Now it looks like Wed-Fri will be sunny.
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Depends on which weather service you see I guess, but from what I saw, only Tuesday has an actual chance of rain. Monday will be cloudy and Wednesday to Friday are sunny with scattered clouds.
I think this is quite likely. If Monday looks okay in the morning I am sure that the teams that are ready to run will do it. They have more time to fix issues, they are sure the weather won't change radically, etc.
Noticed my typo, meant can't fathom why you wouldn'tFittingMechanics wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:23It is because of regulations.mwillems wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:17Hole allows air into the diffuser that energises flow. Downwash sidepods are focussed on getting a lot of air to the sidepod to energise externally.FittingMechanics wrote: ↑23 Jan 2026, 19:33
I listened to the Race video on YouTube and they said that the team showed them preview renders in a black testing livery, that they could notice downwashing sidepods and pushrod front, but that some areas were intentionally left hidden/simple. My guess is these will be public renders they release which will hide anything interesting.
Not sure these guys would notice that mouse hole on the renders, especially as it is likely the team would hide it in a render.
I'm not sure why "downwashing sidepod" would mean no mouse hole, could someone explain?
I cant fathom why you would utilise both methods, but that level of understanding is beyond me. You'd think both would help, but perhaps this type of aero interaction has inherent flaws.
Previous regs didnt have them, but I thought that was simply due to regs, but maybe it is because the concept doesnt work.
On another note, I really don't like the moveable wings, it looks cheap.
New regulations are less restrictive in wording. In this video analysis of Mercedes car you can see the comparison of regulations and why now you can do this. About half way in.
As always it’s a clear as mud.
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The team has specifically said the car in Barcelona will be pretty much the same in MelbourneMTudor wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 23:50This won't be the real car,it's way to early to show your cards,it will a Spec A car with basic features,only in Bahrain will appear the real cars,plus we will have updates and let's not forget that our corelation between track and wind tunnel/CFD had no match last two seasons.
what is more importantMTudor wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 23:50This won't be the real car,it's way to early to show your cards,it will a Spec A car with basic features,only in Bahrain will appear the real cars,plus we will have updates and let's not forget that our corelation between track and wind tunnel/CFD had no match last two seasons.
Which is of course very sensible, but I do wonder if this is partly driven by being at the thin end of the RRA. When you have less, you have to be wise how you spendmwillems wrote: ↑25 Jan 2026, 09:26Rob Marshall said that “between Barcelona and Melbourne, I think what you see is probably pretty much what we'll bring to the first race,” stressing that their focus is on understanding the new MCL40 rather than rushing upgrades.
He added that bringing lots of new parts early would only complicate things and that they want to fully understand the platform before redesigning it once it has actually run on track
