2026 Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team

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Kimi on 23 laps fastest time of a 1:22.352 a stream some how has live timing

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Kimi Antonelli on the @MercedesAMGF1 W17:
It still will take a bit of time to try all the modes, overtake, override, all that kind of stuff. It's different. But the car is nice. It's very nice to drive, and obviously on the PU side it's a bit different compared to what we had last year. It requires a bit more management, but it's all doable. I have to say the team on the PU side did a really good job. And drivability, which was a big question mark, seems to be good so far.
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Not that it means much, but Ted Kravitz reported George's laptime yesterday was done on a C1. It was about half a second down on Hadjar.
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Emag wrote:
27 Jan 2026, 16:41
Not that it means much, but Ted Kravitz reported George's laptime yesterday was done on a C1. It was about half a second down on Hadjar.
Not sure if Pirelli has published the performance difference between compounds? I wouldn't be surprised if their projection goes down the drain as usual. Most of the times, their harder compounds seem to be faster in quali than their soft range. Given that this track got resurfaced 7 years back and still very green yesterday, it's difficult to expect a C3 to do a better job than a C1. May be by Friday, things might change if there is no more rain.

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what is the point of inferring 'pecking order' from the lap times, without knowing the 'modes' 'recharge severity' 'deployment' etc etc ? Too much media 'content generation' based on laptimes by TV broadcasters and podcasters/youtubers. Lets keep f1technical cleaner by staying away from 'team X look strongest' etc etc. They are all 'testing the PU' , not chasing laptimes. Reliability in different 'modes' has to be the only priority , atleast until they begin the Bahrain testing.

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Mercedes normally sandbags in testing so the times are looking veery good for them.
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For now, it is back to 2014 for Mercedes.
Many laps, quick, no issues, engine and car looks good.

Still very early but clear favorites for now

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George Russell - 1:17:580 (Day 3)

Fastest time so far. Not that it means anything but it’s never bad when the car is effortlessly quick.

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Very quick and many laps

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Kimi went a little faster.
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