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[PokerDiceMan]

Red Bull Racing confirmed its 2026 F1 line-up: Isack Hadjar joins Max Verstappen, replacing Yuki Tsunoda. Arvid Lindblad debuts with Racing Bulls alongside Liam Lawson, completing the teams’ driver roster.On the race day in Australia next season , Arvid will be 18 years and 212 days old. Making him 4th youngest ever to participate in GP behind Max , Stroll & Antonelli.

I will miss Tsunoda. He isn't bad, but when he moved to Red Bull, he wasn't performing at all. F1 and Red Bull especially is harsh - you don't deliver result and next day your seat is taken by other. While Hadjar deserved seat in Red Bull. In debut season he outscored not only a bit more experienced teammate Lawson but also Tsunoda who was in stronger team.
Didn't followed F2 very closely this season, so, I can't tell anything about Lindblad.

Tsunoda was given a chance in the Red Bull main team alongside Max Verstappen, but the results shown were very poor, even losing to a driver from Red Bull's satellite team. Tsunoda ended up not getting a spot again in F1, neither in the Red Bull main team nor in the satellite team.
Regarding Hadjar's promotion to the Red Bull main team to race alongside Max Verstappen, it was because Hadjar's performance last season was outstanding. This Red Bull satellite driver was able to reach the podium several times in races.

[karabiber]

The Abu Dhabi GP, when considered on its own, is a boring race that doesn't deserve a place in the final showdown. I congratulate Norris because he made his fans smile with the McLaren label. However, this doesn't change the fact that Piastri's success was completely overshadowed. Norris isn't a bad driver, but he didn't drive like a champion this season. Piastri is newer, but in my opinion, he is more ambitious. There's nothing to say about Verstappen. He did everything he could. There's also this reality, if Piastri's car hadn't been interfered with, I'm not sure Verstappen could have closed the gap that much.

Norris will probably never be champion again. In fact, if the McLaren team continues its discriminatory behavior this season, I'd say Piastri will stay with this team for one more season at most. Piastri has shown time and again since the start of the season that he is more talented than Norris, but it has been ignored every time.

[retreat]

And finally, we finish the season with Norris as the winner. Well, those last few races were the most exciting. I didn't expect Max to put up such a fierce fight until the end, considering how chaotic Red Bull was at the start, but they managed to put up a significant fight against McLaren for the drivers' championship. However, Norris' chances of winning the title were much greater since they had a good car and only needed to finish in third place. Although Ferrari did pose a threat, their shitbox was completely unreliable.

Congratulations to Norris on his first title. Hopefully, next season we can be treated to more competitive and exciting races with the new regulations (although I'm a bit skeptical), but hopefully the 2026 F1 season won't disappoint me like Ferrari disappointed this guy at every race 

[Pulsar77]

Verstappen had a really great race and did what he had to do for the championship. He was hoping Leclerc to overtake Norris at the same time but it didn't happen I'm afraid... 

I really wanted Verstappen to make it to the title. I believe he deserved more than everybody else. He even had the most amount of wins this season. Norris and Piastri should question themselves about it despite driving a much faster car.

But I think one day Piastri will also become the champion. Maybe next year or later. He has that potential.

[tokeweed]

^  There was a time in the race that maybe he could have.  But even with DRS, Leclerc wasn't able to.  I stopped watching the race when the distance between Norris and Leclerc was growing and growing.  I already knew my bet on Verstappen was fcked.  Lol.

So no need to continue the torture.   

But yeah, that's that.  At least we got this season over and done with.  Next season is gonna be exciting with the new specs, the new teams and the new engines!  Can't wait.

[Distraction]

Congratulations to Lando Norris on his first Formula 1 title! I can't say the race was very exciting on the other hand. There wasn't much of an action among the drivers fighting for the title. It wasn't even near 2021 Abu Dhabi GP.  

I really missed Perez there. He defended Hamilton like fighting for the independence of his nation. But did we see anything such from Tsunoda yesterday? Not at all. He just let Norris pass easily.

By the way Norris was the meme guy at the end of the race.

[tokeweed]

^  Lol life imitates art. 

Anyway where's our resident F1 news guy and Ferrari fan coinlocket$?  Looks like he just disappeared all of a sudden.  Anybody know what happened?  He was a consistent reply guy itt then suddenly he's just gone.  Weird.

Getting his thoughts and any news he gathered from the Italian journos have been very invaluable.  It's like we got the news ahead of time than the rest. 

[retreat]

I really missed Perez there. He defended Hamilton like fighting for the independence of his nation. But did we see anything such from Tsunoda yesterday? Not at all. He just let Norris pass easily.

Perez isn't called the "Minister of Defense" without reason. Perhaps if it were him yesterday, he might have held off Norris for a few laps, but that's it, the results are in, and Norris is the champion, there's nothing more to discuss. Hopefully, Hadjar will be a better partner for Max in 2026.

Anyway where's our resident F1 news guy and Ferrari fan coinlocket$?  Looks like he just disappeared all of a sudden.  Anybody know what happened?  He was a consistent reply guy itt then suddenly he's just gone.  Weird.

