monaco-gp

[humble storm]

Ferrari is doing quite well I hear

This will be our year inhales copium

...said that for 5 years already

[atomic nova]

of course this is commented on the DTS trailer 😭 ✌️

[wicked trout]

#2 Lewis - 1:34.209

[tidal ibex]

I wanna see max in WRC even though it’ll never happen

[south glen]

just 5?

[brisk harness]

where do you directly access this live data/stats with out going to the youtubers

[brisk harness]

the WDC Champion is always "Better" There is no If,
There is no 2nd place

even better than Max, anyone who says Max was the better driver in 2025 is clown

[azure vigil]

damn the Caddys are always stopping

did Russell do the fastest lap of testing?

1:33.918 yh he did

[humble storm]

before that, hamilton was in mercedes, so i didnt watch ferrari

[azure vigil]

me who’s done that for 14 🥹

[atomic nova]

if ur not number 1 ur not the best 🤷‍♂️

[azure vigil]

it’s 2026 and people still think this 😭

[atomic nova]

bro said not including dnfs 😭 🙏

[serene bloom]

Why is max a second slower than ham and Russell?

[atomic nova]

DTS fans can’t get over actual skill and js favor likeability

[azure vigil]

pretty much yh, that’s why people rate Charles higher than they need to

[serene bloom]

I think u need some f1 tv subscription to use that tool

[atomic nova]

yeah i mean some people think charles is gonna win the championship this year 😭 don’t get me wrong he’s a great driver but i js don’t see it

[zinc coral]

son 🥀

[azure vigil]

my god mercedes’ race run is actually good

[neat latch]

https://x.com/i/status/2022234166222520783

Holiness (@F1BigData)

The Aston Martin gearbox is also causing a lot of problems and makes the car undriveable

📰 @alobatof1

X · Feb 13, 2026, 8:59 AM

Dude just end me already

[azure vigil]

lost all hope I didn’t know I still had

https://tenor.com/view/gp2-alonso-f1-gif-21534584

[neat latch]

Formula 3 engine

[neat latch]

I think they are showing hand now lmao

I was actually kinda worried yesterday

[azure vigil]

in terms of sandbagging no one does it more than mercedes

[topaz igloo]

Mercedes pulled the bags off the car finally!

What’s haas cooking up this year?!

[fallow harness]

https://vxtwitter.com/f1debrief/status/2022256969503957475

F1 Debrief (@f1debrief)

Η προσομοίωση αγώνα του George Russell. #F1GR #F1

George Russell's race simulation. #F1Testing @MercedesAMGF1

vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 13, 2026, 10:30 AM

[azure vigil]

oh boy

https://youtu.be/fwNgcXElUEI?si=tez_tIGadCfO7Rh4

[silk forge]

i see russell dropped a 3 purple sector lap

[silk forge]

and THAT'S why daniel 'WDC material' ricciardo deserves a seat in f1

[grim egret]

I thought they shut this guys channel down

good he is back.

[hearty bane]

Looks like George wins the WDC and Aston Martin are in the 107% danger zone

[grim egret]

I actually agree with max, there is just too much battery power tools to use, I doubt there will be much overtaking

You can use active aero with Overtake and Boost mode

[fervent laurel]

Day threeeeeee

[sudden bough]

damn

russell really said “nah screw the sandbags”

[neat latch]

https://x.com/i/status/2022265419764019548

Autosport (@autosport)

Formula E's CEO couldn't resist sending Max Verstappen a text after his comments about F1's new generation of cars 😅📱

X · Feb 13, 2026, 11:03 AM

[sudden bough]

timings rn?

[rapid horizon]

it's so over for aston martin

unless they're doing the biggest trickery in f1 history and are actually 2 seconds ahead

[sudden bough]

?

[hearty bane]

2 seconds behind is still really bad

[stray pecan]

https://x.com/i/status/2022268331495993584

Only info I got right now

formularacers (@formularacers_)

Day 3 Testing, Morning Session Results:

P1) Russell - 1:33.918
P2) Hamilton +0.291
P3) Verstappen +1.423
P4) Bearman +2.054
P5) Piastri +2.472
P6) Colapinto +2.956
P7) Sainz +3.268
P8) Lawson +3.320
P9) Bortoleto +3.618
P10) Stroll +4.505
P11) Bottas +4.854

X · Feb 13, 2026, 11:15 AM

[rapid horizon]

bro I meant 2 seconds ahead of the best

[sudden bough]

is haas like good or

[rapid horizon]

they have this trust

[hearty bane]

No shot when Mercedes are still sandbagging

[sudden bough]

are they the only ones not sandbagging

[rapid horizon]

maybe they are sandbagging

[sudden bough]

its haas gng

[rapid horizon]

and are actually op like aston martin

[hearty bane]

Ferrari performing well indicates that Haas should be on the same trajectory as well

[sudden bough]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-trying-not-to-laugh-laughing-facepalm-lmao-gif-15446474421410342464

[sudden bough]

tbf if the ferrari is a great car

[rapid horizon]

don't give me that gif WILLIAMS fan

[sudden bough]

haas could lead the midfield

[cyan saffron]

Of course we are.

[hearty bane]

I doubt Haas leads the midfield when Williams and Alpine have Mercedes engines

[sudden bough]

lmao
somehow after the vowles brainloss incident we are still faster than yall 😭

[rapid horizon]

testing testing testing

am pulls up 1 lap quicker than everyone

[sudden bough]

yall gotta pray aston have cooked smrh up

[foggy solstice]

hii

[rapid horizon]

it's fine alonso will make it work if he puts his gloves back on

[foggy solstice]

im daniel ricciardo

[sudden bough]

haas vs alpine midfield battle

[stray pecan]

Here's to hoping 🙏

[sudden bough]

and williams ofc

[cyan saffron]

Williams is cooked.

So are Aston.

[rapid horizon]

naaah

[sudden bough]

no comment

[cyan saffron]

Williams didn't even have a car before Bahrain testing.

[rapid horizon]

no comment is a sign of acceptance

[sudden bough]

ig we wait until melbourne q3

[rapid horizon]

we will see it in q1 bro😭

[sudden bough]

we fr gonna get gasly dominating the midfield again

[sudden bough]

audi might deadass be faster

[rapid horizon]

i mean most likely

[sudden bough]

cadillac tho

[rapid horizon]

cadillac q2 is happening

[sudden bough]

bottas did a good lap on day 2

[sudden bough]

colapinto p6

[neat latch]

This Haas TGR bro everything is possible

More serious organization than "Aston Martin"

[sudden bough]

gasly vs bearman for best of the rest

[hearty bane]

The Sandbagged Mercedes engine is 0.5s faster than Ferrari. Williams' problems would be their weight so they have a shot of leapfrogging them there

[sudden bough]

🥹

[sudden bough]

alpine

could prob also be competent

[hearty bane]

It will depend on how good Colapinto will be in playing shotgun to Gasly

[viscid idol]

When people wanna say isack will succumb to the second seat

But they haven’t seen these results

They’re both in the top 10

💪💪💪

[sudden bough]

haas

🥹

[viscid idol]

what does that have to do with anything

[sudden bough]

idk

[viscid idol]

OH

You’re happy for them yea me too bro me too

[sudden bough]

also hadjar did well on day 2 considering he also had tech issues in the morning

was still able to get a good amount of running

[visual kite]

alpine kinda quiet

[sudden bough]

alpine have been doing ok

but gasly had an issue on day 2 that meant he couldn’t finish the day

[sudden bough]

and so is audi apparently

[viscid idol]

See, my baby good

[fervent laurel]

How is everyone feeling after this morning?

