George Russell claimed his first Formula One sprint race win at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix, maintaining his perfect start to the season after a closely fought contest that highlighted both Mercedes’ strengths and the evolving competitive order under the 2026 regulations.
No, not Luca.
Autoracer has no idea how much the Ferrari weighs. That was demonstrated when Luca got confused by the social media post and it had to be explained to him how the calculation works. Why do you need to look at social media when you have your "sources"? They are just getting crumbs. According to the numbers in that social media post, the only way Ferrari can be considered to have a weight problem is if one assumes Charles Leclerc is much heavier than PIA and NOR. According to most sources, they are within 1-2kg.Xyz22 wrote: ↑17 Mar 2026, 20:05No, not Luca.
Autoracer reported that a big part of Ferrari next upgrade is about weight reduction. It wouldn't be the priority if they were already at weight limit and at the same time it's clear that they are not in a RB like situation (massively overweighted).
https://racingnews365.com/mclaren-hopin ... ttleground"Certainly, working on reducing the weight of the car is always a development item, because even if you are at the weight limit, you want to be actually under the weight limit, because then you can play with ballast," he explained to media, including RacingNews365, during testing in Bahrain.
https://www.formulapassion.it/f1/f1-ana ... ari-motoreRed Bull appears decidedly too far behind from all points of view, with a chassis that, surprisingly, seems to be less competitive than the new Power Unit and that expresses so little downforce that it shows very high numbers on the straight, mixing the perception of the real strength of the power unit.
Do we have any photos of the Ferrari and Alpine being weighed? The Alpine with Gasly is really right at the weight limit, so I’d take those figures with a pinch of salt, given that Gasly certainly isn’t a heavyweight.AR3-GP wrote: ↑17 Mar 2026, 20:08Autoracer has no idea how much the Ferrari weighs. That was demonstrated when Luca got confused by the social media post and it had to be explained to him how the calculation works. Why do you need to look at social media when you have your "sources"? They are just getting crumbs. According to the numbers in that social media post, the only way Ferrari can be considered to have a weight problem is if one assumes Charles Leclerc is much heavier than PIA and NOR. According to most sources, they are within 1-2kg.
Based on the images, Ferrari's "issue" would be in line with Mclaren. They want to go much below the minimum weight so they can play with ballast:
https://racingnews365.com/mclaren-hopin ... ttleground"Certainly, working on reducing the weight of the car is always a development item, because even if you are at the weight limit, you want to be actually under the weight limit, because then you can play with ballast," he explained to media, including RacingNews365, during testing in Bahrain.
Autoracer originally didn't know anything about Ferrari over the winter, saying they are lucky to get into Q3 so I would take them with a grain of salt. Too often they write more like fans than real journalism.
This is Mr. Albano writing nonsense a day before it was revealed how much overweight the Red Bull is:https://www.formulapassion.it/f1/f1-ana ... ari-motoreRed Bull appears decidedly too far behind from all points of view, with a chassis that, surprisingly, seems to be less competitive than the new Power Unit and that expresses so little downforce that it shows very high numbers on the straight, mixing the perception of the real strength of the power unit.
If you are a journalist, you should not be publishing things when you don't know the full story.
Gasly's unofficial driver weight is 70kg. Therefore he would carry 1-2kg less ballast. That accounts for the discrepancy if Mclaren and Ferrari are also at the min weight.
Haven't read it, but Bryan was saying it over the Radio to Charles in China. Can not remember the session, probably FP1.
This is a grave concern for Charles if somehow Lewis' way of driving is making the tyres last longer and worse if it compounds and gets better and better. We might see the quicker driver lose out to a slower one whose managing the tools and tyres better. Not what I like to see? But it's something we have to prepare for if it happens.mstar wrote: ↑16 Mar 2026, 18:27I thought lewis race craft was really good. Charles got baited to use his tyres trying to pull a gap to Russell -opened up graining on his front left. Lewis dropped back by 2+seconds cooled his tyres, then interpreted charles was struggling and then went for it. He gapped him for 15 laps in a row -lapping within 1/2 tenths. What else do you want to say? he was nearly 4 seconds in front of charles? He did leave him for dead. Charles had no reply.catent wrote: ↑15 Mar 2026, 22:45Hamilton most certainly did not leave Leclerc "for dead", seeing as Leclerc finished 3.5s behind him, and was closing the gap over the final few laps.
And I guarantee you, if the roles were reversed and someone claimed Leclerc left Hamilton "for dead", you'd find such a description of the race utterly ridiculous, because it is.
In both races this season, Leclerc was slightly quicker during the first stint, and Hamilton slightly quicker during the final stint.
Nevermind that this is Leclerc's worst track, and arguably Hamilton's best.
Good for Hamilton, because he looks quite strong at the moment. But those trying to frame this as a negative outcome for Leclerc are letting their tribal bias show, and it's a bad look. By tearing down Leclerc, you're effectively diminishing Hamilton's accomplishment. And beyond that, Leclerc has shown himself to be a quality race driver; there is no doubt about his ability and consistency.
The praise for Hamilton is very well deserved. The criticism of Leclerc is absurd. And those who are incapable of supporting their preferred driver without reflexively engaging in prejudiced, tribal ways of thinking/talking about their preferred driver's teammate, suffice to say I find that an incredibly unfortunate mindset to be trapped in.
Over race distance Australia he was behind charles and closing before pitstops, and then after the pit stops he was clearly faster taking down 7 seconds lead to 0.8. Its not a critisism of charles but we just looking at the facts there wasn't any issues lewis was just faster.
Again when we get to Baku/Monaco i expect charles to smoke lewis -these tracks Charles is elite!!
