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[race-week]

So after 6 years of posting on F1 Tumblr I have decided to take a step back.

This kind of comes down to a few things,

1. I think I’ve fallen out of love with F1, or moreso have found other interests that take up my time.

2. The F1 community on here has changed (as is expected when time passes and communities expand) and I don’t find as much enjoyment in posting as I used to.

3. Life is generally more demanding than it used to be and I found myself feeling that finding time to plan posts was becoming more of a chore.

I’ve really enjoyed my time on here and I very much appreciated everyone who has submitted asks or messaged me over the years.

Over the past 6 years I’ve made race guides, technical explanations and answered countless questions about the sport that I grew up loving, and I also got to watch the team that I grew up supporting win two constructors championships and a drivers championship.

Wishing you all the best 😊

[mistressemmedi]

Big fan of the energy from the engineers reporting weather changes to their drivers. It's giving a war report "The enemy is two kilometers away and advancing towards us with superior firepower. Pray to your god that we may survive this"

[race-week]

Bortoleto has been disqualified from the sprint race due to a technical infringement, where his cars engine intake pressure was too high

[race-week]

Dad: Lawson and Perez, that ongoing love triangle

Me: who’s the third party? The red bull seat?

Dad: collisions

[race-week]

According to Reuters, there is due to be an announcement today that F1 will return to Istanbul Park in Turkey for 2027 and will have a minimum of a 5 year contract

[race-week]

It’s also not going to be ‘replacing’ any current tracks (technically) as it’ll be filling the gap formed with Spa and Barcelona rotating

Imola - replaced by - Madrid

Zandvoort - replaced by - Portimao

Spa and Barcelona joined on a rotation, which leaves a slot free without exceeding 24 races

[race-week]

Official announcement

[race-week]

According to Reuters, there is due to be an announcement today that F1 will return to Istanbul Park in Turkey for 2027 and will have a minimum of a 5 year contract

[race-week]

It’s also not going to be ‘replacing’ any current tracks (technically) as it’ll be filling the gap formed with Spa and Barcelona rotating

Imola - replaced by - Madrid

Zandvoort - replaced by - Portimao

Spa and Barcelona joined on a rotation, which leaves a slot free without exceeding 24 races

[race-week]

According to Reuters, there is due to be an announcement today that F1 will return to Istanbul Park in Turkey for 2027 and will have a minimum of a 5 year contract

[vro0m]

Miami is a sprint race so that sounds like a good idea

[race-week]

hi! in the released document it wasnt really clear if they mean 250/350 cap on deployment rate (based on the position) as independent of boost mode or not?

Hi, basically from my understanding it’s the MGU-K deployment as a whole is capped at 250kW/350kW regardless of mode.

Boost itself is now capped at +150kW or the cars power level at activation if that is higher

As a whole the battery, specifically the MGU-K will not be able to deploy more than 250kW if it is in a non-straight section of the track, when previously in theory it could be deploying 350kW for at least a little bit

[race-week]

FIA agreed Mid-Season Changes

The recharge limit in qualifying will be reduced from 8MJ to 7MJ

This reduction will ensure that more of the lap is run flat out with less need for energy recovery tactics

The super clipping recharge allowance will be increased from 250MW to 350MW

This will occur in both qualifying and the race and will reduce the amount of time that a car spends recharging

A new low power detection system has been developed

This will trigger automatic MGU-K deployment to ensure a minimum level of acceleration at starts

Wet Weather Changes

Increased tyre blanket temperatures, reduced maximum ERS deployment and simplified rear light systems

Boost mode changes

Boost mode will be limited to 250KW in non straight mode areas, whilst on straights drivers will be allowed to use the full 350KW

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The majority of these changes are addressing the safety concerns around the new regulations

The low power detection system should avoid situations like the Lawson - Colapinto near miss, when Lawson was slow off the grid.

The recharge allowance being increased along with the boost restrictions should decrease the likelihood of situations like Colapinto and Bearman where you have these insane closing speeds, between a slower car and a faster one.

The qualifying change should allow cars to push to the limits more in qualifying

[race-week]

FIA agreed Mid-Season Changes

The recharge limit in qualifying will be reduced from 8MJ to 7MJ

This reduction will ensure that more of the lap is run flat out with less need for energy recovery tactics

The super clipping recharge allowance will be increased from 250MW to 350MW

This will occur in both qualifying and the race and will reduce the amount of time that a car spends recharging

A new low power detection system has been developed

This will trigger automatic MGU-K deployment to ensure a minimum level of acceleration at starts

Wet Weather Changes

Increased tyre blanket temperatures, reduced maximum ERS deployment and simplified rear light systems

Boost mode changes

Boost mode will be limited to 250KW in non straight mode areas, whilst on straights drivers will be allowed to use the full 350KW

[lesbianjaxsondart]

if you put the new harry potter show on my dash in any way it's gonna be an automatic unfollow from me, guys. like. it's 2026. come the fuck on

[race-week]

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Bearman’s type of crash was always going to happen with the new regulations, with the approach/closing speeds we are seeing when one car is trying to overtake a car that is harvesting there can be a massive speed difference which results in a big crash, and could also result in a car going airborne.

It was just confirmed that the closing speed difference between the two cars was 45kph

[race-week]

It is a small mercy that they aren’t racing in Jeddah this year as a similar incident on that track likely would result in a much larger crash.

[race-week]

[countingstars-17]

oscar: i finally see what you mean by mushrooms, it's pretty accurate

charles: (laughing) yeah!!!!

[race-week]

Not to jinx anything, but is this going to be the first race that Aston Martin completes all of the race laps (with at least one car)???