George seems to be killing it!

[sudden bough]

uh

williams are ok

[viscid idol]

AWFULLY quiet.

[sudden bough]

merc and ferrari doing very well

merc took off the sandbags

[viscid idol]

Audi is currently like “you’re not bad, you’re not good, you’re just NICE.”

[sudden bough]

these tests are also a rare moment of ferrari being good

[viscid idol]

The vicious cycle of the ridiculous amounts of copium are being taken right now live as we speak. news agent voice

[grim egret]

I mean they have colapinto

so as a defender you have Active aero and Boost BUT not OVERTAKE mode to defend

And an Attacker Has ALL 3

[viscid idol]

Don’t forget Gasly! He’s always being forgotten. He’s one of my secret pookie bears now. Whenever I see him he’s just an all around awesome guy. Omg I just realised I have a thing for French people… fuck… I like both isack and Pierre, they’re both French….fuck this is worse than catching Covid19 twice, liking French people truly is a plague.

[grim egret]

https://tenor.com/view/wtf-wth-confused-gif-12539686

[fervent laurel]

Ayyyy thats what we like to hear!

[grim egret]

me too

[viscid idol]

What are the sand bags???

[grim egret]

hidden performance

[sudden bough]

well as a williams fan i gotta hope merc have the best engine lmao

[fervent laurel]

Basically teams hide how good their car really is

[fervent laurel]

Lmao that makes sense 😂😂😂

I had a feeling merc was hiding something after their interview in day 1 talking about their car and how good Redbulls was

[sudden bough]

considering williams didnt have a car before the test its going alright in the tests

[viscid idol]

Oh yea we been knew though. Like max recently said how he “knows what Toto is doing is saying that we’re doing well and then they fly right past us.”

[viscid idol]

It’s exactly what I said! Max said “hey Toto you ain’t slick.”

[fast fable]

👀 💧

[fervent laurel]

I like Williams just bc of the eyes 😂

[sudden bough]

another team thats been doing well in the tests and thats been kinda forgotten is haas

toyota backing helped them

and komatsu has been doing a great job

in getting all the targets down

[fervent laurel]

I feel like there are a lot of teams just quietly keeping their heads down or at least trying to

This is my first time watching though so im not sure how usual that is

[viscid idol]

Well most of the top teams steal the show so they’re always in the woodworks keeping quiet because then they sound ridiculous when their own engineering fails them, and fails to meet their own pathetic words of standard.

[viscid idol]

😭😭😭 not that mentality baby pls no

[grim egret]

So true

[sudden bough]

1st image is what hadjar said to liam halfway through the season

[fast fable]

No, it's... "Hello, retirement home?"

[sudden bough]

trust

[grim egret]

nope both hate the new regulations, nothing about performance

[viscid idol]

I don’t think so. I think with Lewis’ poor performance last year people are still reminiscent of it. Which is why people are hating on him so much so, also him dating Kim… we won’t speak on that much though bc I refuse to.

[craggy zenith]

didn't Hamilton also say these regs were the best chance he has to get back to his form?

[grim egret]

its hate nothing more

[craggy zenith]

and bro's already saying he hates them

[grim egret]

fair

[fervent laurel]

Kind of reminds me of my senior design class in college. We all designed and built in the same room so everyone was making fun of eachother and stealing ideas

[fast fable]

I'm just giving the other statement to replace the "washed" thingy.

What's more prevalent in the comments.
[Not my input.]

[zinc coral]

Bro should be disqualified for ignoring red flags

[viscid idol]

I miss Nicole. She was such an inspiring person to watch during the races. I would always be disappointed as a kid when Nicole wasn’t at a race.

[snow swan]

@topaz igloo how's max doing?

[grim egret]

doing OK

[silk forge]

williams is not cooked

[grim egret]

he is just finding it hard to adapt to the new battery ruleset

[silk forge]

williams is obviously doing well with no major issues

and the twitters say theyre only 4kg overweight

also moderators can we get rid of the slowmode? it just makes it hard to type in here and theres not enough activity to warrant it

[zinc coral]

Lmao

“Finding it hard to adapt” my ass

[sudden bough]

agree

[silk forge]

well he is thats why he thinks its shit

[zinc coral]

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/max-verstappen-f1-2026-technique-downshift-rivals-start-copying/

[sudden bough]

they arent starting off very well bc of missing shakedown

[grim egret]

The RACE is a Max fanclub man

[sudden bough]

but their testing running has gone ok so far, no issues

[zinc coral]

It’s not. It’s because it’s not right for an F1 car to have to slow down near the end of straights for battery purposes

[silk forge]

fair enough

how did recharging ers work before

[snow swan]

the racing doing DTS by saying lando is max's rival

[silk forge]

why do you have to slow down now but not before

[zinc coral]

By braking in corners. Now they’re having to do LICO lmao

[grim egret]

same

[grim egret]

not true LICO is just one of the way

[silk forge]

why cant they just do braking in corners

[zinc coral]

Not just that but the cars are clipping in top speed as they reach the end of straights

[grim egret]

LICO was also recharging last year

[silk forge]

is it because it gets used up faster

[zinc coral]

That shouldn’t be normal for an F1 car

[zinc coral]

They have more battery to charge and battery is more important

[silk forge]

lifting and coasting right

[zinc coral]

You know for a fact it’s not to this degree last year lmao

[silk forge]

whats coasting

[grim egret]

yes, so to give the guy attacking you OVERTAKE mode to overtake you, without that clipping no car will overtake

[zinc coral]

Lifting off the throttle but not pressing the brake either

[grim egret]

another word for LICO

[zinc coral]

Haha. Do you even know what clipping is

[silk forge]

coasting is just letting the car propel itself without throttle or breaking i assume

[grim egret]

yes

[silk forge]

and lifting is lifting obvs

[snow swan]

lift the car

[upbeat trench]

Does someone have the timing sheet from the morning run?

[grim egret]

well you cant coast without lifitng

[silk forge]

what actually is clipping? i saw the yelistener video but i didnt really get it

[zinc coral]

Do you know why it’s happening this year?

[zinc coral]

the car runs out of battery so the top speed starts dropping near the end of straights despite the driver being full throttle

[grim egret]

its to allow other cars to use OT on you

[silk forge]

that sounds like shit

[zinc coral]

Exactly. That’s why max doesn’t like it this year

[grim egret]

if the clipping(tappering off) didnt happen, no car would overtake

[zinc coral]

Gee I don’t know overtake into corners with smaller nimbler cars

[silk forge]

why not

is like 3 boost modes not enough

[snow swan]

https://fixupx.com/F1/status/2022280165762474180

Formula 1 (@F1)

DAY 3: MORNING CLASSIFICATION
︀︀
︀︀George Russell tops the timesheets 👇
︀︀
︀︀#F1 #F1Testing

**💬 41 🔁 408 ❤️ 2.3K 👁️ 61.9K **

FixupX · Feb 13, 2026, 12:02 PM

[grim egret]

cause the added power of OVERTAKE mode would be nullified by the no clipping

[sudden bough]

stroll im crine

[grim egret]

the power has to be clipped

[snow swan]

driver defends with boost mode

[zinc coral]

It’s just battery deployment lmao. It’s not some new novel thing

[silk forge]

how would it be nullified if one car has overtake mode and the other doesnt

[grim egret]

defence only has 2 tools to defend, Boost, and Xmode,

Attack has 3 tools to attack

Boost, Xmode and OT

[zinc coral]

Are we playing video games or lmao.

