My understanding is that the overheating issues in testing were due to the tightly packed chassis, similar to McLaren when they had Honda PUs, and I believe also Red Bull with Renault units.
The vibration issue seems to be on Honda's design for the ICE and MGU-K. The AMR chassis probably...
I saw rumors the FIA is set to meet with the teams after China to discuss battery deployment. No idea how that's going to go. The racing did feel a bit odd just due to how powerful the overtake mode was.
Overall, the race was more entertaining than I expected -- Ferrari botching the strategy...
I was visiting Malaysia last month and saw a few Supras in KL. Ngl though, I found it more interesting spotting hot hatches we don't get in the USA like the VW Scirocco and the Renault Megane RS.
Excellent job by Norris to have been consistent to win his title, and good job by Max to make it a fight till the end. McLaren really clowned at the end with poor strategy and trying too much to play it fair.
Also, I'm pretty sure Red Bull and Mekies sold out their 2026 development to give Max...
On top of that, older engines are simply not as efficient through wear and tear and lose out on tracks with long straights. Teams definitely swap in new PUs on tracks like Spa, Vegas, and Interlagos, and will run older engines at Monaco, Hungary, or Zandvoort where it's harder to pass and you...
Unfortunately 10 seconds is the rule -- Hamilton should've tried a bit harder to stick to the asphalt in the runoff. I still maintain that Max's dirty driving because of the dumb "first to the apex" rule in T1 is the cause for the whole mess. You could clearly from Max's onboard that he just...
There was an earlier incident were marshals were out on a hot track in front of Lawson, and they definitely were not going to take another risk like that.
Also, apparently Sainz's car had a small fire, which caused race control to trigger the VSC, but the marshals put it out faster than...
Highly disappointed with the stewarding -- Max resorting to his numpty dirty divebombs and getting no penalty for crashing into Hamilton...dude was pointed at the barriers, not the racetrack
With the 2026 car being a whole new regulation set, nothing they do to develop this car carries over.
Max has definitely brought himself back to the title fight, but still, there's a lot of variables that have to go his way for a win. Needs to beat both Mclarens, Mercedes and Ferrari shouldn't...
The gap was similar to Lando from Max last year, so it is a pretty long shot.
Of course, another Baku-like result opens things up, but as you said, Singapore will play to McLaren's strength in low and medium speed corners, which Red Bull struggles with. Qatar might also be a degradation...
I understand Ferrari want to test stuff on this year's car to learn for 2026, but IDK why they felt the need to scrap a working platform that was the fastest car on some tracks at the end last year for this abomination.
As of now, Accuweather says 40% chance at lights out and going up to 50% by 6pm Baku local time.
Definitely going to be windy, so I expect some wind-related issues same as today.
What a clusterfuck of a qualifying session, gonna be interesting tomorrow with so much of the field out of place, and with rain.
Good for Max to get pole. Interested to see if Sainz throws caution to the wind tomorrow for a first Williams win in over a decade.