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  #3503350 15-Jun-2026 18:44
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Jaxson:

 

Continue to be surprised by cars being two seconds off the pole lap time by only 10th place and below. 
Really are 2 or 3 classes in F1 and good to see Liam right up there in tier 2. 

 

Charles just destroying cars this year. 

 

 

Outside the top 4 teams, the cars seem to be 2.5 seconds a lap slower. By lap 4 the car in pos 8 was about 10s down.





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  #3503374 15-Jun-2026 21:32
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I’ve actually been surprised we haven’t seen this rule come into play this year. 

 

In Formula 1, a driver must set a lap time within 107% of the fastest time in the first qualifying session (Q1) to compete in the race. For example, if the fastest Q1 lap is 100 seconds (1:40.000), a driver's best lap must be under 107 seconds (1:47.000) to avoid disqualification.


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  #3503458 16-Jun-2026 09:50
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7% is actually quite a big gap - 4.2 seconds slower per minute of laptime. At Barcelona the last car in Q1 was Alonso 3.19 seconds slower than Hamilton which equated to 104%. I think I read somewhere that Miami was 5%? 

 

It does happen where cars are unable to take place in Qualifying or crash before they set a proper time the stewards have to give approval for them to start - largely a box ticking exercise these days.





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  #3503460 16-Jun-2026 10:04
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I would assume that with a big regs change and a new team and a new engine builder that that rule will be very flexible, more or less a free pass


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