2026 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, March 06 - 08

[De Wet]

AMR can have a test weekend...

[venkyhere]

Finally.
Rear limited track, so how much advantage Ferrari have on tyre life, with their blown-ish diffuser trick, we will get to see immediately.
Hope the race isn't ruined with a littering of DNFs and we get to see some sustained long-runs, instead of short stints separated by safety cars.

[SB15]

Finally.
Rear limited track, so how much advantage Ferrari have on tyre life, with their blown-ish diffuser trick, we will get to see immediately.
Hope the race isn't ruined with a littering of DNFs and we get to see some sustained long-runs, instead of short stints separated by safety cars.

we need the FP2 race simulations first.

[AR3-GP]

Finally.
Rear limited track, so how much advantage Ferrari have on tyre life, with their blown-ish diffuser trick, we will get to see immediately.
Hope the race isn't ruined with a littering of DNFs and we get to see some sustained long-runs, instead of short stints separated by safety cars.

Australia is front limited. The MGU-K torching the rear tires will apply to every circuit.

[bluechris]

I see in the weather predictions drizzle's in the mornings at least.

[LM10]

Finally.
Rear limited track, so how much advantage Ferrari have on tyre life, with their blown-ish diffuser trick, we will get to see immediately.
Hope the race isn't ruined with a littering of DNFs and we get to see some sustained long-runs, instead of short stints separated by safety cars.

Bahrain is one of the most rear-limited tracks.

[venkyhere]

Finally.
Rear limited track, so how much advantage Ferrari have on tyre life, with their blown-ish diffuser trick, we will get to see immediately.
Hope the race isn't ruined with a littering of DNFs and we get to see some sustained long-runs, instead of short stints separated by safety cars.

Bahrain is one of the most rear-limited tracks.

Agree, but non-sandbagged laps we get to see only in the actual race in Australia, which is when 'tyre wear' will show.

[PlatinumZealot]

The pirelli graphics show rear load is high the front left is particular vulnerable.

[AR3-GP]

The pirelli graphics show rear load is high the front left is particular vulnerable.

9 right hand corners, 4 left hand corners. Sounds about right (left)

[Sbrillo88]

do we have some photos of pitlane or paddock?
Usually we had activities on Wednesday in Australia.

[AR3-GP]

The FIA has cancelled the curfew ahead of the Australian GP for force majeure reasons due to the travel disruption. The teams most affected were @ScuderiaFerrari and @visacashapprb, whose entire crews were stuck in Italy and eventually got on a charter in the UK. They were thus far behind on the usual weekend car preparation.

@adamcooperF1

[Wouter]

do we have some photos of pitlane or paddock?
Usually we had activities on Wednesday in Australia.

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[Sbrillo88]

looks like they are really behind with the schedules

[Wouter]

[Farnborough]

The pirelli graphics show rear load is high the front left is particular vulnerable.

The Pirelli tyre graphic doesn't show left vs right as I interpret that.

One side of car is showing "longitudinal" load, with the other "lateral" loading. They've effectively combined different aspect into one single chassis representation for convenience.

The track though, will have some lateral bias because of that right turn dominant layout.