This isn’t pure racing and you know it

[silk forge]

ofc not but f1 is never gonna be pure racing

[grim egret]

its pure racing, max just throwing out the dummy as usual

[halcyon kraken]

Ferrari domination. Ferrari have an advantage locked in for years

[snow swan]

this sh is endurance racing

[silk forge]

pure racing is supercars where its bumper to bumper and all the cars are equal

[zinc coral]

Just throw out all this battery crap out the window and make the cars smaller and nimbler

[silk forge]

f1 cars can obviously never be bumper to bumper and will never be equal

[snow swan]

hey what if max drove flat out without using battery power?

Only using active aero modes

[grim egret]

you cant have all 3 tools to attack and defend, it will xross each other out,

FIA gave 3 tools to attack and 2 tools to defend, its fair

[silk forge]

i suppose it could work but it would be worth less to the average viewer because there would be less on track action, even if that action is higher quality

i think all new regs just mean to promote shit happening on track

[grim egret]

yeah true I agree batteries are abit too much now

[zinc coral]

Wdym less action. Last year had horrendous racing because of how big and fat the cars are

It was all just DRS overtakes

[silk forge]

well there were a lot of them

[snow swan]

what if drivers just don't use battery at all

[silk forge]

and i think the average fan likes to see that

[zinc coral]

There weren’t

Did you watch the Monaco Grand Prix or

[grim egret]

Keep in mind there has NEVER been any regulation that brought, closer wheel to wheel racing and plenty overtakes, the big dogs are always 40+ seconds ahead of the field each year

[hollow mesa]

hulkenberg on track now

[silk forge]

no but thats always a procession

[silk forge]

certainly if the cars are this big its always gonna be a procession

[zinc coral]

Yeah because all the modern regs kept making the cars fatter and heavier

[silk forge]

there are wider tracks where its not as much of an issue

[zinc coral]

So smaller nimbler cars eh?

[silk forge]

would certainly help in the case of the monaco gp

and i'd like to see it

but i have doubts as to the effect it would have for on track action to appeal to the average fan

which is why i dont think they'll do it

[hollow mesa]

albon on track now

[grim egret]

even if they made them smaller and nimbler, factories and staff just differ,

the HAAS ALPINE and CADDILAC of this world will never overtake the REDBULL MERCEDES AND MCLARENS

[zinc coral]

Hmm?

[silk forge]

so what

also haas overtakes red bull plenty

just look at the 2025 season loool

[zinc coral]

How are you so sure.

Haas used to be bad because gene haas was a penny pincher and wouldn’t give haas the funding it needs.

Alpine was bad because they used Renault engines.

We haven’t even seen Cadillac in a race yet

[silk forge]

gene haas is still around

[zinc coral]

They got Toyota on board.

[silk forge]

did he stop being a penny pincher or what

[grim egret]

there has never been a new kid on the block that starts in the middle or front, always at the back till they disapear

[silk forge]

oh fair enough

[hollow mesa]

nvm

[zinc coral]

Brawn GP lol

[silk forge]

brawn gp was building off of what was already there for them

cadillac has nothing like that, its all from scratch

[zinc coral]

Doesn’t change the fact as a new team they were pretty good off the bat

[silk forge]

if anything audi 💪💪💪 could be brawn gp because the conditions are more similar

but cadillac not really

[zinc coral]

Audi is using their own PU right

I’d probably count them out just because of that

It’s Merc > RBPT = Ferrari > Audi > (big gap) > Honda rn

[silk forge]

its looking that way

[silk forge]

i'm quite happy with this at the moment

there are certain people who are massive aston martin fans and massive audi haters

and they can finally go eat shit

even if audi won't excel (probably p7 or p8)

[zinc coral]

You’re an optimist

Don’t see them finishing in the points tbh

[silk forge]

at the worst p9 if racing bulls is better

racing bulls wont be better

[zinc coral]

Do you remember how good they were last year lol

[silk forge]

good point

[silk forge]

i suppose i was operating off the assumption that the red bull engine would be bad

clearly it isnt that bad

i dont exactly believe in red bull being faster than ferrari though

[snow swan]

toto said they've been having issues but they seem to be doing good. toto told kimi he's going back to europe?

[robust shell]

It still feels so diff with every big name from redbull gone💀

[silk forge]

well we still have the actual big name

as long as we have him we're good

[robust shell]

Hadjar?

Lawson?

[silk forge]

yeah that one 💀

[hollow mesa]

1:37.813 for hulkenberg

[silk forge]

no im talking about verstappen, his name is the biggest (11 letters compared to hadjar's 6 letters)

[robust shell]

https://tenor.com/view/cladjar-gif-12996537429405153534

[robust shell]

I know bruh

[silk forge]

however when you factor in that verstappens first name is only 3 letters the competition gets closer

[robust shell]

Still 45 mins left ? For pre season testing??

[serene bloom]

replying to ur own msg?

[silk forge]

yeah whats wrong with that

[silk forge]

its just to signify that its a continuation of what i was saying previously when it was separated by someone else's message

[hollow mesa]

piastri 1:35.302

yellows for lawso

[robust shell]

Today is last day?

[tulip rover]

Its only day two, no?

[serene bloom]

yes

but there will be another 3 day testing from 18th

[tulip rover]

ooh

[robust shell]

Day 2 was yesterday

[magic urchin]

yo

[robust shell]

Oh wat wud they focus during that time?

[magic urchin]

how do i claim roles?

[tulip rover]

Huh

[hollow mesa]

hadjar on track now

[tulip rover]

Wait no yeah mb

[robust shell]

U dont

[serene bloom]

idk maybe test with the data they collected in this testing

[magic urchin]

wdym

[serene bloom]

id:customize

[magic urchin]

he has lando roles, how did he claim them

[hollow mesa]

hadjar 1:36.817

[magic urchin]

thanks

[serene bloom]

@robust shell id:customize u can also claim roles

[robust shell]

I wont

[magic urchin]

ok

[serene bloom]

hmm ok

[robust shell]

Leclerc is leading right

[upbeat trench]

In general? Than no, its George

[robust shell]

Can u send me the time chart once

I don't know wtf am watching

[zinc coral]

@hollow mesa it’s 2 hours till broadcast right

[upbeat trench]

Todays or overall?

