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Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari relationship could be "over", warns Maurizio Arrivabene
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/lewi ... /10785103/
Arrivabene discussed Hamilton's documents, drawing a comparison with four-time champion Sebastian Vettel's time at the squad between 2015 and 2020.

“Sebastian Vettel also sent such dossiers. He wrote, spoke and shared everything," Arrivabene, who served as team chief at Ferrari from 2014 to 2019, told Sky Sports Italy.

Arrivabene added that Vettel's documents were "almost useless".

"I don’t want to say anything bad about Sebastian, but everyone should mind their own business. When a driver starts playing engineer, that’s it. Then it’s really over."

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Mercedes High Performance Powertrains managing director Hywel Thomas, who was also on the podcast, analysed the new power units in more depth.

Thomas explained cars will be even faster than the previous generation early on the straights, but energy management will hinder their ultimate top speed.

“So, I think in terms of start-straight, the performance is going to be pretty epic in comparison to what we've got today. But we know we're going to start to derate earlier on the straight because we haven't got enough electrical energy to use it all the time.”



"Ali znamo da ćemo ranije početi da smanjujemo snagu na pravcu jer nemamo dovoljno električne energije da je koristimo sve vreme.“

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Max Verstappen has picked #3 as his race number for the 2026 Formula 1 season, following his title defeat this year.

Another problem was that #3 belonged to Daniel Ricciardo, whose career ended in September 2024 and theoretically retained rights over that number for two years – but the F1 Commission is now allowing drivers to waive these specific rights early.

Ricciardo has therefore approved Verstappen’s use of #3.

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Jon Noble sa The Race kaže da su Mercedes i Ford pronašli rupu u pravilima sa motorima i da bi ona mogla biti 'game changer'

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i Nui nešto pronašao sa aerodinamikom

According to sources close to the Silverstone environment ( Radio Paddock / Ambienti Tecnici ), the simulator data of the new Aston Martin AMR26 – the first car conceived entirely under the supervision of Newey – are said to be “frightening”, with peaks in aerodynamic load when cornering (Z-Mode) that opponents struggle to see even in their dreams.

The “Hole” in the Regulations: Active Aerodynamics
Where would the genius have hit this time?
The 2026 regulations introduce Active Aerodynamics (movable wings) and mandate a flat floor, theoretically to eliminate extreme ground effect and porpoising. The FIA ​​has written very strict rules on volumes.
However, it is still rumored from English sources that Newey has found a "gray area" in the interaction between the flexibility of the floor and the new movable wing profiles.

While everyone else has been focused on making the hybrid engine work at 50%, Newey has reportedly been working on mechanically sealing the floor . There's talk of a passive system that, by exploiting the movement of the suspension (and here the experience with Williams' active suspension in the 1990s comes in handy), would be able to "close" the floor towards the asphalt in corners much more than its rivals, recreating the Venturi effect that the FIA ​​wanted to ban.
It's not illegal, it's simply Newey. That's what he did in 1998, in 2009 with the double diffuser (even if it wasn't his idea, he perfected it) and in 2022 with the Red Bull sidepods.

https://www.newsf1.it/f1-2026-newey-buc ... ento-2026/

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Max Verstappen's manager, Raymond Vermeulen: "We hear good things about the engine"

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Mercedes i Ford drže 6 timova od 11. To je više od polovine. Nekako sam skeptik da će im FIA zabraniti motore.

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“I always remind myself of Schumacher at Ferrari that it took five years with the team before the first championship,” Russell added. “People only remember the glory years but the majority of people don't remember those four years of no championship wins.



Stiže novi šampion

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4:39 "Mercedes drži master softver pogonske jedinice samo za Rasela i Kimija"

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Lorens Strol: “Po prvi put u našoj istoriji ćemo biti fabrički tim”

"We're really looking forward to next year with a huge rule change. It's going to be another big step forward; we have Honda as our power unit partner, we're going to be a works team for the first time ever, it's a completely different experience," Stroll said to the Spanish edition of Motorsport.com.
"Designing a chassis that fits a power unit is one thing, as opposed to having a customer engine and simply receiving it."

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FIA dala zeleno svetlo kontroverznim Mercedesovim i Red Bullovim motorima.