Motorsports 2026

[aparch]

Glad to see the Cadillacs have picked up the pace to the mid-field, but dissapointed to see the gains fell apart in qualifying this afternoon.

Looked like a lot of teams struggled with qualifying this afternoon as well. Gambling on wet setups for tomorrow?

 

[state of hockey]

Front row for the GP tomorrow haven’t had great starts this season. Should get interesting immediately.

 

[aparch]

F1 race moved up to 1pm ET due to forecast of thunderstorms rolling in after 3pm.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Front row for the GP tomorrow haven’t had great starts this season. Should get interesting immediately.

I don't know what Kimi and Max are doing, but they cannot figure out starts with this car. At this point it's either yips or just something they can't fundamentally do correctly. Which is funny to say for Max who is about as calculated as a racer can be.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Learned today that NASCAR didn't stop using leaded gasoline until 2007.

And that it's still used in small piston jet fuel.

 

[MichVandal]

Learned today that NASCAR didn't stop using leaded gasoline until 2007.

And that it's still used in small piston jet fuel.

You mean av fuel. There's no lead, or even need of lead, in jet fuel. Let alone a small piston jet, chuckle...

Stupid for NASCAR to wait- it's not as if an engine failure will cause a 5000ft glide to a controlled crash. But aviation is very conservative, and the engines are still technically very old. Kind of a bad excuse that they have not forced hardened valve seats into plane engines, but that's it....

I do remember that you could easily get leaded racing gas in the early 2000s, And a project I worked on that was a race Baja truck used leaded fuel.... In an engine that we (F) supplied to them that was totally developed on unleaded gas...

 

[aparch]

Learned today that NASCAR didn't stop using leaded gasoline until 2007.

Cup series used a carburetor until 2012, and Grand National and Truck Series didn't move to fuel injection until recently.

 

[Jimjamesak]

F1 race moved up to 1pm ET due to forecast of thunderstorms rolling in after 3pm.

F1 has gotten really lucky with the weather in Miami the last few years. They're finally getting to experience normal Miami weather.

 

[aparch]

What a fun race to watch! The drama of the start, Lawson being an idiot, the battling for positions after pitstops. Verstappen going 49 laps on one set of tires. And then the last lap with Leclerc spinning!

Can't wait for the post-race press quotes from the drivers who hated this race.

 

[state of hockey]

That was fun. Red Bull didn’t have the finish they want, but if they figure out starts they’re in the mix. This time it appeared to be driver errors. Max with too much throttle and Isack kissing a barrier.

 

[state of hockey]

Max gets hit with a five second penalty for crossing the pit line. But because Leclerc was hit with 20 second penalty, Verstappen’s P5 remains. Leclerc to 8th.

 

[state of hockey]

What a fun race to watch! The drama of the start, Lawson being an idiot, the battling for positions after pitstops. Verstappen going 49 laps on one set of tires. And then the last lap with Leclerc spinning!

Can't wait for the post-race press quotes from the drivers who hated this race.

Sorry, triple post.

Stewards determined Lawson’s gearbox malfunctioned and he isn’t to blame for ramming Gasly.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Lawson being an idiot

The more I watch the replay, the more I think that was on Gasly.

Gasly made a huge dive on the outside. Then had to turn in. But Lawson was already committed to his braking point, suddenly sees Gasly on the outside turning in. Yes, technically Gasly was ahead, but it's not like Lawson could brake earlier because he was already past his braking point when Gasly finished his not totally completed move. What was Lawson to do? He can't brake any harder without locking up (which is actually what he did) and he can't go back in time and acquire ESP knowing he had to brake earlier, because he didn't know Gasly was going to make that move, since it came so late.

Gasly put Lawson in an impossible position. And at that point, it was inevitable that Lawson was going to hit him.

But to your main point, that was a really entertaining race.

 

[aparch]

The more I watch the replay, the more I think that was on Gasly.

Now that I've seen the replays a few times, I agree. I will admit that I missed seeing it live as my feed crapped out before that and made the judgement solely on commentary I saw on social media and the lap-by-lap feed on the F1 website.


I laughed at Sainz spouting off about Max having to beat and bang on everything thinking the midfield would just roll over for him, and Max's reply that the midfield was "a jungle."

Also seemed like a LOT of teams were having gearbox issues. Wasn't Antonelli having problems too, and he won!

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Now that I've seen the replays a few times, I agree. I will admit that I missed seeing it live as my feed crapped out before that and made the judgement solely on commentary I saw on social media and the lap-by-lap feed on the F1 website.


I laughed at Sainz spouting off about Max having to beat and bang on everything thinking the midfield would just roll over for him, and Max's reply that the midfield was "a jungle."

Also seemed like a LOT of teams were having gearbox issues. Wasn't Antonelli having problems too, and he won!

Max isn't wrong...

Kimi did complain about the paddles/shifting.

 

[MichVandal]

The Race is reporting that a return to v8s is pretty certain, the biggest questions of when- 2030 or 2031, and hybrid content.

Having seen the v8s live, I honestly don’t get the appeal, as they are so very very loud. If you don’t have protection, you will have damage. They sound cold initially, but it doesn’t take long until it’s just too much.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

The Race is reporting that a return to v8s is pretty certain, the biggest questions of when- 2030 or 2031, and hybrid content.

Having seen the v8s live, I honestly don’t get the appeal, as they are so very very loud. If you don’t have protection, you will have damage. They sound cold initially, but it doesn’t take long until it’s just too much.

I think the only way this happens is if there is some kind of hybrid component. And that may soften the sound a bit.

 

[aparch]

I saw similar discussion regarding the switch back to V8s. And while I don't have experience with F1 cars with them, I have spent plenty of time around races with the Truck, Busch, and Cup (practice) series to know that ear protection is a must (gun mufflers work wonderfully).

I also saw it mentioned, I think it was Toto, that not including a hybrid component in the next decade would be asinine. Essentially saying to read the room.

Wonder how much resistance Cadillac would put up, or if they would push to just make the switch early as long as they don't waste development time since they want to make their own power train by 2029.

Also, I wonder how much off the shelf components they would utilize as they already have a hybrid power train used in their Le Mans prototype car (V-LMDh). That "felony mode" (electric takeoff, switch to gas later) is also available on the Corvette E-Ray. ("Stealth Mode")

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Wonder how much resistance Cadillac would put up, or if they would push to just make the switch early as long as they don't waste development time since they want to make their own power train by 2029.

I never believed Cadillac was going to come up with an engine in 2029, spending all that money for just two years. I always believed that was a bluff to get in, and then they would actually come up with an engine to whatever the next set of rules are. So, I think Cadillac would be more than happy to rush the next ruleset in, and then they will announce that is the one we are building to, screw 2029.