Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM.....

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Uff man that photo made me nostalgic when i saw it i feel like im seeing the past cars from the late 2000 and what can i said i like it, i like to see we come back to much smaller cars than what we have until the last season which were super big and made much difficult the overtake on turns.

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It turns out that Valentino Rossi's MotoGP team livery is dominated by yellow with a black combination, which used to be white with a yellow combination. While the livery isn't that noticeable, it's still quite pleasing overall, even though the dominant color still leans more toward yellow. As for other liveries, such as Aprilia's, I only noticed slight changes in the shape of the front fairing and also the front and rear winglets, while the livery itself still looks predominantly the same as last season.

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Red Bull's livery for their entry in the 2026 season...  The RB 22.  



I love this.  That's a throwback to the winning days during the time when Horner, Newey and Vettel were winning most of the races and winning championships for 4 years.  

It's also very iconic.  Hopefully the car is fast.  Lol.

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Any recorded sounds made by that Audi engine?   

Would be nice to hear it.  Some people say that the engines are slightly louder for the 2026 engines.  But the question is what does 'slightly' actually mean?  Will it have no difference from last year's engines or will it be 'slightly' loud? 

Man I can't wait for this season to start..  Cars with the Mercedes engines will be the most reliable esp at the start of the season me thinks.

https://www.tiktok.com/@pasutrif1/video/7593569459441257748

Just listen. That's the sound of an Audi car for the 2026 regulations. I don't think it's crisp, but it's quite solid and slightly better than a Mercedes, but compared to V10s, it's definitely not comparable, lol.

Red Bull's livery for their entry in the 2026 season...  The RB 22. 

I love this.  That's a throwback to the winning days during the time when Horner, Newey and Vettel were winning most of the races and winning championships for 4 years. 

It's also very iconic.  Hopefully the car is fast.  Lol.

I also like their new design. It's fresher with their signature blue color. But above all, we expect it to be a fast car.

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I also liked Red Bull's preference of color. This reminds me of another golden era of them with Vettel. 

Only 2 teams have introduced their cars officially for now. I saw a sneak peek of Ferrari's in fact but I can't find it for now.

I don't think they are able to make a good livery because of that HP sponsorship. Blue on red looks so bad...

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I love this.  That's a throwback to the winning days during the time when Horner, Newey and Vettel were winning most of the races and winning championships for 4 years.  

It's also very iconic.  Hopefully the car is fast.  Lol.

This is exactly what I thought when I saw first photo - flashbacks to golden Vettel era. And I really like it.
Racing Bulls also revealed their livery - well, it's not much different from what they had last season:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/gallery-check-out-every-angle-of-racing-bulls-2026-livery.4sFYb6zqwZulpzrmxlc2m3

https://www.tiktok.com/@pasutrif1/video/7593569459441257748

Just listen. That's the sound of an Audi car for the 2026 regulations. I don't think it's crisp, but it's quite solid and slightly better than a Mercedes, but compared to V10s, it's definitely not comparable, lol.

Don't have Tiktotk to see video, but I saw it somehwere else. I don't know it's echo or what, but there is some vacuum cleaner sound .

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Don't have Tiktotk to see video, but I saw it somehwere else. I don't know it's echo or what, but there is some vacuum cleaner sound .

Lol, vacuum cleaner sound. That's most likely the sound of the MGU-H component that makes it sound so pissy. Well, this is just their test car, so there are likely some parts that aren't completely perfect, but the sound of the F1 in the 2026 regulations can't be compared to the sound of F1 engines from the older era. But it's definitely better. I'm just waiting for the sound from Alpine, maybe it's better, or maybe not.

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Cadillac recently conducted a test run on their car at Silverstone. This was an official test run, directly publicized by Cadillac through their X account. Perez was joined by teammate Valtteri Bottas and reserve driver Zhou Guanyu to carry out the test run on the car. During the test, we could see that the drivers and team looked quite happy with the results of their hard work. Here's a clip from the test.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gFj79RhuQQ

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Any recorded sounds made by that Audi engine?   

Would be nice to hear it.  Some people say that the engines are slightly louder for the 2026 engines.  But the question is what does 'slightly' actually mean?  Will it have no difference from last year's engines or will it be 'slightly' loud? 

Man I can't wait for this season to start..  Cars with the Mercedes engines will be the most reliable esp at the start of the season me thinks.

https://www.tiktok.com/@pasutrif1/video/7593569459441257748

Just listen. That's the sound of an Audi car for the 2026 regulations. I don't think it's crisp, but it's quite solid and slightly better than a Mercedes, but compared to V10s, it's definitely not comparable, lol.

Red Bull's livery for their entry in the 2026 season...  The RB 22. 

I love this.  That's a throwback to the winning days during the time when Horner, Newey and Vettel were winning most of the races and winning championships for 4 years. 

It's also very iconic.  Hopefully the car is fast.  Lol.

I also like their new design. It's fresher with their signature blue color. But above all, we expect it to be a fast car.

It sounds like...  A V6 Turbo.  Nothing like the V8, V10.  F1 will cease to be like F1 unless the engine sound goes back to the way it was. 

As for the RB 22 expected to be a 'fast car'...  We'll see.  I'm expecting reliability issues with that Ford engine.    Well technically it's a Red Bull engine but they partnered with Ford to make them.

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After seeing the Ducati factory team presentation yesterday while launching their livery for the 2026 season, there were several rumors that emerged such as Pedro Acosta who would take Bagnaia's seat after the end of this season which gave an indication that Bagnaia would not be with Ducati anymore after this season ended. But rumors like that could change again if other things happen in MotoGP, because if Red Bull really withdraws as the main sponsor of the KTM factory team, maybe the rumor above could become true because Red Bull is more likely to enter Ducati by supporting Marquez and bringing Acosta to the team.