[robust shell]

Today

Right now

[hollow mesa]

is hamilton stopped on track or is live timing being dumb

[hollow mesa]

live timing was being dumb

[robust shell]

Okay thanks

[warped compass]

antonelli has not been on track since the afternoon session started

[obtuse stirrup]

been months since I came here woah

[covert wraith]

piastri has done a 34.7

[hollow mesa]

antonelli on track now

[lost crane]

https://x.com/effonecasualfan/status/2022236589536203208?s=20

The Casual Fan (@effonecasualfan)

Alonso fans watching him say no to

Honda in 08 (it became Brawn)
Red Bull in 08
Mercedes in 11/12/13

Going to McLaren in 2015

X · Feb 13, 2026, 9:09 AM

[hollow mesa]

antonelli 1:37.618

hulkenberg 1:37.172

[topaz igloo]

How are the long runs looking

[covert wraith]

the drivers seem to be doing 1:39’s to 1:41’s in long runs rn

[winter scarab]

audi dominance incoming

[covert wraith]

for context a typical race lap was 1:37 last year

[hollow mesa]

1:35.976 hadjar

[covert wraith]

huh 😭

[hollow mesa]

antonelli 1:34.491

HUH, HES ONLY DONE 8 LAPS SO FAR TODAY

[topaz igloo]

MERCEDES CAME TO PLAY

[snow swan]

https://youtu.be/fwNgcXElUEI

[covert wraith]

i dont think it’s nearly as bad as everyone is saying tbh

[snow swan]

new regs? maybe or maybe not, there will be more tyre management bc of active aero modes and now battery management

[keen tundra]

https://youtu.be/ydlTLn7vlPU found live audio from the Aston garage.

[covert wraith]

yeah, that’s what everyone’s complaining like hell about but they seem to forget that we had a lot of race management in some form last year

whether it’s tyre management, fuel management, plank wear (heh) or whatever other crap ferrari were dealing with on any given sunday

[zinc coral]

Plank wear lol

[hollow mesa]

purple sector 1 antonelli

purplse s2 antonelli

[covert wraith]

antonelli quickest

[hollow mesa]

1:33.9 antonelli

[covert wraith]

by 0.018 seconds

[hollow mesa]

hes only done 13 laps so far today

[hexed halo]

Its Joever

[snow swan]

gonna have to increase the amount of laps bc some teams could take longer to manage

[topaz igloo]

ANTONELLI WOW

Red Bull having issues or just in the pits?

ANTONELLI AGAIN

[covert wraith]

1:33.6

[hollow mesa]

PURPLE S1 ANTONELLI

[warped compass]

1:33.669

[hollow mesa]

am i delayed?

[warped compass]

yes

[hollow mesa]

k then

[topaz igloo]

You must be, he is already on the next lap after putting up the best one

[grim egret]

WDC WCC LOADING BABY!!!!!!!

[covert wraith]

after all this toto’s still gonna say red bull are the fastest car

[topaz igloo]

On one hand, Toto is obviously gaslighting

On the other hand, remember that the fastest lap doesn't necessarily mean everything. We don't know the pace of the long runs

[zinc rock]

I think i know my teams pace

[topaz igloo]

yeah im sorry about that

[hearty bane]

This is Mercedes sandbagging btw, we don't know how far ahead are they until round 1

I predict 2014 levels of Mercedes dominance

[topaz igloo]

https://x.com/f1guydan/status/2022309533465411992?s=46

Daniel Valente 🏎️ (@F1GuyDan)

“Even our chef in the kitchen could drive these cars." - Fernando Alonso

What a damning quote. 💀

X · Feb 13, 2026, 1:59 PM

I’m so confused. Lewis and Max say there is too much going on, but Alonso says they’re too easy?

[covert wraith]

is he choosing to drive his aston martin slower or... 😭

[flint anvil]

Aston's cars probably just that much worse lmao /j

[topaz igloo]

It's not good

Antonelli meanwhile is getting closer and closer to quali times

Hadjar P6 and only .4 behind Max? Encouraging

[azure vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/andrea-kimi-antonelli-andrea-antonelli-antonelli-kimi-antonelli-kimi-gif-5000298953650634953

Mercedes don’t give me hope

[topaz igloo]

They’re cooking now

[azure vigil]

I can’t be too excited because remember ferrari last year

they set the fastest times in 2025 and guess where they ended up

at the end of the day we can decipher how fast they are using the onboards, is it on the ragged edge or does it look smooth

[fallow plume]

Nah they sandbaggin tho

[neat latch]

I love how Mercedes McLaren and Red Bull are saying the other are better while Ferrari is silent

Makes everything more confusing

[topaz igloo]

It's so funny though

[neat latch]

Btw first time haas look good in testing

[topaz igloo]

I dont know if anyone really knows for sure

[neat latch]

Good signs from the future Toyota team.

[snow swan]

https://www.redditez.com/r/formuladank/s/jgWD9vcy12

Kage_Bushin (@Kage_Bushin)

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Posted in r/formuladank
Playing Formula 4D

EmbedEZ • 1 - 1 of 1 · Feb 13, 2026, 2:54 PM

[neat latch]

God i hope so

[snow swan]

unlikely since Newey was on his knees on ARM26

[acoustic crown]

Today's Testing Checklist

• Explain the same stuff that was explained for the last 2 days

• Watch lock ups for 40/50 shown replays

• Car goes round track

• Car goes round track

• Car goes round track

[snow swan]

https://www.vxreddit.com/r/formula1/s/orMvvfPBTQ

1-10

[neat latch]

Toyota Gazoo Racing emoji when

[scarlet warren]

Egg yolk

[snow swan]

https://www.redditez.com/r/formula1/comments/1r3r9ac/these_sm_boards_replace_the_old_drs_boards_this/

Jamiesavel (@Jamiesavel)

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These ‘SM’ boards replace the old DRS boards this season

EmbedEZ • 1 - 1 of 1 · Feb 13, 2026, 2:55 PM

[neat latch]

Normally they're always on the back focusing on long runs in testing, But now it seems like they're confident enough to do other types of runs.

[covert wraith]

f1 tv is up

[neat latch]

I'm watching

[chilly nymph]

Wish I could my subscription ran out☠️

I got it as an early bday present last year

[snow swan]

Isack moved P6 next to Max, really well

Ocon P6 and Isack dropped P7

[covert wraith]

oscar doing 1:38s in race sims

[hexed pilot]

Yo guys I got a question, when it comes to preseason testing, can teams only run one car at a time?

[covert wraith]

the teams only bring one car to testing in fact

[topaz igloo]

Nice lap from Hadjar on a medium

[hexed pilot]

Ah alr, that makes sense

I’ve always wondered why we never saw more than 1 car testing

[covert wraith]

piastri doing 1:38's on his race sim

that's not much slower than last year at all

[zinc coral]

There’s no point making 2 cars if you’re gonna redesign it anyway

[vale gorge]

Don’t know why they don’t just let them have two cars and just run one at a time tbh

[zinc coral]

Teams wouldn’t make a second car anyway

[covert wraith]

massive waste of resources

[topaz igloo]

WE SAW AN OVERTAKE

[covert wraith]

oscar piastri DOWN THE INSIDE

first overtake of 2026

[vale gorge]

Well not really when they’re gonna be here for two weeks

[spark sphinx]

Down the inside

[covert wraith]

not really, they're gonna ship the cars back to base between the tests

[vale gorge]

Meh

Two drivers two cars. Why not

[grim egret]

colapinto is the master of lockups

[hollow mesa]

how bad is the racing probably gonna be this year

[grim egret]

its gonna be awesome

[topaz igloo]

I think it's going to be fine

[grim egret]

its just normal new reg hibijibies

people are always unacstomed to change

[topaz igloo]

There's a chance the racing is really fun for the fans, but miserable for the drivers

[covert wraith]

can't be worse than last year 🥀

[vale gorge]

Max called it Formula E on steroids

[hollow mesa]

ngl i wouldnt be surprised if we somehow get an aston podium just because drivers keep on spinning out or lockung up

[vale gorge]

I don’t know what they’re gonna do about the starting procedure

[grim egret]

alex jaques is at sky?

did he dump f1tv?

