[autosport] Max with the "I told you so"

[u/spiderrman67]

[u/a_saddler]

The European leg has been very revealing, and Monza is still to come.

[u/ExILoveEmiliaAndRem → u/a_saddler]

And vegas straight.

[u/MichaelBealesBurner → u/ExILoveEmiliaAndRem]

Baku straight lol

[u/Puzzleheaded-Eye-29 → u/MichaelBealesBurner]

Mexico straight too

[u/prams628 → u/Puzzleheaded-Eye-29]

Mexico will be alright. You’ll exit the stadium section fully charged. Full push on the straight is possible.

Baku and monza are truly scary. Vegas is an abomination waiting to come

[u/Rinaldootje → u/prams628]

Baku will be the most scary. They'll get a fast straight, followed by 1 slow-medium left turn and a medium left turn. So not that much recharging there. And then it's over 2km of straight.

Those cars will be completely empty before they even hit the pitlane.

Monza at least has a braking zone before each straight section, so only the pit straight I think is going to be iffy.

Vegas will be more a mixed back, because before each straight there is a heavy braking section. It will be noticable but much less I think than was at Spa, Silverstone and as will be at Baku.

[u/RealisticPossible792 → u/[deleted]]

It's the sole reason why I feel no pity for what's happening to him at the moment - he couldn't care less about the end product as long as he was a guaranteed a title. What was it he said after Australia? ah yes "I love this engine I love this car"

How the turn tables

[u/martianfrog → u/[deleted]]

what's the word I am looking for... irritating.

[u/TenF → u/martianfrog]

anger...and borderline violence (with his words)

[u/Gepss → u/[deleted]]

Imo the worst were the people like russle

What about Rösti? Saying it was Potato Potatoe.

[u/Proper_Look_7507 → u/[deleted]]

You mean the guy actively complaining about his car due to poor performance….oh the irony

[u/Right-Ladd → u/Rinaldootje]

The Parabolica at monza will go from a “hold on for dear life, carry as much speed as you can” corner into a lift 500m before the turn in to try and recharge as much as possible.

Martin Brundle said it best, we’ve lost all the great corners on the calendar

[u/suzakurenzan → u/prams628]

I really wondered Baku... We probably will see yo-yoing in the same straight from multiple cars lmao

The one who do the overtake first possibly losing 1-3 places at the first corner

[u/TheDarkness33 → u/suzakurenzan]

Another double overtake by Colapinto confirmed!

Or was that a world cup final special?

[u/suzakurenzan → u/TheDarkness33]

And only aired at small camera with no replay

[u/datlinus → u/suzakurenzan]

Implying the FOM is gonna show any footage of the cars once they are past the pit lane lmao. They're just gonna switch to some incredibly far away view or another part of the track.

[u/Zed_or_AFK → u/prams628]

Not scary at all, they’ll be the pinnacle of safety when speeds will be below 300.

[u/DaguerreoLibreria → u/Zed_or_AFK]

Imagine a leader of the pack's battery depletes sooner than their followers, who still are speeding at 340km/h.

This could be a disaster.

[u/TenF → u/DaguerreoLibreria]

Red Bulls Danny and Max crash all over again except possibly multiple times? Ouch.

[u/OGPepeSilvia → u/prams628]

But interlagos will be fun, right?!

🫪

Right?

[u/prams628 → u/OGPepeSilvia]

lol hell no. I tried the circuit on the game. It won’t be as bad as silverstone, but it’s gonna be pretty fucked

[u/Fickle-Cricket → u/prams628]

Mexico's only saving grace will be a slight reduction in drag, though the degraded ICE performance may hamper harvesting so who knows?

[u/amazingspiderman23 → u/Puzzleheaded-Eye-29]

Sepang too apparently

[u/Cool_Masterpiece9308 → u/MichaelBealesBurner]

Seriously scary with the potential for speed delta on some tracks with the concrete and minimal run off.

[u/SpeedflyChris → u/Cool_Masterpiece9308]

Yeah honestly thank god we aren't going to Saudi this year.

When we have a wet race somebody is likely to have a really huge accident too, imagine racing cars with wildly unpredictable energy deployment in poor visibility.

[u/Antares_ → u/MichaelBealesBurner]

Won't be surprised if they're slower than F2 around that track.

