Interesting point. The blue on the GT3 is roughly the usual corporate identity blue for RedBull. But for F1 they always used the much darker blue. Is there a reason for this?astracrazy wrote: ↑17 Dec 2025, 12:31Nice livery that. Shame the F1 team doesn't use something similar.
I do not really get the point about the qualifyers: If they really set up such a strong team, then why care about the qualifyers? The team can easily get to the necessary top qualifying spot without him. And the best preparation is anyways a private test, not the NLS series.Wouter wrote: ↑17 Dec 2025, 10:20Explained: Max Verstappen's mystery Mercedes GT3 Estoril test
https://www.motorsport.com/gt/news/what ... /10785109/
15 bhp on a 500 hp engine is quite a lot. That deficit would be enough to qualify for extra development time.
15 hp is not worth 3 tenth those numbers are just there to grab people attention for media engagement at best it's 1 tenth. The total system is around 1000hp .honda goal is to reach 50 percent thermal efficiency same with current pu but without mguh.
Nonsense. The total system will not be running close to 1000hp for most of the time as the battery deployment will be highly limited due to energy restraints, especially in the race. The combustion engine's power will be a major performance factor for lap time as it not only determines acceleration, but also helps you regenerate more energy. If you are lacking 15 hp that's roughly a 3% ICE deficit, that will be a lot of lap time. More than in 2025.Bill wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025, 19:3415 hp is not worth 3 tenth those numbers are just there to grab people attention for media engagement at best it's 1 tenth. The total system is around 1000hp .honda goal is to reach 50 percent thermal efficiency same with current pu but without mguh.
Redbull won championship with an underpowered renaut engine with a much bid gap of more than 15 hp .it was about 20 to 30hp.its wishful thinking on Redbull fans to think they stumbled upon an f1 pu loophole and will be one to massively benefit. If you read beyond media sensationalism they is no loophole the rule say compression ratio will be measured when car is static but not while running on track which means a team could circumvent the limit imposed while car is running on track, but that's not difference to the current pu.so in short it's a measurement limitation so if they were to cheat in the next round of regulation they are probably all cheating now so no big revelation.Badger wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025, 19:43Nonsense. The total system will not be running close to 1000hp for most of the time as the battery deployment will be highly limited due to energy restraints, especially in the race. The combustion engine's power will be a major performance factor for lap time as it not only determines acceleration, but also helps you regenerate more energy. If you are lacking 15 hp that's roughly a 3% ICE deficit, that will be a lot of lap time. More than in 2025.
I am not commenting on the validity of the article, but you're wrong if you think that 15 bhp isn't meaningful in this new regulation set, way more than one tenth. The V8 gap was not 30 hp, it was marginal. And again, those ICE's were more powerful so the relative differences of 15 bhp were smaller then.Bill wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025, 20:16Redbull won championship with an underpowered renaut engine with a much bid gap of more than 15 hp .it was about 20 to 30hp.its wishful thinking on Redbull fans to think they stumbled upon an f1 pu loophole and will be one to massively benefit. If you read beyond media sensationalism they is no loophole the rule say compression ratio will be measured when car is static but not while running on track which means a team could circumvent the limit imposed while car is running on track, but that's not difference to the current pu.so in short it's a measurement limitation so if they were to cheat in the next round of regulation they are probably all cheating now so no big revelation.Badger wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025, 19:43Nonsense. The total system will not be running close to 1000hp for most of the time as the battery deployment will be highly limited due to energy restraints, especially in the race. The combustion engine's power will be a major performance factor for lap time as it not only determines acceleration, but also helps you regenerate more energy. If you are lacking 15 hp that's roughly a 3% ICE deficit, that will be a lot of lap time. More than in 2025.