[vale gorge]

Considering how long it takes the cars to be able to actually launch

[vale gorge]

No they just always combine efforts for testing

[primal fjord]

How much development time did they get for the engines and body's this year vs previous generational changes

[vale gorge]

So it’s one global stream. Crofty and Anthony were on yesterday and it’s Alex squared today

[grim egret]

so overtake is a overide for super clipping

[hollow mesa]

what on earth is super clipping

how on earth did they scuff the front wing on the aston or something looking like that

or at least the nose

[grim egret]

cliping is when batery power is cut so its only the ICE working
Super cliping is Battery AND MGUK is cut

[hollow mesa]

so is it just slow or fast?

[grim egret]

cliping is slow, supper cliping is tortoise slow

thats what drivers are complaining about

[hollow mesa]

how often will the super clipping stuff occur

[topaz igloo]

TURN 10 LOCKUP

[grim egret]

depends on your engine mapping but you HAVE to do it otherwise you wont have enough battery around the track to attack or defend

[hollow mesa]

so no more divebombs?

[grim egret]

they are there

[pale vault]

did kimi crash his mercedes*(his personal one)

[topaz igloo]

yes

[hollow mesa]

yes

[pale vault]

how

[grim egret]

yes a gift rare mercedes

[pale vault]

sad

[grim egret]

lost control

[topaz igloo]

Wow, Colapinto improves despite the massive lockup

[vale gorge]

I think it’s when the battery starts harvesting at the end of a straight whilst still being at full throttle

[grim egret]

is ENI colapinto sponsor?

[timber ledge]

No, alpine sponsor

[grim egret]

what is colapinto sponsor

is it claro?

[timber ledge]

mercadolibre but ain't on the car

ah yes claro too

[grim egret]

oh okay is it on his suit?

[topaz igloo]

GET HIM OSCAR

[timber ledge]

helmet

[vale gorge]

There’s so many modes and stuff now

[covert wraith]

oscar practicing so he can lap the aston martin smoothly in the races this year

[topaz igloo]

OSCAR OVERTAKING ALL OVER THE PLACE

[grim egret]

50/50 split is dumb

but cant change it now

[topaz igloo]

I think the teams will adjust and adapt to what they're seeing, and eventually we will all be content with what we have

[grim egret]

yeah its always like that

remember porpoising

[neat latch]

Formula 1 fans genuinely surprised when F1 cars develop overtime

I mean yes the regs look bad but it's not about how they start

[grim egret]

wow xmode shows up on the steering wheel

[hot canopy]

guys, quick question,, where are y'all watching the testing??

[stray pecan]

F1tv

[neat latch]

Espn for me

[grim egret]

skysports F1

[timber ledge]

foxsports

[topaz igloo]

Not terrible for Hulk there

[night robin]

my goat

[grim egret]

audi going with 0 pods?

[hollow mesa]

is that a green sector i see for stroll

[vale gorge]

And a second one

Bro ain’t lying

[topaz igloo]

LUCK UP

[hollow mesa]

oh my fucking god the car is shit

[vale gorge]

4.4 seconds off is the Aston

[night robin]

still behind gabi

[untold wing]

6 7

[wary pumice]

Oh my fucking god the Aston is so slow

[topaz igloo]

It's not looking good

[tender spoke]

So is Merc finally cooking

[wary pumice]

https://tenor.com/view/fernando-alonso-mclaren-gp2engine-gif-25406294

[dusk cedar]

real

[wild wren]

piastri in his natural habitat

[dusk cedar]

p2?

[lofty hill]

Lawrence Stroll looks defeated man im crine

[tender spoke]

How is hadjar doing

[topaz igloo]

Not far off of Max today

[azure vigil]

mclaren are done for the day

[tender spoke]

Nice

[azure vigil]

156 laps is decent icl

[warped compass]

welp dang the timing gone off

[grim anvil]

good morning, anything crazy happen today?

[topaz igloo]

Alonso went off on the cars today

[hearty parrot]

Lol hadjar getting into mercedes pit

[flat cypress]

lmao the red bull went through mercedes

[topaz igloo]

LOL HADJAR

[fossil goblet]

NOT ISSACK STOPING IN THE MERC PIT BOX LMAO 😭

[grim anvil]

damn

[fossil goblet]

#formula-1 message

[stray pecan]

He wants to join mercedes i guess

[grim anvil]

ah I see Merc has stopped sandbagging

[timber ledge]

YELLOW HAMILTON

RED FLAG, CAR STOPPED

[vale gorge]

First major issue for Ferrari

[grim anvil]

aaaand lewis' car broke down

[worn mica]

Ferrari in ruins

[hearty parrot]

2027 forza Ferrari!

[tender spoke]

Its so over

[grim anvil]

that's session over

[tacit mountain]

[azure vigil]

2027 is our year

[vale gorge]

Bro this is Ferrari’s first issue 😭

[buoyant star]

two things
or the engine gave up
or the maximum kilometres limit has been hit (150 laps done)

[topaz igloo]

GOODNIGHT FERRARI

[worn mica]

no, their first issue was hiring a washed driver

[vale gorge]

There’s no max laps in testing 🤨

[grim egret]

hazard lights

[buoyant star]

no idea what happened

[grim anvil]

ah fuel issue

[wary pumice]

Lewis's car died

[buoyant star]

yeah the engine just fucking gave up

[grim anvil]

IT AINT GOT NO GAS IN IT

[grim egret]

will they restart?

[azure vigil]

thank goodness for the hazard lights I wouldn’t have seen where the car is

[grim egret]

clear visor for ham

[grim anvil]

nah it's over pretty much

[vale gorge]

There’s 8 minutes

[visual kite]

Whay happen with lewis

[grim egret]

why cant I post pics?

did my level reset??

[worn mica]

he ran the car outta gas so he could get out of the test early

[vale gorge]

Can’t really ever do it during live sessions

[grim egret]

oh okay

[grim anvil]

oh they're resuming nvm I'm dumb

VSC test

[eager folio]

Cadillac go to track

[azure vigil]

they still gotta do the procedures

[wary pumice]

Audi stopped

[vocal lynx]

ferrari ran out of fuel?

[wary pumice]

Oh it's underway now

[grim anvil]

yeah that's all it was pretty much

[wary pumice]

Fuel system issue so presumably not enough fuel going into the engine

[azure vigil]

both of the times that ferrari has stopped it’s not been an engine failure

[wary pumice]

The Ferrari engine basically turned into the Honda for a bit

Red flagged

[grim egret]

green light

[stone pecan]

as long as it ain't engine failure we good right?

[vocal lynx]

so they probably either miscalculated the fuel or they didnt tell their driver to pit for more fuel

it’s so over

[wary pumice]

As long as it's not explosive it's just probably a minor glitch

I like the indicators

[azure vigil]

we can only hope and pray 🥹

[topaz igloo]

Even a break down isn't a huge deal. We still have three full days of testing to go!!