Getting his thoughts and any news he gathered from the Italian journos have been very invaluable.  It's like we got the news ahead of time than the rest. 

He was last active on November 5th, so he hasn't been online for over a month. Perhaps he's been focusing on the real world, but since the bitcasino.io campaign closed, he's been less active. Let's hope for the best for him.

[retreat]

The 2025 F1 season has just concluded, and the teams are already preparing for the 2026 season. Testing was conducted by all teams using one mule car to test Pirelli’s new 2026 tires – the car used still uses the 2025 settings but has been modified to mimic next year’s downforce levels – and 10 young drivers participated in this testing. The teams tried out various of their latest technologies, for example Mercedes tested active aerodynamics on its front wing for the first time. And in this testing Hadjar used the Max car for the first time, but he still needs to get used to it since the characteristics of the car he will use are different from what he’s driven before. This time Aston Martin managed to record the fastest time with 1m23.766s, it seems their car development is going according to their plan.

[doomloop]

Tsunoda was given a chance in the Red Bull main team alongside Max Verstappen, but the results shown were very poor, even losing to a driver from Red Bull's satellite team. Tsunoda ended up not getting a spot again in F1, neither in the Red Bull main team nor in the satellite team.
Regarding Hadjar's promotion to the Red Bull main team to race alongside Max Verstappen, it was because Hadjar's performance last season was outstanding. This Red Bull satellite driver was able to reach the podium several times in races.

It is the red bull car. I have mentioned this before, and said that Albon explained it perfectly.

Unlike all other cars, Red Bull is made in a way where you have to be 100% precise or your car is gone, already an F1 car is so sensitive that if you make a single mistake, a wrong time to hit the gas, and you are spinning, anyone who has been in a simulator would know that it is nearly impossible to make a turn without making a mistake if you are not some super professional. Whereas, these guys are already fighting on thin margins, and red bull is even worse, you can't make a single mistake or you are on the wall.

Because of this, Max is great and that gives him advantage, less margin means more power and he runs on rails, but if you are anyone else, then you are on the wall, or you are slow, because you are fearing to race it as fast as him, since you may end up on the wall.

Lawson was there too, he did better with racing bulls for a reason. Nobody other than Max could win with this red bull car, its designed literally for him.

[Pulsar77]

I'm already excited about 2026 cars. But there are a few months to go for the new season to begin...  

The schedule:

• First testing in Sakhir: 11-13 FEB
• Second testing in Sakhir: 18-20 FEB
• First round of the season in Australia: 06-08 MAR

Smaller cars will help overtaking easier. This will make us watch more exciting races. However the cars are expected to be slower. At least in the first times. The expectation is between 1-2.5 seconds.

DRS is also becoming history. MOM (Manual Override Mode) is taking its place. It resembles to the system in IndyCar they say.

[tokeweed]

Anyway where's our resident F1 news guy and Ferrari fan coinlocket$?  Looks like he just disappeared all of a sudden.  Anybody know what happened?  He was a consistent reply guy itt then suddenly he's just gone.  Weird.

Getting his thoughts and any news he gathered from the Italian journos have been very invaluable.  It's like we got the news ahead of time than the rest. 

He was last active on November 5th, so he hasn't been online for over a month. Perhaps he's been focusing on the real world, but since the bitcasino.io campaign closed, he's been less active. Let's hope for the best for him.

Yeah that's what sucks with this forum for the last few years.  People leave if they don't have any sig campaign monies coming every week. 

I mean I'd prolly slow down too but I mostly wouldn't change my posting habits as I just talk about the things I know and like...  Like Football, F1, the UFC, and airdrops at the altcoin section.  Which is fun btw.  If you guys wanna build a decent stack for investing then airdrops could set you up.

It's mostly luck, but you never know.  Even the smaller airdrops are decent.

[LTU_btc]

Yeah that's what sucks with this forum for the last few years.  People leave if they don't have any sig campaign monies coming every week. 

I mean I'd prolly slow down too but I mostly wouldn't change my posting habits as I just talk about the things I know and like...  Like Football, F1, the UFC, and airdrops at the altcoin section.  Which is fun btw.  If you guys wanna build a decent stack for investing then airdrops could set you up.

It's mostly luck, but you never know.  Even the smaller airdrops are decent.

Yeah, I also miss him. This is why forums like Bitcointalk sucks - people randomly disappear and then you have to guess what happened. I hope everything is ok with him and he just took break while he isn't in campaign.
Personally, I wouldn't slow down without getting paid. Few months back when I wasn't in campaign I just continued posting as usual. After all these years it's already my habbit, no matter I get paid or not.
BTW, I randomly looked at first page of this topic and damn, in March it will be already 10 years since it was created. Damn, time flies so fast .

[Velvet78]

What a season has been left behind right?    If Red Bull was in one of its strong times, most probably we weren't going to watch a this competitive title race.

Even in this situation Verstappen did a huge work! He drove a tractor but still got more wins than each McLaren driver. He is absolutely an animal and the best in this sport.

2026 season is hard to predict. Many things will change for real. But I think one thing won't. Ferrari will still continue to suck.

