2026 - Race 5 (Canada)

[Nitrodaze]

The big question now is, can Antonelli carry this 40-something points advantage all the way to Abu Dhabi? He was driving on the ragged edge at Montreal, such that I think he may not have won it had the battle continued to the last lap. He would have destroyed his tyres and ruined his race in that scenario. Russell's stopping took away the punishment on his tyres. The next car behind was the slow Ferrari of Hamilton, which did not pose a threat.

He is very exciting to watch, but his inexperience and hot-headedness would be a disadvantage in future races. It could hand the driver's title to Russell or a McLaren or Ferrari driver (after the ADUO). Which would be a shame.

What is very clear is that we have a proper battle royal this season, and it would make great spectacle.

[Whyzars]

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What is very clear is that we have a proper battle royal this season, and it would make great spectacle.[/QUOTE]

I hope you are right but my belief is that the season has already been decided and will become a boring spectacle. I hope I am wrong.

"Young Italian driver wins Formula 1 World Championship" is the headline that may already be written and is just waiting for the presses.

Antonelli is a generational talent performing in an over-regulated, electrified circus. It is not his fault but being able to do Playstation controls better than the rest should not be a defining skill in F1. We will not see the best of Antonelli until he follows Max into other classes of racing as a matured driver.

Maximus is doing his best "Are you not entertained" but I suspect he knows that an enormous error has been made with the current direction.

If Maximus is not entertained it might only be a matter of time before we aren't as well...

[Bagwan]

I was well entertained by that race .
Georgie and Kimi skirted disaster until that dash went dark .

This , we need to remember , is not too many races into a completely new formula .
All the teams are improving and figuring it all out , including Merc , at the top of the pile , who missed a one-two finish .

[Nitrodaze]

I was well entertained by that race .
Georgie and Kimi skirted disaster until that dash went dark .

This , we need to remember , is not too many races into a completely new formula .
All the teams are improving and figuring it all out , including Merc , at the top of the pile , who missed a one-two finish .

Very true!
The ADUO may well change the complexion of competition when it is finally applied. Ferrari is knocking on the door of race wins, McLaren and Redbull are still finding their feet in this new era of racing. Mercedes and Antonelli have made hay when the sun is shining. But this may become harder in the second half of the season.

The FIA and FOM seem lost on what to do about this electrified racing. This is clearly evident in talks about chucking electrification completely out and turning to big V8 engines with the hopes of winning fan support and admiration. Unfortunately, in my opinion, they are completely wrong. The need for F1 to be road-relevant suggests that they cannot ignore electrification. Dumping electrification is a clear declaration that F1 has failed at doing electrification. Besides, the road-relevant aspect of F1 suggests that they should strive to perfect electrification to feed that knowledge into road cars.

On George Russell, Montreal has simply asked the question of what is he made of? He needs to pick himself up and do what Hamilton did to Verstappen in the 2021 season, where it seemed impossible for Hamilton to catch up and he nearly won it if all things were equal. So it can be done, he just need to go do it to show his true capability.

[Nitrodaze]

I hope you are right but my belief is that the season has already been decided and will become a boring spectacle. I hope I am wrong.

"Young Italian driver wins Formula 1 World Championship" is the headline that may already be written and is just waiting for the presses.

Antonelli is a generational talent performing in an over-regulated, electrified circus. It is not his fault but being able to do Playstation controls better than the rest should not be a defining skill in F1. We will not see the best of Antonelli until he follows Max into other classes of racing as a matured driver.

Maximus is doing his best "Are you not entertained" but I suspect he knows that an enormous error has been made with the current direction.

If Maximus is not entertained it might only be a matter of time before we aren't as well...

OOH Yess! We are in for cracking racing between the two Mercedes drivers; Hamilton-Rosberg style.