The Official F1 2026 silly season *contains speculation*

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the-norseman said:

Wifes kid had applied to Silverstone UTC so we get emails off them, we got an email saying the track is booked for private use several times in the next few weeks and students must not film or picture anything going on, 16th was on of the days.

It won't be F1.

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honda_exige said:

Well it was. Cadillac ran today and video is up

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTlRbzWijHF/?img_index...

Also pointless telling students not to film when there's a Gigantic Hilton with rooms and bar overlooking the track and garages FFS

Sorry I meant it won’t be some secret F1 test.

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ThingsBehindTheSun said:

He would have been in the bottom two drivers anyway, so can't see this is going to make much difference.

I'd be surprised if the team finish any of the first handful of races.

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Milkyway said:

If they can get their act together... they might get a decent result at Monaco.

I wish them well (I would like 12 teams), but starting up a new team is an incredible challenge. I hope they have the stomach for a 5 year plan...

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Also I understand that the FIA, to avoid any massive issues have all of the CAD, specs, etc from the team as well as PU test data - so they can guide when a team is going down a route that would then be declared illegal. Teams can ask for specific interpretations to be validated and the FiA might say “yes that’s valid” or “no” or “you could read it that way but that is not the intent of the regulation”

Would have looked bad if several manufacturers had turned up to round 1 and been disqualified for non-compliance of the PU, with a 6month+ fix time…

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entropy said:

Everyone knows Newey's real opinion. He just needs to keep his mouth shut and remember to say the right things when he's supposed to just so he can keep his equity.

If I read the news at the time correctly the equity was given when he signed, rather than being performance related stock etc

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732NM said:

And Jackie Stewart is dyslexic.

As is Lewis (and ADHD), Mansell, Herbert and the late Justin Wilson.

For degrees,

Modern & Recent Drivers
• Sergey Sirotkin (Race Car Engineering)
• Jolyon Palmer (Management Studies)
• Vitaly Petrov (Meteorology)
• Rio Hariyanto (Business)
• Lucas di Grassi (Economics)

Historical Drivers
• Jonathan Palmer (Medicine)
• Helmut Marko (Law)
• Giuseppe Farina (Political Science/Engineering)
• Tony Brooks (Dentistry)
• Marc Gené (Economics)
• Mark Donohue (Mechanical Engineering)
• Tony Brise (Business Administration)
• Guy Edwards (Psychology and Geography)
• Gunnar Nilsson (Engineering)
• Jim Hall (Mechanical Engineering)

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entropy said:

Both Newey & Stroll Snr need each but Larrry holds the better cards. It amazes why Newey is still in F1 and not, say, start his own consultancy business?

Because of the challenge.

Why do many CEOs work when they could retire tomorrow with millions in the bank?

Our CEO probably has $50m in cash/equity (not possible stock rewards) - why do they work?

They are just wired differently.