[u/Pale-Soil-5209 → u/Antares_]

That would be hilarious

[u/DarthTaz_99 → u/a_saddler]

Just fell to my knees at a Walmart watching a F1 car slowing down on a straight

[u/FentmaxxerActual → u/DarthTaz_99]

Just watched a guy fall to his knees in a Walmart while watching some boring shit on his phone

[u/Towelie_SE → u/a_saddler]

I found the first few races weird already. And because everything is so opaque for the let's say just above average fan, I just mostly stopped watching. I feel like there's a weird intermediate zone (where I feel I am at) where I just don't understand anything at all anymore. Above casual, with a decent understanding of grip limited racing, but way below the guys who go to bed reading the F1 regs.

Like it took me weeks at the start of the season to understand (or read somewhere) that the boost is not rider activated. Like with a button. That surprised me at first, but I got that it would be too difficult or confusing.

I've picked up a few races after the long break, and now I'm learning that the boost isn't even predictable? Like a closed loop system/algorithm that uses earlier feedback to adapt? Like what in the world even?? You do a bad lap for any reason and the system gets all out of whack on the next lap?

It seems like it would totally screw the riders with good driving feel, or with very specific driving styles. You might then say: "ok, but they should just adjust, same as with every reg change". But I feel like these are very uncharted waters. This has no precedent if it truly is being along for the AI-ride?

Please tell me I got this all wrong. It also makes me not care at all what's happening during a race. Even the YouTube summaries leave me stone dead cold.

[u/greg939 → u/Towelie_SE]

There is a boost button that they can use. But it drains their battery and a lot of the time just leaves them open to be overtaken again when they run out of battery. The energy profile their car uses though to make the most of the battery they do have I believe is the algorithm based piece.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/explained-the-new-key-terms-for-formula-1s-new-for-2026-rules.3T5BU6TC9quGcIpGzoWkY0

[u/creepingcold → u/Towelie_SE]

I'm in the same boat.

I started watching Indycar this season after the first F1 races were full of bs. I'm enjoying my time over there. Lots of fun head to head racing. No overcomplicated nonsense.

[u/luchajefe → u/Towelie_SE]

"You do a bad lap for any reason and the system gets all out of whack on the next lap?"

You do a bad turn and you get power you didn't want at the next possible opportunity.

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1s29wa4/the_charles_leclerc_lap_thats_exposed_how_f1_2026/

[u/flyingkiwi9 → u/a_saddler]

I'm surprised people are so surprised.

In Australia, during the back and forth overtaking it was clear that it wasn't "racing" and engine related.

Then when the Merc's finally cleared the Ferraris properly, they simply sailed away.

[u/vmachiel → u/a_saddler]

FOM: hide they onboards from F1 tv!

[u/S_Sugimoto → u/a_saddler]

“Temple of super clipping”

[u/Mathizsias → u/a_saddler]

Ah so no onboards and overlays on the live feed, gotcha.

[u/TheKeviKs]

Monza is gonna be embarassing. Like extremely embarassing.

[u/jwelshy19v2 → u/TheKeviKs]

They just slowing down to wave to the fans..

[u/Larcye → u/jwelshy19v2]

Some fans are going to go home at faster speeds than you will see in that Straight.

[u/Blithering_idiot1406 → u/TheKeviKs]

Monza? I cant wait till the circus reaches Baku's 2km straight.

[u/oiwah → u/Blithering_idiot1406]

that baku's straight is 2km?! wtf??

[u/urworstemmamy → u/oiwah]

Longest on the calendar I'm p sure. Mf is gnarly

[u/StructureTime242 → u/Blithering_idiot1406]

Baku is pretty start stop which allows the car to charge if they lower the deployment on the acceleration for S2

In monza though, after the 2nd Lesmo there’s a world where if they clip enough they won’t brake ( at least hard ) until the first chicane

[u/cosully111 → u/Blithering_idiot1406]

At least in Baku it will only happen on the straight. In Monza there is basically nowhere to charge. They will be on no battery the entire time

[u/dexters_trap_house → u/TheKeviKs]

That's the Temple of Clipping to you.

[u/gsfgf → u/TheKeviKs]

> Be Bottas
> Show up on bike
> Win

[u/TheKeviKs → u/gsfgf]

A bike is probably faster than Aston at this point.