[stone pecan]

we better show up in aus Q3

[wary pumice]

The Audi looks good

Perez has broken down lmao

[timber ledge]

HADJAR MALDING HAHAHA

[wary pumice]

Oh no he was just stopped for no reason

[azure vigil]

pure ragebait 😭😭

[stone pecan]

only mercedes engine completed more laps than ours

[cunning needle]

yea they're a lil goofy

[wary pumice]

Welcome back Alain Prost

[covert wraith]

nooo nooo perez broke the car nooo

[stone pecan]

for a single team

[vale gorge]

Well yeah 4 teams have a Mercedes engine

[grim anvil]

Ferrari pit wall in mid season form 🔥 🔥

Session over, go home

[vale gorge]

Standing start let’s go

[stone pecan]

tbh they r like this all season

but this time its diff cuz its the year of the horse

[azure vigil]

extra formation lap

[grim anvil]

wait that's the lunar new year animal? ruh roh

[hollow mesa]

jokes on you extra formation lap

[vale gorge]

Still gonna get one 😔

Hopefully 🤞🙏

I mean it’s crazy that it takes like 10 seconds for the cars to go

[azure vigil]

Kimi on pole position

[tender spoke]

so theres more testing next week?

[topaz igloo]

yes

[hollow mesa]

yes

[grim anvil]

wtf

[azure vigil]

theres another one next week yea

[vale gorge]

Jesus

[wary pumice]

FRANCO

[grim anvil]

Franco wtf was that

[topaz igloo]

same exact at this week, but full broadcast every day

[azure vigil]

wtf was that franco

[wary pumice]

What the fuck was that brother

[grim anvil]

OMG WE'RE GOING RACING

[wary pumice]

AND IT'S GO GO GO

[azure vigil]

piastri stalled it lmaoo

[covert wraith]

HALF OF THEM STALLED 😭

[grim anvil]

Oscar cmon bro

[tender spoke]

what happened??

[worn mica]

piastri cooked

[snow swan]

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSmjXqP6e/
isack after

[topaz igloo]

LMAO COLAPINTO

[azure vigil]

higher revs this year for the start

[hollow mesa]

HE STALLED AGAI

[vale gorge]

Didn’t stall

[grim anvil]

lmfaoo like 3 cars went into anti stall 😭

[azure vigil]

LMAOOOOOOOO FRANCO

[wary pumice]

Franco in Anti-Stall 💀

[tender spoke]

aint no way 💀

[covert wraith]

COLAPINTO'S PULLED OVER

[grim anvil]

son Franco damn near spun out trying to rev the engine

[upbeat trench]

Huh?

[azure vigil]

that’s a certified franco colapinto moment

[stray pecan]

Oscar wut

[grim anvil]

these damn cars bro 💀

[covert wraith]

there is a lot more torque on the engines now

[stray pecan]

Also rip franco

[covert wraith]

but wtf franco 😭

[grim anvil]

they were doing a race start test

[azure vigil]

at least he gave us drama in testing

[grim egret]

colapinto doesnt belong here

[covert wraith]

<@&781898349006684170>

[stray pecan]

.piracy

[jade mural]

Piracy is against the discord community guidelines and will absolutely not be tolerated on this server. This includes but is not limited to talking about illegal F1 streams, movie piracy or game piracy and will be rewarded with a mute.

[grim egret]

loool

[hollow mesa]

BY PAYING BEFOREHAND

[limber hull]

oh shi mb

[vale gorge]

Could have been anyone with these cars 💀

[inland pawn]

.mute @limber hull 2h asking for a free streaming method

[jade mural]

kymaoo muted tylerhyper_ for 2 hours. Reason: asking for a free streaming method

[grim egret]

stuck

[inland pawn]

https://giphy.com/gifs/elzebary-family-guy-meme-peter-rcqFM4cFZbzc1yplyi

[robust shell]

Bruh i heard you have lift and coast in quali for this cars 😭😭😭

[stray pecan]

I think we're seeing the 'driver skill advantage' coming into play

[grim egret]

kid doesnt know what he is doing

[tender spoke]

so uhhhh, aston is cooked huh

[timber ledge]

yes bud a f1 driver who literally lives for the sport doesn't know what he is doing

[robust shell]

Is this true??

[topaz igloo]

yes

[azure vigil]

F1 starts are gonna be a bit more interesting this year

[timber ledge]

10s rev of the engine is wild man

[robust shell]

Why

[topaz igloo]

because they're harder to get going

[timber ledge]

turbolag again

[grim egret]

yeah MGU_H spun the turbo

[robust shell]

Fuck this regs, this is a battery management simulator

[grim egret]

no MGUH you are going to need ICE to spin it

[azure vigil]

higher revs are needed to get under way

[robust shell]

I hate this. F1 cars supposed to go flat out ALL THE FUCKING TIME!!

[timber ledge]

at the end, is a management sport like the past years

EVERY. TIME. MANAGING. EVERY. TIME.

[stray pecan]

I dont mind these regs tbh. Cars aren't great rn but its only the beginning. I like seeing driver skill come into play

[robust shell]

Nah this time it's too much lifting and coasting

Fuck these regs

[tender spoke]

turns out ferrari was on to something with LICO last year

[topaz igloo]

you didnt even know about it until a minute ago lol

[timber ledge]

alonso just said this will not be a driver skill regulation

[topaz igloo]

Ferrari were BUILT for these regs

[robust shell]

If they lift and coast all the time how r they gonna race????

[azure vigil]

scuderia lift and coast f1 team

[timber ledge]

this guy doesn't know alpine doing lico bcz they start with lower fuel knowing they would get lapped 😭

[stray pecan]

The regs are designed to take driver skill into account. Management, handling, etc etc. We just saw that with colapinto.

[timber ledge]

Management is something we had before, handling? we had more handling with the previous regulation w the venturi channels.

Anyways is not my opinion is alonso's opinion so i dont have to argue w you

[covert wraith]

nothing new

drivers have had to lift and coast a lot for some time now (and no not just ferrari )

[sonic epoch]

Feels like Williams this year is gonna be like another 2024 season

[timber ledge]

LiCo is common exchange

[timber ledge]

Welp, atleast in the start yes, the overweight sucks

[keen skiff]

https://youtu.be/vLtpf4zK6vg?si=1uuv3T_2fa3lyGPb

Uuuuugh

[stray pecan]

Honestly I think those driver that can adapt will excel this season. George, Lando, Charles, Max, the 1-2 year rookies. They'll get a handle on the car. Alonso, hamilton, and a few others might struggle with it for the first little bit

[topaz igloo]

The drivers and teams will figure it out, and the casual viewer will probably not notice the differences

[covert wraith]

it tracks with who seems to be unhappy with the regs as well

[sonic epoch]

Also if they have a good car

[covert wraith]

we will look back and laugh at all this nitpicking in a few months

the cycle of formula 1

[timber ledge]

They need to figure out how to get the best of the brakes, lockups this test were really common

[topaz igloo]

I agree. There is always a lot of chaos in these preseason testings, but we're just on super edge right now

[timber ledge]

Also makes sense, the brakes are smaller than last year too

[covert wraith]

it's fair, this is one of the biggst car changes ever

[timber ledge]

I think is the biggest

[keen skiff]

Im taking Law's words for it regarding the new regulations. "Which ever team learns the fastest will be world champions"

[timber ledge]

Ferrari will not say anything about the mercedes engine

[covert wraith]

i mean it's only the third time in history the cars have gotten physically smaller

[topaz igloo]

And then in 3 years, every single team will have the same exact setup, and we'll be complaining about that too

[timber ledge]

https://x.com/Nachez98/status/2022343858403868673

Nachez (@Nachez98)

🚨 ÚLTIMA HORA 🚨

❌ Ferrari descarta protestar por el motor Mercedes

📰 @NobleF1 vía @wearetherace

X · Feb 13, 2026, 4:15 PM

Mercedes is getting saved (atleast this year)

[viscid idol]

In what way

[covert wraith]

https://tenor.com/view/f1-formula-1-formula-oe-formula-one-mercedes-gif-1224329570762077744

[timber ledge]

What way

wdym

[viscid idol]

🤨🤨🤨

[covert wraith]

ferrari have pulled out of the protest against the mercedes engine saga (wrong reply)

[viscid idol]

What does the tweet say

[timber ledge]

Basically less pressure in mercedes for the case of the compression. They pulled out of the protest.

