***** Formula 1 - 2026 Season *****

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Apple Maps new Formula 1 map feature
La Fours
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That's cool.
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Just a heads up you can add AppleTV to your Peacock subscription.
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tk for tu juan said:

BTW for the new AppleTV people, watch Severance and Pluribus while you wait for next week. For a good one season comedy/murder mystery, watch After Party

WWII movie Greyhound with Tom Hanks is a good watch too.
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P.H. Dexippus said:

tk for tu juan said:

BTW for the new AppleTV people, watch Severance and Pluribus while you wait for next week. For a good one season comedy/murder mystery, watch After Party

WWII movie Greyhound with Tom Hanks is a good watch too.

I was just telling my coworker about Grey Hound at lunch today.

Apple TV has a lot of very good shows. Ted Lasso, Slow Horses, Silo, Bad Monkey, Foundation, Invasion, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, For All Man Kind, plus several more.
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La Fours said:

P.H. Dexippus said:

tk for tu juan said:

BTW for the new AppleTV people, watch Severance and Pluribus while you wait for next week. For a good one season comedy/murder mystery, watch After Party

WWII movie Greyhound with Tom Hanks is a good watch too.

I was just telling my coworker about Grey Hound at lunch today.

Apple TV has a lot of very good shows. Ted Lasso, Slow Horses, Silo, Bad Monkey, Foundation, Invasion, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, For All Man Kind, plus several more.

Tetris is a great movie also.
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YES!! That was a very good movie.
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Don't forget Masters of the Air. Some high-quality content on ATV.
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Watching DTS, two episodes into the season this year. Every other word is an uncensored f-bomb. I don't remember it being this vulgar in past seasons…am I just imagining that?
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My yearly "Welcome to F1" post will look drastically different than it did 4-5 years ago…
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Potentially disastrous start to the season for Aston Martin.....

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Try not to run into a wall Lance
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Once again time for my glorious once a year post about F1
Australia starts this week with 11 teams for the first time since 2016.
Race Week is upon us so here is an update to my post from last 5 years.

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Quick Tutorial for Race Weekend (for those new to F1) - Non-Sprint Weekend

Friday (Day 1)
  • Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2 - This is a time for teams to test out the cars and all associated operations, and give the driver's time to reacquaint with and get used to the race track and practice doing "hot laps" or full-speed laps. Fastest lap times are recorded and noted for the drivers for each session.
  • Note: FP1 is often used for testing other drivers in either a reserve or testing capacity, giving teams the opportunity to evaluate future F1 talent and maintain proficiency for assigned reserve and test drivers.
Saturday (Day 2)
  • Free Practice 3 - Final tuneup for the drivers to prepare for qualifying and note any remaining issues with the car. Fastest lap times are recorded and noted for the drivers for each session.
  • Note: FP sessions last 60 minutes.
  • Qualifying - There are three rounds of qualifying (Q1, Q2, Q3) to determine the starting order for the race on Sunday.
  • With 11 teams now in Formula 1, 22 drivers will be taking part in qualifying.
  • Changes to qualifying noted below in bold.
Q1 - (18 minutes) All 22 drivers attempt to post their fastest hot lap. Top 16 drivers advance to Q2. Bottom 6 drivers are then slotted 17-22 for the race based on fastest lap times in Q1 session.

Q2 - (15 minutes) Top 16 remaining drivers again try to post fastest hot lap. Top 10 drivers advance to Q3. Remaining 6 drivers are then slotted 11-16 for the race based on fastest lap times in Q2 session.

Q3 - (13 minutes) Top 10 remaining drivers slotted 1-10 based on fastest lap times in Q3 session. "Pole position" awarded to fastest lap time posted in Q3 session. This was recently increased to 13 minutes.

Note: Drivers can attempt as many times as they are able within the time slot to record a fastest lap.

Sunday (Day 3)
Race - Drivers line up on starting grid based on qualifying results (and penalty times if assessed). Drivers perform a warm-up or "formation" lap to get into position. Lights out and race is underway!
  • Points are awarded only to the Top 10 finishers in the race. Points count toward both driver's and constructor's championships.
  • Points awarded are 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for Top 10 finishers.
  • Fastest lap time and fastest track sector times are noted during the race.
Note: Some non-sprint weekend races may deviate from Fri-Sun format for various reasons.

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Sprint Weekend Race Rules 2026 (6 Sprint Races in 2026)
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    Friday - FP1 and Sprint Qualifying take place
  • Sprint Qualifying (SQ) session determines order of Sprint Race on Saturday.
  • Three rounds: SQ1 - 12 minutes, SQ2 - 10 minutes, SQ3 - 8 minutes
  • Elimination groups are same as regular qualifying (17-22, 11-16, 1-10)
  • Saturday - Sprint Race and Race Qualifying
  • Sprint Race is roughly 1/3 length of full race, therefore drivers should not have to pit.
  • Points are given for top 8 places (8 to 1).
    Sunday - Race
Other Notes
  • Monaco will not require a two-stop minimum this year.
(Note: If anyone knows of other rule changes that affect this, please provide)
 
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