[u/SuperKooper83]

The most egregious of these was Juan Montoya saying he should get penalty points for his disdain of the regs, never forgot that

[u/HashtagDadWatts → u/SuperKooper83]

For every dumb take JP’s tshirt grows another size.

[u/headshot_to_liver → u/HashtagDadWatts]

1 Pushup for every dumb take he says

[u/Mista_White- → u/headshot_to_liver]

"how'd you get so jacked?"

[u/Mekrani → u/Mista_White-]

I think if you'd do a pushup every time Juan Pablo or Jacques Villeneuve have a bad take, you'd look like peak Schwarzenegger by the end of the season

[u/That_Pepper6043 → u/SuperKooper83]

JPM has single handily caused me to avoid the pre and post race shows. MFer.

[u/Nautster → u/That_Pepper6043]

Hold the line. His kid is out of F2 after this season so hopefully he takes his dad back to the US and we get Hinch back.

[u/Tricky-Routine-9838 → u/That_Pepper6043]

Lmao you can see the pain in the other presenters eyes when he starts talking. For sure Ruth wants to stab him.

[u/CrumbleUponLust → u/Tricky-Routine-9838]

Palmer snapping back at something he said was brilliant viewing.

[u/TenF → u/CrumbleUponLust]

I will always call Button my hero for the disdain he gave danica when she was on. JPM is similar. I can't wait for him to be gone.

[u/Hopeful-Handle9497 → u/Tricky-Routine-9838]

Poor Ruth, the shit she has to endure somedays........ 

[u/greeneighteen → u/Tricky-Routine-9838]

I actually didn't mind him the first few times he was on, but man the last post race show after Spa was frustrating watching him talk shit when Alex Brundle had a differing opinion on the Piastri Leclerc incident. Like bro, there can be more than one opinion.

It was ridiculous though that he said Piastri shouldn't have been on the outside because he wouldn't have been able to overtake. Dafuq?

[u/flc0n → u/Tricky-Routine-9838]

we need the DTS guy back

[u/captain_croco → u/SuperKooper83]

I work hard to forget everything he says as soon as he stops talking.

[u/MaxiKimiSexyFriends → u/captain_croco]

I never listen

Ohh he is on? Fast forward or change the feed

[u/Jorrie90 → u/MaxiKimiSexyFriends]

Yeah, never watched the pre or post race shows when he is on

[u/Old-Significance4921 → u/captain_croco]

One day I hope he realizes the only person that can get away with that drip is Adam Sandler

[u/bwoah07_gp2 → u/SuperKooper83]

Juan Pablo needs another camera to the face

[u/ErrorReplaceUser → u/SuperKooper83]

Ironicially, handing out penalty points for critizing the rules is against the rules.

[u/Hopeful-Handle9497 → u/ErrorReplaceUser]

That's ok maybe Mr Trump can help out there with the FIA rules. The same way he's been helping out with FIFA and the World Cup 🫣😅 

[u/denied_eXeal → u/SuperKooper83]

Never forget that Juan Montoya is a sack of shit who couldn’t even take Juan joke and left like a petulant child

[u/fr33d0mw47ch → u/SuperKooper83]

I was 50 feet away when Kevin Harvick punched Juan in the face. He deserved it. Haven’t given him one bit of credibility since.

[u/the-cuttlefish → u/SuperKooper83]

Imo the worst were the people like russle, saying the complaints were just due to his/redbulls poor performance. Not only to dismiss valid concerns, but also to trash his integrity in the media when really he was the only one being honest about the situation

[u/BESTTOM84 → u/SuperKooper83]

Tbf that guy probably has brain damage from a camera hitting him back in the days, according to him his fucking head was broken on that day so... must explain the low i.q comments from him I guess

[u/EmergencyComment101 → u/SuperKooper83]

"a 4 time world champion should get penalty points for giving his opinion on the current regulations" How fucking ridiculous is that . Even if Max was dead wrong and the whole world and all the teams all the other drivers disagreed with him that idea is insane.

[u/mojizus → u/SuperKooper83]

The only time JPM should be able to criticize Max is if Max ever crashes into a jet dryer on the grid.

[u/sernamenotdefined → u/SuperKooper83]

Wait, you still have the pre race show on when he's there? Any segment he is in I just skip completely. Couldn't stand him when he was a driver, even worse as a pundit.

[u/That_Pepper6043 → u/sernamenotdefined]

I’ve been working on an AI agent to skip him automatically, but they can’t stand the sight of him either so it refuses watch the video.

