEED, TURN 14 MINIMUM SPEED & CLIPPING

McLaren looked great in FP2! Best top speed AND high-speed cornering; RBR worst in both. Either McL is running more downforce and a more powerful PU mode, or their aero efficiency is excellent.

Opposite for RBR: running less downforce and way less power?

Top Speeds:
1) 🟧 McL/NOR: 338
2) ⬛️ Merc/RUS: 337
3) 🟥 Ferrari/LEC: 335
4) 🟦 RBR/VER: 328

Turn 14 Min Speed:
1) 🟧 McL/NOR: 252
2) 🟥 Ferrari/LEC: 249
3) ⬛️ Merc/RUS: 248
4) 🟦 RBR/VER: 244

Clipping:
1) 🟦 RBR/VER: -22
2) 🟧 McL/NOR: -28
3) ⬛️ Merc/RUS: -29
4) 🟥 Ferrari/LEC: -34
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Post #2676 1.04K
New F1 PU regulations: ~1100hp in 2028! 🤩

- Increased ICE power (+20 kW in '27, +50 kW in '28) via higher fuel flow.
- Decreased ERS power (-50 kW), but NOT in overtake mode (which gets STRONGER, increasing power vs Std.).
- Increased harvesting power: same energy harvested in less time.

Consequences:
- LESS total power (-30 kW) in '27, back to baseline in '28.
- MORE total power in overtake mode: 800 kW in '28 (~1090 hp), exceeding 1100 hp through PU development!
- ICE power share rises to 60% (up from 53% today) → less clipping (the +400 kW harvesting power will help too).

Net result: higher performance and top speeds, less clipping.

Not a massive shift, but one that satisfied manufacturers!
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Post #2675 1.24K
Monaco delivered the first 2026 quali laps with NO CLIPPING! 💡

Antonelli's Pole Laps

⬛️ Miami:
🟢 Acceleration decreases linearly with speed;
🟠 ERS transitions from deploy to harvest → Acceleration drops to 0;
🔴 Car stays full-throttle yet loses speed (negative acceleration, clipping).

🟦 Monaco:
Acceleration never turns negative; ANT keeps gaining speed until the braking point.

Two reasons for this:
- Monaco's layout: plenty of harvesting opportunities and short full-throttle stretches.
- A rule change: ERS power had to taper off above 200 km/h.

Active aero (for drag reduction) was also disabled.

As a result, acceleration was lower overall and dropped off more quickly with speed: the combined effect of reduced ERS power and higher drag!

Yet another proof that reducing ERS's power share would benefit the sport!

Made via @JMP_software
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Post #2674 1.34K
Formula Data Analysis I often read 'The ADUO only considers the ICE power, not the ERS; Mercedes has the best ERS; that's why they got the 2-% ADUO' - but that's wrong! Read on to understand why 💡 The 🔋ERS does NOT produce energy: it simply deploys what it previously harvested.…
Maximum power (tractive and harvesting) is fixed by the rules, and electric motor efficiency is already extremely high (90-95%), so even halving the losses yields only marginal gains.

Conclusion: the most powerful ICE means the strongest ERS too, unless a team gets its harvesting/deployment strategy completely wrong!

[ADUO is evaluated using an "ICE Performance Index", calculated from the ICE's average power and the lap time's sensitivity to power. The exact formula is kept confidential to prevent manufacturers from gaming the system].
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Post #2673 1.39K
Formula Data Analysis ADUO FIGURES REVEALED 💥 Not only is the Mercedes ICE NOT the most powerful; they're over 2% behind RBPT (a 12-24 hp deficit), so they will benefit from ADUO! Ferrari (and Audi) DID fall in the 4-6% deficit range → can catch up. Honda is so far behind it…
I often read 'The ADUO only considers the ICE power, not the ERS; Mercedes has the best ERS; that's why they got the 2-% ADUO' - but that's wrong!

Read on to understand why 💡

The 🔋ERS does NOT produce energy: it simply deploys what it previously harvested. ALL energy originates from the ⛽️ ICE.

Harvesting happens:
- At partial throttle, when the ICE produces MORE energy than can be put down (the ERS harvests the surplus).
- When coasting or braking, using the car's kinetic energy.

Having a more powerful ICE:
- Extends the partial throttle phase → more harvesting ✅
- Raises top speed → more kinetic energy → more harvesting ✅
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Post #2672 1.4K
Formula Data Analysis Each manufacturer's ICE power estimation I made on the 13th of April, using all the qualifying and race sessions available at the time: https://t.me/FDataAn/2636
Article on the topic:

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-engine-upgrades-first-2026-fia-decision-revealed/
The Race ADUO F1 engine upgrades decision revealed The Race understands Red Bull's engine has been declared F1's best under the new development system - meaning Mercedes and Ferrari will get upgrade opportunities
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Post #2671 1.05K
Formula Data Analysis ADUO FIGURES REVEALED 💥 Not only is the Mercedes ICE NOT the most powerful; they're over 2% behind RBPT (a 12-24 hp deficit), so they will benefit from ADUO! Ferrari (and Audi) DID fall in the 4-6% deficit range → can catch up. Honda is so far behind it…
Each manufacturer's ICE power estimation I made on the 13th of April, using all the qualifying and race sessions available at the time:

https://t.me/FDataAn/2636
Telegram Formula Data Analysis I've estimated the ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) power for each manufacturer: big trouble for Red Bull, while Ferrari can be optimistic! 👀 Mercedes: ~576 hp (best)! Teams with ≤564 hp (>2% deficit) earn one extra upgrade token per year. RBPT sits at…
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Post #2670 1.02K
ADUO FIGURES REVEALED 💥

Not only is the Mercedes ICE NOT the most powerful; they're over 2% behind RBPT (a 12-24 hp deficit), so they will benefit from ADUO!

Ferrari (and Audi) DID fall in the 4-6% deficit range → can catch up.

Honda is so far behind it landed in the newly added 6-8% range, unlocking more budget and development time.

No one expected that about Mercedes. Ferrari can finally develop their engine... but so can Mercedes! A huge blow to Ferrari's championship hopes.
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Post #2669 1.17K
📊 MONACO GP - QUALIFYING | QUALIFYING ANALYSIS

🟩ANT's 3 km/h top speed advantage may have been worth the 0.042s that gave him pole. He was quickest at the end of every full-throttle section!

🟦VER showed excellent traction (full throttle 36.9% of the lap) and high-speed cornering (173 km/h in T12)!

Red Bulll has made an incredible job turning around the performance of their chassis in just a few races: from undrivable and barely quicker than a Racing Bulls to a Monaco pole contender!

🟥Ferrari's advantages vanished in quali: they couldn't string together a clean lap and lost the front row. Still ahead of 🟧McL, though, who were well off the pace, worst or 2nd worst in every aspect!

Overtaking in Monaco is extremely hard: ANT might gain significant points over RUS, while Ferrari might have lost a critical opportunity.
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