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F1's Brave New World: 2025 Verdict & 2026 Preview

F1's Brave New World: 2025 Verdict & 2026 Preview

The 2025 season concluded as a historic landmark for McLaren, with Lando Norris securing his first World Drivers’ Championship by a razor-thin two-point margin over Max Verstappen after a 24-race war of attrition. While Red Bull suffered a developmental plateau, McLaren's technical consistency allowed Norris to clinch the title with a P3 finish in the desert, as Lewis Hamilton’s podium-less debut at Ferrari signaled a strategic shift toward the impending 2026 regulations. These new rules represent a total "nimble car" reset, slashing vehicle weight by 30kg and introducing active aerodynamics (X-mode and Z-mode) to replace DRS, all powered by a 50/50 hybrid split that triples electrical output. This technical revolution coincides with a political one: the grid expands to eleven teams with the arrival of Cadillac, who enter the fray using Ferrari power units and the veteran pairing of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez.

December 30, 2025 — CMC Motorsports
Tags: 2025 2026 Cadillac Formula 1 Formula One Lando Norris Max Verstappen Mclaren Red Bull Racing Scuderia Ferrari
Austrian GP - Red Bull Racing Team with Fire

Do F1 Cars Refuel? No – And This Is Why

If you’ve been watching F1 for the past few years, you’ve certainly heard commentators mention that going into Turn 1 at the start of a race is always a bit dicey due to how heavy the cars are with full fuel loads. You’ve also heard them mention that tires last longer later in the race due to the cars being lighter, having burned off most of their fuel.
July 28, 2022 — Jared Nichols
Tags: Formula One
Blonde twins in sunglasses and Ferrari shirts chatting while seated on a bench

Ciao, Imola Italia! Our Adventure to the Imola Race Track

After more than 7 months without a race visit, it was really time to be live at the track again. Since the event at the Imola race track is also the first race of the 2022 season in Europe, there was no question that we had to travel to Italy! Although we could already hear the sound of the cars in Barcelona (in front of the entrance to the track), and were lucky enough to meet drivers there as well, a race experience is, of course, a completely different highlight. So, off we went to the small town of Imola for the Imola F1 2022 race!
May 18, 2022 — CMC Motorsports
Tags: F1 Twins Formula One Imola
Red Bull car testing on a wet track before the new F1 season.

What We Saw In 2021 F1 Testing

The new F1 season is nearly here. 2021 F1 testing was reduced from two sessions of three days each, to only one session of three days. With the 2021 regulations receiving only minor tweaks the cars will be minor evolutions from 2020 and teams should be very familiar with their operation. The season’s only test session has freshly concluded and here’s what we saw:

March 18, 2021 — Jared Nichols
Tags: 2021 Formula One Testing