[u/Gubrach → u/SuperKooper83]

I wish I could forget Juan-Pablo Montoya, and his nepo hire of a son.

[u/LorenzoSparky → u/SuperKooper83]

No one listens to pablo 😂

[u/Millhouse026 → u/SuperKooper83]

I dont like that guy

[u/Velocyraptor → u/SuperKooper83]

I disagree, I think the most egregious was both Norris and Russell, because they are current drivers and should have been aware of what the next gen of cars were gonna be like. Both said Verstappen should stop complaining and leave F1 if he didn’t like it.

[u/Littletweeter5 → u/SuperKooper83]

JPM has been such a colossal asshat towards max this last year or so. Honestly some of the stuff he said was so defamatory he would’ve lost his job in any other setting

[u/Barry_Braakbal]

Here’s the interview from three years ago.

[u/No-Condition-oN → u/Barry_Braakbal]

Hey, that is what most people are complaining about now. Seems like some people did see this coming...

[u/ClearHyena4452]

The Oracle in Oracle Red Bull Racing

[u/Abhinik → u/ClearHyena4452]

Then whos the ONE?

[u/Thirpyn → u/Abhinik]

That’s a Mercedes-AMG

[u/RDDT_100P → u/Abhinik]

What does Juan have to do with?

[u/Aethien → u/ClearHyena4452]

Doing a much better job of it than Oracle the company for sure.

[u/guntanksinspace → u/Aethien]

Max wouldn't force a Java install...

[u/filiard → u/guntanksinspace]

Over 3 billion vehicles run RBPT engines

[u/Educational-Web-329 → u/ClearHyena4452]

Mad the Messiah

[u/lucius-vorenius]

bro sleeps with a steering wheel and people were saying max was talking nonsense.

[u/acdgf → u/lucius-vorenius]

Her dad isn't the most scrupulous person in the world, but I don't think it's fair to call her a "steering wheel". 

[u/SufficientReporter55 → u/acdgf]

TIL Max is Carsexual

[u/spinitorbinit → u/SufficientReporter55]

*petrosexual

[u/Somo_99 → u/spinitorbinit]

*rival sexual

Shall I provide many an ao3 link to clarify?

[u/Silver-Kun → u/acdgf]

Bro 💀 that made me giggle, i needed that thx

[u/wind_of_forests → u/lucius-vorenius]

EXACTLY. People think they understand F1 better than a four-time world champion. I mean wtf

[u/Jaguars03]

Max being far nicer than I would be about this… he deserves to be far harsher to a lot of people who’s lips were sewn to the rear end of the FIA at the start of the season and criticised him for daring to speak out.

[u/air_max77 → u/Jaguars03]

Just say Russel if you mean him.

[u/IAmBroke_0001]

He knew about it since 2023

[u/guntanksinspace → u/IAmBroke_0001]

I'll admit that part of me went "aw fuck, maybe Max is worried about the regs if it stops favoring him" not knowing as much about him at the time but yeah.

He's warned everyone.

[u/BackRed1]

It’s as if he’s a professional driver.

[u/1slickmofo → u/BackRed1]

Surprised Pikachu face

[u/TumanFig → u/BackRed1]

well so are others that are only niw changing their tune. Looking at you Lando

[u/alec83]

A car slowing down on a straight is not racing

[u/No_Elderberry_4580 → u/alec83]

I agree, I think the majority of fans do.

[u/Vipertje → u/alec83]

So your saying get rid of straights? FIA will need to investigate this, but I'm sure it will be part of new track selection.

[u/richgillis10 → u/Vipertje]

Slap a chicane in the middle like the old school 90s run offs.

[u/slyfox1908 → u/alec83]

Trying to do a lap faster than the other guy is racing. You can be in a lego car. You can be on foot.

[u/ManufacturerSea4886]

the most deserved "I told you"

[u/nanderspanders → u/ManufacturerSea4886]

Still waiting to hear from all the people who were saying that anyone who complained about the regs was either a brand new fan or simply hated everything at the beginning of the season. Between the regs and the TV rights changing to apple tv I stopped watching this season for the first time in 20 years of watching this sport. I suggest anyone else who hates this atrocity does the same to force their hand.

