2026 Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team

[PlatinumZealot]

Please be a spaceship, please be a spaceship, please be a spaceship!

Why don’t you love f1?
Another year like 2014 is not acceptable

Why not?
It brings out the character in the drivers if Antonelli can keep George honest. I know George can be ruthless but what about Kimi? i don't know yet and finding out is part of the fun.

[Lasssept]

[OverheatedTurbo]

Strong P6 and P7

i s2g do not fkin jinx us

Not trying to. It’s just that there isn’t enough evidence, apart from paddock gossip, that suggests that Merc is the team to beat. I’ll wait until the first race.

[Matt2725]

Strong P6 and P7

i s2g do not fkin jinx us

Not trying to. It’s just that there isn’t enough evidence, apart from paddock gossip, that suggests that Merc is the team to beat. I’ll wait until the first race.

Paddock gossip quite often comes with a fair amount of truth behind it.

[f1Follower]

Will teams still Sandbag like in tests in FP1 to FP3 or will the teams show their hands?

[FittingMechanics]

Will teams still Sandbag like in tests in FP1 to FP3 or will the teams show their hands?

Sandbag.

Teams don't run the same programmes, some push their cars, some don't, some make mistakes, some improve over night. You'll probably see who is in trouble but proper pecking order won't be clear, especially in first free practices before we get an idea how various teams run.

[upsidedowntoast]

I will actually cry if after all this hype we still suck

[f1isgood]

I will actually cry if after all this hype we still suck

They might not dominate hard but they are definitely in a much better place. Worst case they will be in a title fight. Best case George Russell easy WDC.

[Lasssept]

[AR3-GP]

Mercedes on Thursday: "Everyone else is sandbagging, we're super honest and never try and deceive anyone"
Mercedes on Friday: *Cuts 3 cylinders off the PU for FP1*

[Lasssept]

f1debrief

[upsidedowntoast]

can someone smarter than me explain this telemetry chart? why is the merc top speed so low?

[MB_Racer]

Mercedes on Thursday: "Everyone else is sandbagging, we're super honest and never try and deceive anyone"
Mercedes on Friday: *Cuts 3 cylinders off the PU for FP1*

Facts fully agreed with you

[Lasssept]

[nitrotech]

https://i.postimg.cc/rF3JGCZz/20260306-081826.jpg

George hit traffic for the last 3 laps that slowed him down. Last lap he was free, but for the next lap, there was VSC.