The Official F1 2027 silly season *contains speculation*

[moffspeed]

Mark-C said:

vaud said:

Portimao is fun but not exactly wide.

That said it is a race I'm booking to go to... plus some days in Lagos and Faro. Or maybe a road trip down from Lisbon. Lovely area, great food and people...

I went for the 2023 WEC race. Stayed in Olhao (having driven down from Lisbon) which was too far away from the circuit given getting in and out from the A22 took ages.

Its my local circuit so very pleasing news - and totally against the FIA flow of dumbing the sport down and frequenting desert car parks.

I tend to get up there for the ELMS and the Algarve Classic each year. My only concern is that there will need to be a lot of work done to upgrade run-off areas and catch fencing. I know it's only a few years since F1 previously visited but spectator safety is a bit marginal in places. Witness this uninvited spectator in the stands at T1 during the WEC meeting in 2023….

[vaud]

moffspeed said:

Its my local circuit so very pleasing news - and totally against the FIA flow of dumbing the sport down and frequenting desert car parks.

Depending on the dates, I’m going to go and combine it with a weeks holiday, maybe Lagos. I love the area.

[Tripe Bypass]

kambites said:

Brainpox said:

Easy to see Alonso and Hamilton calling it quits after 2026. Alonso is going to become a dad next year. Lewis is not gelling at Ferrari and has the money and star power to literally do anything.

I think in both cases it will depend heavily on factors outside of their control. I'm struggling to see Ferrari as anything other than a mid-field team next year, in which case I think there's a significant risk they lose both drivers for 2027. Leclerc is still fairly young but time is ticking away and Ferrari don't appear to be willing to make the cultural changes which are probably needed. I'd be amazed if he doesn't have an exit clause if Ferrari aren't title contenders. Without said cultural change, I can't see Hamilton ever being either happy or competitive there either.

Regarding Alonso, I think there's a good chance that Stroll will get pushed out for 2027 if AM are genuinely competitive in 2026 (which it really should be unless Honda mess up badly) and if that happens they will really want to keep Alonso for at east one more year to maintain some form of continuity. Although if they could land Leclerc for 2027 they might be happier to let Alonso go.


Obviously this is hugely speculative but if AM are good in 2026, I could see Leclerc replacing Stroll at AM in 2027 and then Alonso leaving to be replaced by a promising rookie/young driver in 2028?

2027? During 2026 it turns out that the Aston Martin is a rocketship and, turning back the page of history, Alonso re-establishes himself as the man to beat in F1.

Stroll is given the big E at the end of the season.

Hamilton quits Ferrari and joins Alonso at AM in a 2007 twentieth anniversary special.

Hamilton and Alonso fall out spectacularly in the first five minutes of first practice of the first race.

They spend the whole season taking points off each other allowing a Ferrari to win the WDC driven by a Couldn't Care Less Finn.

That Finn?

Keke Rosberg, obviously.

Or something.

[anonymous-user]

I will be amazed if Hamilton even makes it to the end of the 2026 season if I am honest. Judging by how depressed he has been in recent races I cannot see it getting any better for him next year.

Hamilton and John Elkann to have a massive falling out and Hamilton to be sacked and replaced with Ollie Bearman a few races before the end of the season. It is then announced that Fred Vasseur is immediately following him out the door

[ajprice]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

I will be amazed if Hamilton even makes it to the end of the 2026 season if I am honest. Judging by how depressed he has been in recent races I cannot see it getting any better for him next year.

Hamilton's car conks out at Monaco, he does a Kimi, walks to his boat but then never comes back...

[vaud]

ajprice said:

Hamilton's car conks out at Monaco, he does a Kimi, walks to his boat but then never comes back...

Walk to his boat, gets drunk on his boat, falls off his boat.

I miss Kimi.

[PhilAsia]

vaud said:

ajprice said:

Hamilton's car conks out at Monaco, he does a Kimi, walks to his boat but then never comes back...

Walk to his boat, gets drunk on his boat, falls off his boat.

I miss Kimi.

Did he do that? If so..., (sadly, no tisl...thrash in the sea laughing)

[Petrus1983]

moffspeed said:

Its my local circuit so very pleasing news - and totally against the FIA flow of dumbing the sport down and frequenting desert car parks.

