Good race by Bearman and a stupid move by Ocon that cost Haas points.

Might as well as just set every driver up with a racing sim and have them race online.

This year is going to be like watching Monaco on repeat. Exhilarating!!

Crazy race. 7 DNF. McLaren didn't even start. No one can touch Merc. Fun to see Kimi win but no one even challenged him. May be a long dull season until someone figures out the car and Mario kart cheat code sequence.

https://instagr.am/p/DV7Vj72iAWS

Wheatables02 said:

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Through limited research, I have found that no IndyCar driver has ever stayed in F1 a whole season or more but F1 drivers have been able to have a career in Indy.

Is this accurate?

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No. Not at all. Jacques Villeneuve was the 1997 WDC. Juan Pablo Montoya was once Michael Schumacher's main threat for the WDC at Williams; multiple time GP winner. Will Power and Scott Dixon could have easily been F1 drivers if they had more funding; plenty of old articles of their testing days for Minardi and Williams, respectively.

The top level IndyCar guys could go toe to toe with the top of F1; Palou would do just fine, and I think you could make a pretty strong argument that Newgarden, O'Ward, and McLaughlin could handle it, given they've shown talent in other types of cars. That said, the total F1 grid is a higher level than IndyCar. Arguably, Lance Stroll is a better driver than Kyffin Simpson or Sting Ray Robb, as the ride buyers in IndyCar are generally worse drivers than the ride buyers in F1.

When you get to the midfield in IndyCar, it starts to even out though. Grosjean and Barrichello have been pretty average in IndyCar; similar careers as their F1 careers.

Palou and O'Ward seem to pop up year after year as FP1/Test names that could be future candidates to jump over to F1.

O'Ward made a major appearance in Mexico with Checo a couple of years ago during Mexico Grand Prix week.

personally im just glad this mickey mouse mclaren era of lando as champion is not even a thing

Anybody ever been to the MotaGP race at COTA?

Is the best area for overtakes/action the turn 12-15 complex? Are the Turn 12 stands even open??

never been but Turn 12-15 is my favorite section for F1, i think turn 4-5-6 is probably a good one for MotoGP too

Haas will feature a Godzilla-inspired livery at Suzuka
Yes, you read that right pic.twitter.com/86P7QUN91T

— Holiness (@F1BigData) March 18, 2026

Kimi Antonelli has a special superpower: remembering all of his lap times. pic.twitter.com/HcWpfS8XCl

— Motorsport (@Motorsport) March 19, 2026

Newey out at Aston Martin
Wheatley likely in at Aston Martin
Binotto in at Audi

BREAKING: Jonathan Wheatley will depart from his role of Team Principal at Audi F1 team with immediate effect

Mattia Binotto will continue leading the team, taking over as Team Principal#F1 pic.twitter.com/ziqEhn88B6

— Formula 1 (@F1) March 20, 2026

Technically Newey is not out. He removed team principal from his job description. He will be focused on getting that car faster when the engine and battery are up to snuff. He will let Wheatley do all the track and media stuff (when he joins) while he can re-focus on his car designing superpower.

An update from Lawrence Stroll. pic.twitter.com/wLtZ0ZZpV0

— Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) March 20, 2026

Sounds like the dreaded "vote of confidence"

If anyone hasn't been keeping up Max during the off week he just won NSL2 by 59 seconds

I watched most of Max's first stint. That was fun to watch between him and the Audi.

rumors of F2 in Miami and Canada

Yes please

Sucks that his team caused the DQ due to extra tires used in qualifying. Probably wouldn't have changed anything in qualifying if they didn't used the extra set.

saw a feeder source say that F2 is in Miami, but honestly waiting on confirmation. I see flight prices somehow didn't go up from austin and could get back home on sunday on an 8 pm flight...just need that confirmation. would love to see F2 make their debut in the continent

Think they would bump one the McLaren or Porsche series or try to squeeze in all 3 support series?

Max ejected a respected journalist from his presser today because of a question he asked last season after the final race. Basically Max lost himself the championship last season after purposefully running into Russell when he was way down in the points and getting penalized 5 spots and then eventually losing the championship by 2 points.

‘Get out’: Max Verstappen expels journalist from Japan GP press conference - BBC Sport https://t.co/FApVXrfTiw

— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) March 26, 2026

Max Verstappen ejects journalist from Japan F1 media session over Abu Dhabi questionhttps://t.co/LTAoboFHao

— Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1) March 26, 2026

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"One second I'm not speaking before he's leaving," Verstappen said, gesturing towards a journalist from The Guardian stood at the back of the room.

When the reporter asked if he was being serious, Verstappen replied: "Yep."

He then confirmed it was over a question the journalist had asked following last year's season finale in Abu Dhabi over an incident at the Spanish Grand Prix with George Russell.

"Yep. Get out," Verstappen told the reporter, who was picking up his dictaphone from the table in front of the Red Bull driver.

"You're really that upset about it?" asked the reporter, to which Verstappen again replied: "Yep, get out."

Once the reporter had left the room, Verstappen said: "Now we can start."

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In the post-race press conference for last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Verstappen had fallen just two point shy of the world championship, the same reporter had asked if the Dutchman had any regrets over the incident in Spain.

Verstappen had clashed with George Russell in the closing stages of that race, appearing to ram into the side of the Mercedes car on purpose. It led to a time penalty that dropped him five places in the final classification, costing nine championship points.

"You forget all the other stuff that happened in my season," Verstappen said in reply to the question in Abu Dhabi, having fallen over 100 points off the championship lead with 10 rounds remaining.

"The only thing you mention is Barcelona. I knew that (question) would come. You're giving me a stupid grin now." The video of the exchange went viral on social media in the wake of the race.

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Max can really hold a grudge well

honestly get rid of McLaren lol. im assuming thats gotta be a Ferrari Challenge kind of series where its really just gentlemen drivers. they can just do that on a private track day

I think Mercedes is sending faulty equipment to McLaren

Max out in Q2

Merc still beating everyone but the McLaren and Ferrari are inching closer. RB is struggling. Can't see Max hanging around.