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⚙️ Engine Development Under the Previous and New Regulations 3 years of F1 development under engine freeze are still worth 2.280 s/lap: that's the average 2022→2025 improvement! Best development: Williams (-3.315s). Worst: Ferrari (-1.464s), best car at the start of '22, only 4th best by '25. Williams was 5.635s quicker in Australia 2025 than in 2022! Ferrari was SLOWER (+0.099s) in Baku 2025 compared to 2022... 2026 cars are just 0.208s slower than in 2022: they will soon match the 2025 ones through combined chassis and PU development. 😉 The increased fuel flow going forward will help too! [Data: Dry quali with identical track layouts, by @mecanico_al_detalle] Via @JMP_software

📊 Hungarian GP - Race | Race Pace Analysis 🟧 NOR remains quickest even after correcting for his additional tyre set, yet 🟦 VER was just 1 tenth behind, 🟩 ANT 0.15s behind! 🟥 Ferrari was just 4th best on the track they should have dominated (also due to traffic). 🟩 Aston's updates really worked: 8th fastest team in the race, in front of Haas, Williams, and unreliable Cadillac!

📊 Hungarian GP - Race | Race Start & Acceleration Times Russell really can't catch a break: the anti-stall cost him 1.3s over 0-100 km/h! 💥 This race was yet another confirmation that Ferrari's start advantage has disappeared: all teams are now getting quick…

📊 Hungarian GP - Race | Race Start & Acceleration Times Russell really can't catch a break: the anti-stall cost him 1.3s over 0-100 km/h! 💥 This race was yet another confirmation that Ferrari's start advantage has disappeared: all teams are now getting quick…

📊 Hungarian GP - Race | Race Start & Acceleration Times Russell really can't catch a break: the anti-stall cost him 1.3s over 0-100 km/h! 💥 This race was yet another confirmation that Ferrari's start advantage has disappeared: all teams are now getting quick, consistent starts. Time to consider dropping the pre-start procedure? McLaren and Haas excelled, while Alpine and Audi struggled.

📊 Hungarian GP - Practice 2 | Long Runs 🟩 ANT quickest, on Softs. 🟦 VER was next best, fast on Softs and still pretty quick on Mediums. 🟥 Ferrari didn't produce any stint which was either fast or long and consistent (hard to gauge). Audi looks best-of-the-rest, but Racing Bulls might keep that crown. Haas > Williams (which, however, kept very constant pace even on 25 laps tyres)! Judging by PER's consistency, Cadillac should be ahead of Aston...

TOP SPEED: Ferrari's top speed was very good, too! And they didn't seem to be in a more powerful engine mode. Instead, RBR ran a very conservative power mode. MINISECTORS: HAM/NOR/VER minisector battle: HAM was quickest for over half the lap (53.7%); NOR…

📊 Hungarian GP - Practice 2 | Session Overview BEST SECTOR GAPS: 🟥 Ferrari was quickest in FP2 and is the weekend's favourite thanks to these track characteristics! - 4 Straight-mode zones: Less drag → less impact of engine power, less energy to be deployed.…

📊 Hungarian GP - Practice 2 | Session Overview BEST SECTOR GAPS: 🟥 Ferrari was quickest in FP2 and is the weekend's favourite thanks to these track characteristics! - 4 Straight-mode zones: Less drag → less impact of engine power, less energy to be deployed. - No energy shortage: 9MJ available in quali over a short track. - Many medium-speed corners, especially in sector 2, make SF-26's great downforce shine! Updated 🟧 McL is looking great! Mercedes didn't impress. ANT and RUS complained about balance and feeling. ALO's B-spec Aston ran on low power, yet was quicker than 8 other drivers in the twisty S2: promising!

⚙️ First Aston Martin Upgrade in 2026 Aston Martin is bringing their first update this weekend; it MUST work, or they won't be admitted to races starting from around Singapore! 🚫 Their quali performance went from bad to worse: 0.220% farther from pole EACH…

⚙️ First Aston Martin Upgrade in 2026 Aston Martin is bringing their first update this weekend; it MUST work, or they won't be admitted to races starting from around Singapore! 🚫 Their quali performance went from bad to worse: 0.220% farther from pole EACH EVENT with a robust trend (R²: 0.6). The regression predicts them going above the 107% laptime threshold 6 quali sessions from now: at that point, they won't be allowed to race anymore! Last time this happened in 2012 in Australia, to HRT. ✅ Most improved teams: Cadillac (Started slowest, is now approaching the midfield) and Racing Bulls (Midfielder at start, now solidly best-of-the-rest). ✅ Most improved top teams? Ferrari and RBR. What do you think: will they work? They surely need to... Made via @JMP_software

⚙️ Belgian GP - Race | Russell's Deployment Issue 🟦 Russell was overtaken by Piastri from 3 positions back due to a deployment issue: his speed got stuck at 308 km/h, and the car couldn't accelerate! 🪫 It only started accelerating again at the end of the straight. 🟦 ANT had weak deployment too, but no "speed limiter"! 🟧 McLaren (same PU) accelerated far more. 🔋 Image 2: Russell took Eau Rouge/Raidillon in 8th gear: McLaren used 7th despite having the shortest gear ratios on the grid, while ANT even briefly dropped to 6th! Could the deployment software have been fooled by taking these corners in the highest gear? His rpm dropped to 10,176, below the 10,500 rpm threshold required to unlock full fuel flow → the ICE wasn't even running at full power! [Screenshot and idea by @uruptosmth]

📊 Belgian GP - Race | Race Pace Analysis ANT was quickest, end of story! 0.20s/lap faster than LEC, 0.22s/lap ahead of VER! LEC ended up fighting ANT rather than VER by pitting under the VSC. Still, a monumental drive (and a tremendous team effort to secure…

📊 Belgian GP - Race | Race Pace Analysis ANT was quickest, end of story! 0.20s/lap faster than LEC, 0.22s/lap ahead of VER! LEC ended up fighting ANT rather than VER by pitting under the VSC. Still, a monumental drive (and a tremendous team effort to secure P2 in Spa with such an engine deficit)! NOR had the pace: faster than HAM despite traffic, and fastest lap of the race! Based on the onboards and his performance in free air, Hamilton’s damage didn’t seem to impact his performance significantly (maybe one tenth per lap). PIA’s too, based on his engineer’s team radio. Still, something to keep in mind...

📊 Belgian GP - Qualifying | Qualifying 2025 vs 2026 Mercedes lost the least performance, yet was still over 3s/lap slower than last year! Positions before penalties: Mercedes P6 ('25) → P1 ('26) RBR P4 → P2 McLaren P1 → P3 Ferrari P3 → P5 Aston was closer in pace to the '25 F2 pole than to their own '25 quali time: just 7.149s ahead of F2, but 7.617s off their best from last year!