I tend to get up there for the ELMS and the Algarve Classic each year. My only concern is that there will need to be a lot of work done to upgrade run-off areas and catch fencing. I know it's only a few years since F1 previously visited but spectator safety is a bit marginal in places. Witness this uninvited spectator in the stands at T1 during the WEC meeting in 2023 .

The perfect race number for such a crash as it didn't matter what side it landed but shocking by modern safety standards.

[MustangGT]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

I will be amazed if Hamilton even makes it to the end of the 2026 season if I am honest. Judging by how depressed he has been in recent races I cannot see it getting any better for him next year.

Hamilton and John Elkann to have a massive falling out and Hamilton to be sacked and replaced with Ollie Bearman a few races before the end of the season. It is then announced that Fred Vasseur is immediately following him out the door

New formula next year, nobody has any idea what the cars are like, either in terms of driveability or compared to each other.

[asfault]

MustangGT said:

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

I will be amazed if Hamilton even makes it to the end of the 2026 season if I am honest. Judging by how depressed he has been in recent races I cannot see it getting any better for him next year.

Hamilton and John Elkann to have a massive falling out and Hamilton to be sacked and replaced with Ollie Bearman a few races before the end of the season. It is then announced that Fred Vasseur is immediately following him out the door

New formula next year, nobody has any idea what the cars are like, either in terms of driveability or compared to each other.

This is literally Alonso and Hamiltons last throw of the dice for a Brawn moment era car. Alonso in a better position as if Aston Martin deliver the car he only has to be a weak Lance Stroll.

Lewis is in a bad place as if by some miracle Ferrari deliver a championship winning car Leclerc will have him for breakfast.

[PhilAsia]

asfault said:

This is literally Alonso and Hamiltons last throw of the dice for a Brawn moment era car. Alonso in a better position as if Aston Martin deliver the car he only has to be a weak Lance Stroll.

Lewis is in a bad place as if by some miracle Ferrari deliver a championship winning car Leclerc will have him for breakfast.

Maybe.

With Lewis, he is up against one of the best qualifiers on the grid. Yes, Charles makes mistakes, but more often he does not. And, during the race, yes, Charles makes mistakes, but more often than not, he does not...and he will probably be starting from higher on the grid, so he will probably have that buffer/call advantage.

If anyone can absorb that disadvantage though, Lewis can. To his credit, Lewis has never ducked from a fight with a team mate which is refreshing. And, it will be interesting to see how deep Lewis can dig - if he has a WDC car underneath him - given he is in his twilight years in F1.

[thegreenhell]

From 2027 to 2032 Spa and Barcelona will alternate on the calendar, Spa taking the odd years and Barcelona the evens.

This opens up a new slot, presumably for another city street race somewhere.

[carl_w]

thegreenhell said:

From 2027 to 2032 Spa and Barcelona will alternate on the calendar, Spa taking the odd years and Barcelona the evens.

This opens up a new slot, presumably for another city street race somewhere.

Madrid?

[pits]

carl_w said:

thegreenhell said:

From 2027 to 2032 Spa and Barcelona will alternate on the calendar, Spa taking the odd years and Barcelona the evens.

This opens up a new slot, presumably for another city street race somewhere.

Madrid?

Yes Barcelona replaced for another street circuit that nobody asked for, which then means we effectively lose Spa, of all the tracks to alternate it with, they pick the best track.

[anonymous-user]

Alonso to start saying 'GP2 Engine' and 'The engine feels good, much slower than before. Amazing' again, have a major falling our with Laurence Stroll and retire for good this time.

[ajprice]

One of the threads last year had a diagram of Alonso's cycle of being with a team. Starting happy > things go wrong > Alonso loses it > fireworks. I think we might go through this with Alonso at AM this year, before we even get to 2027, stage 2 started last year, things could happen very quickly this year.

[ajprice]

As there isn't a 2028 thread. Gianpiero Lambiase (GP) to move to McLaren at the end of 2027 season when his Red Bull contract ends. Lots of sites reporting it this morning, nothing on Autosport or BBC yet though.

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2026/04/09/key-max-...

GP has been Verstappen's race engineer at Red Bull since Verstappen started there. It's another wheel falling off the Red Bull train.

[Gtom]

[BrettMRC]

Be nice for him not to have to poke up with the abuse

[suffolk009]

Presumably, Lambiase will now start to be un-invited from important decision making meetings and will generally be technically shunned (not that I imagine there's much McLaren want to learn about the Red Bull car). But that seems to be the way these things normally run.