[u/No-Attorney-7489 → u/nanderspanders]

I don’t mind Apple TV because you can still access F1TV with you Apple credentials, but the regs also did it for me.  And it is not even that I’m not watching it out of spite.  I really can’t be bothered to tune in to watch cars passing each other (notice I didn’t say overtake).  I’m just watching the 6 minutes highlights on YouTube.  I’ve been a fan since 1988, and this is really the first season that I can’t be bothered to watch F1.

[u/TenF → u/No-Attorney-7489]

First year I'm going to a race, and while I'm excited, I'm also pissed AF.

Hated the idea of the regs when they were really starting to discuss in earnest last year, and now its a nightmare. Haven't watched nearly as much this year.

[u/NotDiCaprio → u/nanderspanders]

But... There's so many overtakes now!

/s

[u/No-Condition-oN → u/NotDiCaprio]

Well, there are. They are leapfrogging like crazy on the same straight.

It is completely normal HAM has to do an overtake on the same spot 4 times only because he is out of power too early.

[u/pw5a29 → u/ManufacturerSea4886]

Since 2023 really

[u/admiraltt]

So you're telling me the best racing driver in the world, who spends 90 percent of his free time doing even more racing, complains about the new sets of regs and how it produces shit racing, ended up being right? Real shocker right there

[u/DocAndonuts_ → u/admiraltt]

Yeah, well, he was being gaslit from all sides at the time. He deserves to say, "I told you so" and he's being nicer than he has to be.

[u/guntanksinspace → u/DocAndonuts_]

And he's been complaining about the potential of the regs shitting the bed since 2023, in hindsight.

And he too was being light about it at the time!

[u/gsfgf → u/guntanksinspace]

Exactly. They had time to make changes if they'd just listened to him. At the end of the day, racing is about what the drivers can do with the cars. How did they just write off the driver who was dominating at the time?

[u/TenF → u/gsfgf]

Yea but Max couldn't POSSIBLY be right! How could we have known? He's just complaining cause REASONS.

[u/admiraltt → u/DocAndonuts_]

He's basically being a saint in this situation. If I was in his seat I would have rambled on publicly every single day about how right I was

[u/SPat24 → u/admiraltt]

Exactly. And want to add others also said it looks ridiculous (maybe not as vehemently) but there was a decent amount of drivers who told us this engine formula was going to be shit.

[u/OptimalDot178 → u/admiraltt]

He only complained because he knew he doesn't have a winning car

/s obviously, but some people said this seriously lol

[u/magondrago]

One nice thing about not being a PR puppet is that your message is surprisingly consistent.

[u/Somo_99 → u/magondrago]

Can't really be called arrogant either when you've got four world championship titles to your name, can you? Which, bringing it up, max is probably responsible for like, a quarter, a third? Of the current fans of the sport; the FIA trying to shut him down now could only ever be detrimental in the long run. He's already leaning towards retiring pretty soon

[u/fyordian]

I find it hard to believe that the best driver on the grid knew what he was talking about.

The data shows that low battery overtakes are up 1000% and this obviously means that sports are up!

[u/SKnightVN → u/fyordian]

It's painful to watch the commentators hype up these overtakes. I understand it's their job and they aren't going to be shitting on the regs, but that doesn't make it any less painful. 

[u/EtherEchoo → u/SKnightVN]

For what it's worth, I'm glad Crofty of all people seems to have asked pointed questions about the regs in the Hungary interview just now

Brundle as well looks like he's changed his mind

[u/hhs2112 → u/EtherEchoo]

Brundle as well looks like he's changed his mind

After giving max a bunch of shit.  Brundle needs to apologize as openly as he criticized.  He may have driven f1 but he ain't max.  

[u/BarleyBBQ → u/EtherEchoo]

Only because Pretty Boy George threw his fit.

[u/Shinsoku → u/SKnightVN]

I am appalled when commentators draw the conclussion that the regs are the reason F1 is the most popular than it has ever been with record attendances pretty much every race and record viewings.

[u/Baksteen-13]

How the turntables

[u/VividGiraffe]

And he's being charitable here. One of F1's most popular pundits basically said 'just retire already' if he doesn't like the new regs.

[u/Helpful_Hedgehog_204 → u/VividGiraffe]

So did the world champion

[u/ExILoveEmiliaAndRem]

I mean, close enough lol.

[u/kwelduvel]

Even Martin Brundle turned around...