[acoustic crown]

So what did we learn from today's testing

• More lock up replays for 70% of the session
• Bros red lights are glitching

[covert wraith]

• alpine are still fucked

[topaz igloo]

We learned Mercedes was sandbagging

[acoustic crown]

Welcome to F1 2014

[timber ledge]

longruns were good tho

[viscid idol]

I don’t think they ever did tbh.

[timber ledge]

constantly 1sec faster than williams

we don't know the exact program of williams but it looked like albon was in longrun too w same compound as colapinto

[dusk cedar]

balls

[topaz igloo]

The Alonso interview on F1 TV was a lot more measured than the online quotes made it seem

[viscid idol]

If my mum had balls, she’d be my dad so.

[acoustic crown]

20 lock ups every ,5 minutes

[timber ledge]

smaller brakes so is normal until they figure out how to fix it

[acoustic crown]

Use no brakes

[topaz igloo]

they will figure out the lockups. it's really just the one turn, which is a difficult one

[stray pecan]

Fuck it we ball

[timber ledge]

[pale vault]

must be the wind

[timber ledge]

it wasn't only t10 tho

generally yes but it wasn't only the 10

[topaz igloo]

It wasn't just that, but that was a big one

[timber ledge]

yeah

[dusk cedar]

he made a statement

[dusk cedar]

lmfao

[timber ledge]

i'm scared about how the hell will they follow the cars w those batteries variations

[topaz igloo]

And turn 1, those are pretty regular lockup areas. Nothing to be too concerned about. Looked like turn 10 went better today

[timber ledge]

bcz is obvious mercedes/ford/ferrari will not have the same battery usage as the others

[topaz igloo]

I don't know if youre laughing at me or with me

[dusk cedar]

with u

[topaz igloo]

https://tenor.com/view/handshake-predator-arnold-hi-hello-gif-9920452

[timber ledge]

bro what the hell is your pfp

[dusk cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/fernando-alonso-alonso-fernando-alonso-wolf-wolf-gif-12126469614752855466

[timber ledge]

ah ffs i thought the face was on the top and the rest was the neck 💀

[topaz igloo]

A picture of a guy at the World Series lol

[timber ledge]

but it was a cap hahahah

[viscid idol]

HOLY GLORY GOLDMINE OF A FIND IN TKMAXX

[tulip saddle]

sigma leclerc chilling

[viscid idol]

ONLY £17.99

[snow swan]

@topaz igloo how was it today

[tulip saddle]

max behind him lol

[topaz igloo]

Seems like Mercedes stopped sandbagging a bit

[wooden kettle]

just standard branding, or is it a specific driver

[tulip saddle]

i got ignored😭 😭

[lean orbit]

Honda

[viscid idol]

Not one BUT TWO non driver ones

[lean orbit]

WHAT A DISASTER Why Honda Why

[viscid idol]

Holy grail of a find

[wooden kettle]

score lol

[viscid idol]

One is an XS

And the other is a L

[wooden kettle]

I would still buy the XS depending on pricing

[lean orbit]

Is there any hope for AMR

[topaz igloo]

What if Aston fixes a couple things and ends up just like last year

[viscid idol]

They’re the same

[wooden kettle]

I could use that as material for some sort of fan creation

[viscid idol]

Not me getting VCARB merch before RB

[wooden kettle]

honestly that's heat

[somber copper]

only hope i see is if somehow every other team fuck up on the upgrades and aston bring something like the 2023 mcl upgrades

[viscid idol]

BRO IVE NOW FOUND THREE HAHAHAHA

[wooden kettle]

LOL?

[lean orbit]

Alonso Honda Curse

[viscid idol]

XL, M & XS

now… I have a presumption of what happened

[wooden kettle]

oh nooooooo

that’s a wholeass family

[distant crypt]

my favourite hobby is to ragebait max fans

[timid python]

My favourite hobby is to pretend to get baited and counter bait people

We must be soulmates or smth fr

[distant crypt]

https://tenor.com/view/no-miss-gif-3524058338517689971

[timid python]

Mf i was joking 😭

[distant crypt]

i am not 😈

[abstract heron]

honda sandbagging fr (truth real)

[timid python]

Lmao

[distant crypt]

mercedes da real sandbagging

[timid python]

Same as ferrari fr fr

[distant crypt]

woody 2026 wdc

these cars look and sound ahh 🥀

[timid python]

If they don't mess up aero again 😭

[distant crypt]

u da real aero

[timid python]

Istg, the worst shit is that for some reason the reigning champion likes the cars 🥀

[covert wraith]

from reddit

[lean orbit]

In El Nano We trust

[abstract heron]

Newey isn’t going to shine as he did with the ground effect rb
But it could be a case of good car shit engine most probably

but still its pretty early to make speculations, i would say

[timid python]

Yeah I doubt that he would mess up the aero unless the engine was bad for it

[distant crypt]

lando said the cars are close to f2 cars i don’t think that’s liking them per se

[timid python]

Nah recently he told that verstappen should quit being a crybaby and that he enjoyed the cars

He said it today I think?

[distant crypt]

ok so vcarb,aston and caddilac don’t look great

[covert wraith]

it's still just testing but this is an interesting analysis

seems like a pretty realistic expectation of the pecking order in melbourne

[timid python]

Yeah, and i doubt that it will remain the same for very long

Everything is subject to change till melbourne

[covert wraith]

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[distant crypt]

pretty sure he just ragebaits max fans for shits and giggles now

same what woody did in 2024

[distant crypt]

ferrari can have the fastest car and they would still loose the championship

[timid python]

Lmao I hope so at least because imo the engine regs are legit dog shit

Made so that audi will join f1 😭 🙏

[covert wraith]

good lord

[distant crypt]

honestly it’s like max is the greatest driver of our generation right but some of his fans are like those kpop fans who are like OMG WHAT DID U SAY ABOUT MAX OPPARRRR 😡😡😡😡

[keen skiff]

https://youtube.com/shorts/0PZmjBeWdS0?si=zHr_Imlmw6Blk0XS

[timid python]

As a max fan, real ngl 😭

Nah lance stroll the goat, actually

[distant crypt]

latifi clears

[timid python]

Greatest driver to hit f1 ever

[timid python]

True true

[distant crypt]

yes he has hit every F1 corner

[abstract quartz]

True

[timid python]

Lmao

[carmine dove]

I think Cadillac might surprise some people

[timid python]

