airshifter
29th January 2026, 20:27
Well it's here, and all teams except Williams have had the cars on track for the first official session. Though a closed session photos are leaking out, and we have some initial times as well as unofficial lap counts.
As it stands now....
Mercedes
George Russell
Day Four
1:16.445**
Red Bull
Isack Hadjar
Day One
1:18.159
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc
Day Four
1:18.223**
McLaren
Lando Norris
Day Three
1:18.307
Racing Bulls
Arvid Lindblad
Day Four
1:18.451**
Alpine
Franco Colapinto
Day Three
1:19.150
Haas
Oliver Bearman
Day Three
1:19.314
Audi
Nico Hulkenberg
Day Three
1:21:010
Cadillac
Sergio Perez
Day Four
1:21.024**
Aston Martin
Lance Stroll
Day Four
1:46.404**
These times really don't tell us a lot yet, as they will continue to tumble at some stage, and of course we can't figure out who is sandbagging and who is running light "glory laps" for the time being. AMR just hit the track today and stopped, so I don't think that is even a representative initial lap.
For now, it looks like Merc is really pounding in a lot of laps.
Team
Number of laps
Mercedes
501
Racing Bulls
318
Ferrari
295
Haas
196
Red Bull
187
Alpine
185
McLaren
124
Cadillac
110
Audi
95
Aston Martin
4
As for the new regs, plenty of evidence of quite a bit of harvesting, but for now the cars are looking quicker out of the gate than many of us expected.
Also as far as regs.....
Beam wings are no longer allowed. Apparently Newey had to tell someone to hold his beer........
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/927310401375453225/1466487723484254361/203k2tj3rbgg1.png?ex=697cec9f&is=697b9b1f&hm=a3842e44337f4038883a9b22714603b1fa97e6433d37674 edfc5f21811ac9730&=&format=webp&quality=lossless
As it stands now....
Mercedes
George Russell
Day Four
1:16.445**
Red Bull
Isack Hadjar
Day One
1:18.159
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc
Day Four
1:18.223**
McLaren
Lando Norris
Day Three
1:18.307
Racing Bulls
Arvid Lindblad
Day Four
1:18.451**
Alpine
Franco Colapinto
Day Three
1:19.150
Haas
Oliver Bearman
Day Three
1:19.314
Audi
Nico Hulkenberg
Day Three
1:21:010
Cadillac
Sergio Perez
Day Four
1:21.024**
Aston Martin
Lance Stroll
Day Four
1:46.404**
These times really don't tell us a lot yet, as they will continue to tumble at some stage, and of course we can't figure out who is sandbagging and who is running light "glory laps" for the time being. AMR just hit the track today and stopped, so I don't think that is even a representative initial lap.
For now, it looks like Merc is really pounding in a lot of laps.
Team
Number of laps
Mercedes
501
Racing Bulls
318
Ferrari
295
Haas
196
Red Bull
187
Alpine
185
McLaren
124
Cadillac
110
Audi
95
Aston Martin
4
As for the new regs, plenty of evidence of quite a bit of harvesting, but for now the cars are looking quicker out of the gate than many of us expected.
Also as far as regs.....
Beam wings are no longer allowed. Apparently Newey had to tell someone to hold his beer........
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/927310401375453225/1466487723484254361/203k2tj3rbgg1.png?ex=697cec9f&is=697b9b1f&hm=a3842e44337f4038883a9b22714603b1fa97e6433d37674 edfc5f21811ac9730&=&format=webp&quality=lossless