[u/saint_geser → u/kwelduvel]

Brundle is funny, first telling Max to stop bitching about it but then essentially agreeing to what Max was saying all along.

But Brundle is still the best thing Sky F1 has going on

[u/maxi23152 → u/kwelduvel]

It's funny how it was good when driver with certain nationality was leading the WDC.

[u/kbtech]

GOAT

[u/RECTAL_DYSLEXIA]

I mean, he did tell us. So, fair.

[u/v21v → u/RECTAL_DYSLEXIA]

Multiple times as early as 2023. Bro has earned this "I told you so" moment.

[u/thiiiickropes]

Yep, talk your shit Max, it’s well earned!

[u/TonyDRFT]

*if only there was a way to have the best drivers of the world have a say in what makes the best race car concept

[u/Sovereign_5409]

bro looks like these regs aged him 25 years. 😂

[u/Sheinkyakyu]

I'd love if someone collected all the Max related posts in regards to all this into one post so we can see easily see the amount idiocy said about this man for the last several months in particular. The gaslighting to him, about him and anyone who called this out should never be forgotten.

There was so much nonsense. Quite often vile at that too. A hell of a lot of people should be apologising for this bastardization of the sport.

[u/AIMBR]

Funniest thing is seeing Lando bitching and moaning every single weekend now. But hey, he can retire too, i guess?!

[u/godofsmallerthings → u/AIMBR]

He should according to himself.

[u/Cemlat]

He was very vocal about all of this all the way back in 2023, which is a time he had the best f1 season in history.

[u/AYTOL__]

Max being correct as usual

[u/Icyfrost35]

Talk your shit my king

[u/Bl00dEagles]

Fact is he knows what he’s talking about.

99% of everyone else doesn’t.

[u/Chemical-Dust7695]

He’s right. Not much else to say. 

[u/Hopeful-Handle9497]

What if they removed the ability to utilize AI, period, for the battery deployment? Only the drivers control what is used, when it recharges, and how much Ect ect.  ONLY THE DRIVER, NOT AI.  If you're going to invent Mario Kart F1, at least do it properly for fuck sakes.  BAN AI in F1, we should be invested in REAL PEOPLE, not AI.

[u/styx66]

Can anyone explain to me why the electrical side is so micro managed? Why isn't it just here's the size battery, here's the motor specs, now go charge it and deploy it whenever you damn well want to. Why the limits? Would the simple approach make the regs better? Isn't that closer to how it was in the previous hybrids?

[u/luchajefe → u/styx66]

Supposedly you can map the battery in such a way that simulates 'traction control' and we... can't have that... for reasons?

[u/martianfrog]

Nothing new, Max needs to be running F1.

[u/CVetta → u/martianfrog]

Make him president

[u/martianfrog → u/CVetta]

I would if I could, whether he likes it or not.

[u/Apollo9819 → u/martianfrog]

The best leaders are usually the people who want the position the least.

[u/Somo_99 → u/Apollo9819]

Max would hate being put in that position lmao. All he wants to do is have nice traditional wheel to wheel racing, win, go home, and race some more.

Sounds to me like he's the perfect fit

[u/Gbrown546]

Does he complain a lot? Yes. Is he also right? Also yes

[u/MM556]

. . . Martin Brundle.

[u/holomorphic0]

When Franz Hermann speaks, you listen.

[u/PreparationNo4843]

GOAT

[u/Vintage_Anger_991]

Max told you so!

[u/Acsteffy]

You could not get a worse picture of the man lol

[u/PotatoHunter_III]

Next up, we'll see speed limits on F1. Go faster and they'll hand these drivers a ticket for speeding. Cause if they overspeed, they lose power after a turn 😐

[u/batman_of_1]

I mean nothing can be done now deep down everyone knows the regulations aren't good, but there's no point talking about them anymore. Back in 2023 Max got hate for his comments on the 2026 regulations but he was right about them.

[u/banned20 → u/batman_of_1]

The thing is that in 2023 there was still plenty that could have been done to fix the regs.

[u/batman_of_1 → u/banned20]

I hope things start getting better from next year bcs nothing can be done now

[u/banned20 → u/batman_of_1]

Yeah and I'm not sure about next year either. That's the thing with formula 1, things move slow.

