It's mental - I think a big part of the issue is the 8MJ per lap rule combined with the battery size. They just can't harvest enough or deploy enough energy - the racing is going to be bizarre!
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Pole sitter George Russell has won the Australian Grand Prix, leading his teammate Antonelli to a perfect result for Mercedes AMG F1. Ferrari didn't make it easy though with the Maranello based team effectively losing out on strategy, forcing Leclerc to settle for third.
It's mental - I think a big part of the issue is the 8MJ per lap rule combined with the battery size. They just can't harvest enough or deploy enough energy - the racing is going to be bizarre!
What makes it really mental, that all of this was crystal clear years ago to anyone with half brain. All of this was absolutely expected.
100% - pretty much no one on this forum is surprised at all!Paa wrote: ↑07 Mar 2026, 02:39What makes it really mental, that all of this was crystal clear years ago to anyone with half brain. All of this was absolutely expected.
Theyve seemingly already changed their minds on this, what a mess
A mess indeed!
Pretty typical of MBS's reign of terror at the FIA tho. and it's been cancelled
- Adam Cooper F1Massive U-turn by the FIA as the change to the straight line zone has been cancelled after pushback by teams and drivers - so it's business as usual heading into FP3, However the whole situation is clearly not satisfactory, and teams are not happy.
Commentators on Sky just confirmed it.AR3-GP wrote: ↑07 Mar 2026, 03:04and it's been cancelled
- Adam Cooper F1Massive U-turn by the FIA as the change to the straight line zone has been cancelled after pushback by teams and drivers - so it's business as usual heading into FP3, However the whole situation is clearly not satisfactory, and teams are not happy.