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Canadian GP PREVIEW:

- Stop&Go track ➡️ Traction (like Monaco) and Braking crucial!
- Medium/Low wing load: Just enough downforce for stable braking and good traction/cornering; avoid excessive drag.

🔴Ferrari and 🟠McL should be strong and close to 🔵VER.

What’s YOUR prediction? 🤔

I don’t expect Mercedes, and even less so Aston, to be on Ferrari’s and McLaren’s level here.

Let’s see how the outlook changes after FP2!

In 2026, F1 cars:

- Will get 0.2m shorter and 0.1m narrower➡️30kg lighter (still 16kg heavier than in ‘21).
- Active aero: Z-mode vs X-mode (more downforce and drag).
- DRS replaced by a ‘push to pass’ button➡️increased power after 290km/h.
- More powerful ERS.

👍 or 👎?

Additionally, the car’s downforce is expected to drop by ~30%; drag should be reduced too.

This, combined with the car’s lower average engine power, should produce worse laptimes compared to now, but should hopefully aid overtaking and make the sport more sustainable.

Rear Wings - Canadian GP

💡The track's long straights call for medium-low load, but the rain will make more loaded wings more beneficial.

🌧Rain will hit on Friday and Saturday, but not necessarily on Sunday: F1 teams have a bet to make!

Mercedes' has a unique wing design.

📸 @AlbertFabrega

The ‘26 #F1 rules will make it HARDER to overtake in tracks like Monaco💡

‘Manual Override Mode’ will replace the DRS:
- Electric power for the attacking driver: 350kw.
- It will decrease linearly over 290km/h for the defending one.📉

But most cars don’t reach 290km/h in Monaco!⚠️

This problem is not unique to Monaco: it also applies to ‘conventional’, high-downforce race tracks.

Hungary, for example: in the fastest lap of the race, VER only reached 301km/h on the main straight: he remained over 290km/h for less than 3s.

The FIA MUST make the speed threshold track-specific.

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The best 2 laps from FP2 compared: spot the differences!🔍

ALO vs RUS (lighter green, 0.46s slower)

Aston and Merc showed very similar performance
Straight-line speed was identical

ALO consistently braked later: he gained under braking, losing little time on corner exit👌

TOP SPEEDS

🔴 LEC didn't use DRS on his best lap: that explains his low top speed (he lost over 0.4s due to that alone).

🔵Racing Bulls's low-load wing will be useful in the dry, but also a problem under the rain.

Aston/Merc/RBR were close.

🟠McL looking draggy.

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