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Audi has just launched a new livery for their car. After conducting some testing for their car, this time they officially launched the livery for their car. Under this new regulation, they will compete with a silver, black, and red livery. The livery unveiled in Berlin solidified the Sauber team's takeover.

I absolutely love this new livery. It will likely be my favorite livery of any F1 team in 2026, but perhaps not their car's performance, lol.

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^  Looove it!  Kinda reminiscent of the McLaren silver livery from way back but it was without the red color.  But yeah, not really sure how fast it will race on the track but still excited to see it out there nevertheless. 

And here is Mercedes' car...  Not bad if I say so myself.  It looks like it's gonna be the car for the 'bad guys' on the grid.  Lolol.    Would be perfect if Hamilton was still in the team.

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Ferrari has announced a new SF-26 car for the 2026 F1 season. There is nothing so special about their livery this season, other than the dominant red color with wider White. Other than that there is nothing else to discuss.



Alpine also launched its 2026 Formula 1 car at an event aboard a cruise ship in Barcelona. Their car this season is called the A526 with a blue and pink livery, not much different from the previous season. But the difference this time is that they will use Mercedes power this season. That will probably give a slight change to their performance this season (or not?), but let's see what they cook this season.

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The Yamaha MotoGP manufacturer has also launched its livery for the 2026 season with a V4 engine configuration, so that in this season all MotoGP bikes will use V4 engines. However, the shape of the Yamaha bike with the V4 engine is not at all attractive to look at, so I hope they will change it again when the first race session begins this season. Because for now, all teams can still make better developments in testing, although the main focus is on the engine and fairing sectors that can improve aerodynamics.

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Ferrari has announced a new SF-26 car for the 2026 F1 season. There is nothing so special about their livery this season, other than the dominant red color with wider White. Other than that there is nothing else to discuss.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2026/01/23/UNVDmW.png

It's strange to see so much white colour on Ferrari, but it's question of taste - you like it or no. But yeah, there is not much what to say about their livery. Same about Mercedes.
I didn't saw that someone posted livery of Haas there, so, here we go:

Not sure it's Haas or Toyota Gazoo Racing. I know they're Haas technical partners, but still, it gives me flashbacks when Toyota had factory team in F1

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It's strange to see so much white colour on Ferrari, but it's question of taste - you like it or no. But yeah, there is not much what to say about their livery. Same about Mercedes.
I didn't saw that someone posted livery of Haas there, so, here we go:
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Not sure it's Haas or Toyota Gazoo Racing. I know they're Haas technical partners, but still, it gives me flashbacks when Toyota had factory team in F1

It's the TGR Haas F1 Team for sure. Well, with the Toyota name on the Haas car, it really gives a flashback to the era when Toyota was in F1 before they left due to the financial crisis. But the difference now is that they are only a technical partner of Haas, not as the main team owner or power unit provider, for now.


See how Ferrari demonstrates Active Aero on their car 

https://x.com/F1/status/2014790992445280652

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I absolutely love this new livery. It will likely be my favorite livery of any F1 team in 2026, but perhaps not their car's performance, lol.

This is by far the best livery I have seen in the last 30 years, behind the Marlboro McLaren from the 90s.
In comparison, the Mercedes "silver arrows" looks like designed by an amateur.


BTW, Rally started, Day 3 on Monaco, rainny weather at night is fantastic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5RgNFv_uGo

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Ferrari has announced a new SF-26 car for the 2026 F1 season. There is nothing so special about their livery this season, other than the dominant red color with wider White. Other than that there is nothing else to discuss.



Alpine also launched its 2026 Formula 1 car at an event aboard a cruise ship in Barcelona. Their car this season is called the A526 with a blue and pink livery, not much different from the previous season. But the difference this time is that they will use Mercedes power this season. That will probably give a slight change to their performance this season (or not?), but let's see what they cook this season.

Not really sure about the white thing the painted in there.  I like it way more when Ferrari painted their whole car red.  But it is what it is, I guess.  What matters more is if the car is good enough to give Hamilton some podiums. 

As for Alpine...  What's the latest news on Horner?  Is he really getting in there and gonna buy a part of the team?  It feels like that whole deal is falling apart.  Plot twist would be if Horner gets in Aston Martin as team principal.  Lolol.

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As for Alpine...  What's the latest news on Horner?  Is he really getting in there and gonna buy a part of the team?  It feels like that whole deal is falling apart.  Plot twist would be if Horner gets in Aston Martin as team principal.  Lolol.

It has been confirmed that Horner is among those interested in purchasing Otro Capital's 24% stake in Alpine. Horner, along with other investors, will form a group and negotiate with Otro Capital. If negotiations go smoothly, Horner will become a minority investor in Alpine. As for Alpine's team principal, we don't yet know the exact name, but Briatore will currently be their team principal. However, if Horner were suddenly chosen as their team principal, it wouldn't be surprising.


Let's watch the most media-intensive private test ever seen 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMKPvfNB6l0

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As you already know, Williams missed Barcelona tests, now it's become clear why. They have failed 3 mandatory crash tests and car have 20-30kg overweight:
https://www.motorsportweek.com/2026/01/27/williams-achieves-major-step-in-f1-car-development-but-faces-further-issues-report/
Considering that they've been working on their car for long time, such news looks really concerning. They will have very bussy few upcoming weeks.