The chances are low unless they get lucky tho

Not saying that its impossible just not probable

[vocal lynx]

apparently Ferrari’s little stunt at the end was intentional to test fuel starvation mechanisms

[carmine dove]

They're right in the mix with some of the teams already in like their 6th session

[vocal lynx]

supposedly

[timid python]

At best imo they are a lower mid table team that maybe fights for points

[timid python]

Lmao

[strange herald]

both drivers having 2 digit points would be a miracle

[timid python]

Ofc because Batteri Volttas

[timid python]

Legit tho

[carmine dove]

People were expecting them to be 2010 newcomer teams slow but they haven't

[timid python]

They are rather slow tho

[carmine dove]

wdym

[strange herald]

nando slower than stroll

[upbeat trench]

I did statistics again

[carmine dove]

Bottas did a 1:36.8 today, P14
Perez was 8th yesterday

[strange herald]

it's alonsover

[covert wraith]

i mean caddy are slow but

[covert wraith]

aston have been slower on all accounts so far

[timid python]

Doesn't mean shit, he may have just focused on a diferent part of car development

[carmine dove]

ur afternoon times dont fully match

[timid python]

By 4.5 seconds no less, they are getting 2025 alpine treatment

[covert wraith]

thats a leaderboard of all the fastest times from testing combined

[covert wraith]

this is a lot worse man

this is haas 2021 😭

[timid python]

Ofc because by 2025 car development meant fighting for milliseconds

But proportionally the same

[covert wraith]

even with how slow alpine were they were no more than a second off the pace usually

such was the 2025 field spread

[timid python]

Yeah

Still for 2025 that was a ton

Tho ngl im most surprised at mclaren doing great they are ass at reg changes

[split bane]

There's still to see where they will be if FIA will penalise all the teams with the Mercedes engine

[carmine dove]

Caddy be fighting with Merc & RB by next week /j

[timid python]

True

[timid python]

Lol

[split bane]

For how the grid will be this is an APX GP typo image.. The last team that battles with top teams

[topaz igloo]

The practice start today is killing me

[tawny anvil]

George cooked 🔥🔥🚒🔥

[hearty spear]

https://x.com/GazzettaFerrari/status/2022353627797676217

La Gazzetta Ferrari (@GazzettaFerrari)

Lewis Hamilton smiling after testing 🙂

X · Feb 13, 2026, 4:54 PM

[craggy quiver]

he's winning everything /j

[vocal lynx]

charles AND lewis smiling?

Ferrari WCC 🔥🔥🔥

[drowsy tulip]

Kimi WDC?

[near hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/im-in-your-dreams-gif-19262251

melbourne p1 and p2
china dnf and dnf

[vocal lynx]

ride height/plank wear isn’t an issue anymore

[snow swan]

guys what if isack went to mercedes pit for views?

[topaz igloo]

Apparently that weird practice start today wasn’t the total disaster it looked like haha

[stray pecan]

Youd think theyd tell the ones going with the lights to be ahead of the ones being told to go when the car ahead goes

[snow swan]

https://www.vxreddit.com/r/formula1/s/9C3fDxLiXK

[topaz igloo]

https://x.com/noblef1/status/2022363262210445574?s=46

Jon Noble (@NobleF1)

🚨 McLaren has called for safety changes to be made to #F1’s 2026 rules before the season opening Australian Grand Prix.

https://t.co/Ga31tUOFhc

X · Feb 13, 2026, 5:32 PM

Did we discuss this in here?

Btw Mods, I think we can disable slow mode now

Hilarious that Ferrari built the perfect solution around the starting procedure , and McLaren wants that advantage taken away haha

[snow swan]

Well i think mclaren is worried about crashing a driver that's LICO when behind full throttling

[topaz igloo]

That’s another thing, yes

I was just laughing at the starting procedure part in particular

[split bane]

Well Ferrari can use his right of veto... For once they are on the right side of power

[snow swan]

Must be the strategists and not the whole team ong

[split bane]

I mean to maintant the starting procedure like this in the regs

[sudden bough]

yo what tf happened at the end of testing

the Ferrari died

[warm patio]

Verstappen will retire at the end of this season

[sudden bough]

and then there was a disaster of a practice start

[glass geyser]

wha

[topaz igloo]

Ran out of gas

[sudden bough]

the Ferrari ran out of fuel

[glass geyser]

oh, huh

[sudden bough]

HAM stopped with like 10 minutes left of the session

they moved his car out then had the messed up practice start

[winter scarab]

please do it, ferr*ri needs to be nerfed

(even tho they have nothing left to nerf)

[wild wren]

norris fans telling verstappen to go race at the nordschleife thinking its an insult

most prestigious track in the world by the way

[stray pecan]

Russell #1 norris fan

[lavish ore]

watch them change it now that all the other teams are crying about it

[rapid horizon]

I wonder if mclaren will be top 2 teams this year considering they had like 90% of 2025 to work on 2026 because their car was so supreme

[lavish ore]

if mercedes is as good as the rumours say then yeah i think so

[sudden bough]

its lights out and away we...
what the fuck?

[lofty hill]

Melbournes gonna be the average eu iracing lobby

[gentle pelican]

Colapinto has his ways

[sudden bough]

...

they need to get their shit together

[wild wren]

all the norris and russell fans just relay what their drivers say blindly

cant think for theirselves

[wild wren]

testing by the way

[sudden bough]

yes its testing

but sandbagging usually doesnt knock 2-3 seconds off a cars pace

[wild wren]

ultra sandbag

we wont know till qualifying for the australian gp

and even then i dont think we will know who has the fastest car because i believe with these regs it will massivly vary from track to track

[sudden bough]

we'll get an idea of whos midfield and whos a top team

[sudden bough]

im more talking about the colapinto incident lol

[topaz igloo]

Yeah that was fucking hilarious

[wild wren]

good save

[topaz igloo]

The good news is these cars catch themselves much better. Last year he was probably going into the wall

[lunar quartz]

anymore onboard videos around?

[wild wren]

then the car had enough of his antics and signed out

[lunar quartz]

I need to hear my beloved shitty french pinky bluey car to see if it sounds like an angry coke can

[wild wren]

the one of antonelli today is great, the onboard sound from the merc is amazing

[lunar quartz]

ill take a look

[wild wren]

sounds so raw and loud unlike the prev reg cars

[topaz igloo]

Idk man, I get the angst, but I’m still optimistic for this season

[lunar quartz]

interestingly no Ferrari

[topaz igloo]

At the very least, the tomfuckery of the cars will probably make it interesting

[lunar quartz]

they absolutely shoved that exhaust mic up its arse

[wild wren]

sounds amazing

[topaz igloo]

https://tenor.com/view/donald-duck-stuck-donald-gif-22045738

[lunar quartz]

i like it

[wild wren]

the downshifts and off throttle are lovely

[lunar quartz]

some of that popping reminds me of aforementioned beloved shitty french pinky bluey car

[wild wren]

the red bull also sounds fantastic

[lunar quartz]

Cadillac sounded good to me

[lunar quartz]

any footage?

[topaz igloo]

I’m super interested to see how things look next week. How close can we get to last year’s quali times?

I’m not sure that’s a fair comparison for new regs, but it’ll be interesting

[wild wren]

all ive seen is clips of it onboard while watching testing ill try find one

[lunar quartz]

damn it alr thanks