[retreat]

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He was last active on November 5th, so he hasn't been online for over a month. Perhaps he's been focusing on the real world, but since the bitcasino.io campaign closed, he's been less active. Let's hope for the best for him.

Yeah that's what sucks with this forum for the last few years.  People leave if they don't have any sig campaign monies coming every week.  

I mean I'd prolly slow down too but I mostly wouldn't change my posting habits as I just talk about the things I know and like...  Like Football, F1, the UFC, and airdrops at the altcoin section.  Which is fun btw.  If you guys wanna build a decent stack for investing then airdrops could set you up.

It's mostly luck, but you never know.  Even the smaller airdrops are decent.

Yeah, it does kinda suck actually because he's a good resident in this thread. But that's how it is, sometimes people come and go from this forum and whatever their reasons are, that's their right. But just like you, I will also continue to discuss in this forum because I consider it like my second home, man, I get a lot of good information and I can discuss topics that I like, it's much better than Facebook or other social media where most of the users suck.

BTW, I randomly looked at first page of this topic and damn, in March it will be already 10 years since it was created. Damn, time flies so fast .

I also just realized that this thread is so old, and it's also been 7 years since this thread was ignored by its creator lol, I hope he's okay in real life.

[tokeweed]

Yeah that's what sucks with this forum for the last few years.  People leave if they don't have any sig campaign monies coming every week. 

I mean I'd prolly slow down too but I mostly wouldn't change my posting habits as I just talk about the things I know and like...  Like Football, F1, the UFC, and airdrops at the altcoin section.  Which is fun btw.  If you guys wanna build a decent stack for investing then airdrops could set you up.

It's mostly luck, but you never know.  Even the smaller airdrops are decent.

Yeah, I also miss him. This is why forums like Bitcointalk sucks - people randomly disappear and then you have to guess what happened. I hope everything is ok with him and he just took break while he isn't in campaign.
Personally, I wouldn't slow down without getting paid. Few months back when I wasn't in campaign I just continued posting as usual. After all these years it's already my habbit, no matter I get paid or not.
BTW, I randomly looked at first page of this topic and damn, in March it will be already 10 years since it was created. Damn, time flies so fast .

I'd prolly slow down a little bit tbh, but I'll not slow down with my UFC thread.  It's the thing I'm really into...  And more than into it than football which I was sooo obsessed with a few years back.  I've read so much info on football that I had an inkling where Guardiola was going after his Sabbatical and where Klopp was going after leaving BVB.

I sht you not.  You just pick up on things like Guardiola learning German or Klopp renting a house in Liverpool which turned it to be Brendan Rodgers' house.  It was fun for me until I lost most of my stack that season before covid happened.  Lolol.

[retreat]

Guess what? Ben Sulayem has won again as FIA President. He won with 61.62% of the vote, making him the FIA ​​President for the second time. I'm not surprised to hear the results of this election, that he will become FIA ​​President for the second time. The man has the connections and money that could make him the FIA ​​President for a second time, and there are rumors that several candidates who want to run were persuaded, pressured, or promised not to stand by him. Well, the FIA ​​has long been a corrupt organization controlled by those with money. And this could make Ben Sulayem possibly remain FIA President for a longer time.

[tokeweed]

^  Guess, he sucks!  Lmao.  He's treating the drivers like they're a bunch of kids in elementary school and he's treating F1 like it's a sport like it's bowling.  He's making it less fun and too safe.  It's like he doesn't F1 to be F1.

In other news, Helmut Marko is said to be leaving Red Bull.  For better or worse, it looks like the team is going into a new chapter in its history.  Gone are the days of Horner, Newey and Marko...  They'll never be forgotten for how they turned the team from nothing to one of F1's biggest teams.

[retreat]

^  Guess, he sucks!  Lmao.  He's treating the drivers like they're a bunch of kids in elementary school and he's treating F1 like it's a sport like it's bowling.  He's making it less fun and too safe.  It's like he doesn't F1 to be F1.

In other news, Helmut Marko is said to be leaving Red Bull.  For better or worse, it looks like the team is going into a new chapter in its history.  Gone are the days of Horner, Newey and Marko...  They'll never be forgotten for how they turned the team from nothing to one of F1's biggest teams.

He was never really into F1, he just wanted to make the FIA ​​a place to build his connections and make more money. This guy is absolutely disgusting and I don't think he really knows what motorsport is - it's really sad to see how F1 has become. And with Helmut Marko leaving, we've really lost one of the people who truly loved the sport, and I think the reason he left explains how F1 has become what it is today, where it's lost its true DNA and old timers like Helmut don't see any reason to stay in the sport any longer - especially when the 2026 regulations are getting even further away from the essence of F1. We just hope that F1 can get back to what it was, to a time when F1 was truly racing, not just entertainment, drama, and politics like it is now.

[tokeweed]

^  Wait...  I haven't really looked into the changes for 2026 and what the critiques are.  Will look into it later, but why do you think the changes are causing F1 to move away from its 'essence'?

I for one am excited but only because it's gonna make everything unpredictable again.  At least for a couple of years before one of the top teams figure it out and dominate. 

And if they're really serious about bringing thr sport back to its essence then bring back the screaming engines.