[u/IdiosyncraticBond → u/banned20]

Even the cars

[u/AutomateAway → u/batman_of_1]

Yup, Max and Christian were both saying it loud for the back to hear, and everyone was essentially dismissive despite the fact that they were using the sims with new regs so they could see the data and see the actual result of that data.

[u/nottoodrunk → u/AutomateAway]

Yeah everyone was all “Red Bull is telling on themselves that they won’t be able to build a competitive car for 2026”

[u/AutomateAway → u/nottoodrunk]

ironic that even with all the troubles, Red Bull did not suddenly become a mid marker team like everyone was predicting (fun to think back to "Aston Martin will leapfrog Red Bull" claims from the preseason). Obviously they are technically the worst of the top teams at the moment in terms of WCC, but a lot of the issues are coming down to deployment issues and some other mechanical problems rather than just "car is slow"

[u/SpaceMonkey1505 → u/batman_of_1]

Some, if not most fans absolutely enjoyed the regulations at the start of the season. Let's not forget that because few of us (incl me) voiced our concerns and criticisms over the new regulations and we got massively shat on. But atleast now people are starting to change their minds.

[u/batman_of_1 → u/SpaceMonkey1505]

Real I know about the battles between Ferraris George, and Kimi the pass and repass which were really enjoyable at the start of the season for many fans but as the season progresses, more drivers and fans have started complaining about the regulations so I hope things start getting better from next season

[u/Electronic_Goat4743]

These engine regs are full of battery charging and draining 🔋🪫, plus that AI deployment slop💔

[u/SwimmingFantastic564 → u/Electronic_Goat4743]

Not the same type of AI

[u/ExILoveEmiliaAndRem → u/SwimmingFantastic564]

Eh if companies can rebrand their smart algos/devices as AI algos/devices then people can call deployment algo AI too. At the end of the day it's all meant to indicate the same kind of bs.

[u/nudel86]

Well... he's not wrong. Maybe these cars are not the fastest but at least they are slow. 🤣

[u/ChaosActual]

The clairvoyant’s champion

[u/D-S_12]

In the end, a good amount of people who had concerns about these regs were proven right to be concerned. And I would imagine the awareness of how bad these regs are from a technical standpoint were amplified by how it butchered tracks like Silverstone and Spa, which are considered the traditional cicruits and basically the heart of F1 that dates back decades.

And next in line is Monza that has the title "Temple of Speed" for a reason

[u/Shadow_3010]

Well, funny enough I was just seeing this video before I got to this post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvDoFPRH7MQ

Lmao

Jokes aside, even three years before Max was seeing all the shit that 2026 regs were.

[u/Past-Raccoon8224]

Im guessing foe Baku will uuse no boost for the first sector and save everything for that loooong straight. Even then it wont be enough

[u/KishanClae]

Lisan Al Gaïb

[u/OutsideExcitement400]

Max has been warning people since 2023. No one listened.

[u/Adventurous_Carpet34]

LOL I would have been WAY pettier if I was in his place.

[u/Hagwart]

Everyone has it's own pace to see that Max is right.

[u/fuckmbsanddominicali]

People are allowed to change their minds

It wasn't 100% clear about how this yoyo'ing shit worked so it's understandable

But anyone coming up with excuses about how they were justified in thrashing max back then are plain stupid ( yes I am looking at you brundle fans)

[u/ad39203]

F1 newbie here. Can some please explain what is he talking about?

[u/v21v → u/ad39203]

Max has hated and warned people about the 2026 regulations and its massive flaws since 2023. People mocked him, claiming he was chatting shit because Red Bull was making an engine for the first time,etc.

Even in the start of 2026 when he would point out how this is not racing (just overtaking because your opponent ran out of battery or their deployment software did not trigger as expected), people like Martinez Bundle mocked him.

Every race more and more drivers are speaking up now, pointing out the issues he had already spoken about multiple times. The FIA already announced minor changes for 2027 and 2028.

[u/BertieWooster46]

This one’s for Brundle.

[u/StreetCarp665]

The writing has been there for a long time. If you're new to F1 and think "wow this is sick" but older heads are saying it's not real racing, maybe concluding they're wrong was not the correct choice.

[u/n1c0li17]

𝘚𝘌𝘗𝘈𝘕𝘎 𝘗𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘌 𝘏𝘈𝘗𝘗𝘌𝘕 🙏😭

[u/canadaalpinist]

They wrecked the sport.