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Tear Off recalled that Esteban Ocon and Ayao Komatsu had met 17 years earlier at a karting circuit, where they had teamed up for a 12-hour race. The account added that in 2014, Komatsu, then an engineer at Lotus, had mentored Ocon during his FP1 in Abu Dhabi and advised him before his F1 debut. Referring to 2026, Tear Off suggested that the emotional reunion of the previous year seemed to have given way to a rift, which would have led Komatsu to dismiss Ocon before the end of the season. #F1 #BrazilGP #F1 #Motorsport #Karting (translated)

Tear Off reported, citing ES Motorsport, that MotoGP riders who refuse to attend the Qatar Grand Prix risk sporting sanctions this season and the next. According to the account, tensions between MotoGP officials and the riders had intensified after the ruling bodies refused to reserve a private room for them to meet; the riders ultimately held their meeting at Yamaha. Tear Off added that ES Motorsport indicated that riders absent from Qatar, and thus from FP1, could be excluded from the last two rounds in Portugal and Valencia. The account also wrote that Carlos Ezpeleta, deputy director of MotoGP, had gone to Doha and that a member of his delegation described the situation on-site as "perfectly normal." According to Tear Off, the Qatari government had provided guarantees for the conduct of the Grand Prix, including a paddock evacuation plan, coverage of expenses in case of airspace closure, and repatriation insurance. #MotoGP #MalaysianGP #MotoGP #GrandPrix #Sport (translated)

Initial reports suggest that this is a Ukrainian drone of the FP1 model – information had already been circulating in the public domain that (…) the Ukrainians have apologized for this incident, as St. Petersburg was under attack. National Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas says that a Ukrainian drone that was used to attack St. Petersburg entered Lithuanian airspace on Sunday, but was intercepted by Russian electronic warfare equipment. #UkrainianDrone #Lithuania #RussianHybridWar (translated)

Federico Albano wrote that, in the first free practice session of the Singapore Grand Prix, the balance on a dry lap was still difficult to assess, also because the track was at 50°C. He noted very small gaps: in the second sector, the top three were separated by 0.017 seconds. Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes, according to him, seemed to have a good baseline setup. Albano reported that Mercedes looked more comfortable with George Russell, both in terms of times and feelings, although the English driver had some rigidity issues. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, with the new package, had good overall balance but seemed to have little front grip; using soft tires in qualifying could have made the problem less evident, as he had run with hard and medium tires in practice. The Ferrari SF-26 seemed competitive in terms of pace as well, with Lewis Hamilton slightly heavier but with contained differences. Albano found Charles Leclerc's feedback very positive both in the last lap and in the pace simulations, adding that it would be important to understand how much the rivals would increase power in qualifying. According to Albano, McLaren was showing the expected performance, without the misleading impression of soft tires seen in Malaysia, and seemed effective under braking. Red Bull, on the other hand, was difficult to assess because it was engaged in testing and still far off; in his opinion, it could use the Sprint as a practice session and reveal its potential later. He finally predicted a competitive and entertaining qualifying session. #Formula1 #SingaporeGP #Motorsport (translated)

Nachez announced that he was broadcasting live the first and only free practice sessions of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend. He said he hoped to be able to talk during the broadcast and joked that something seemed to be bothering Alonso: if it was the air, he pointed out, they would have to leave the entire world's population without it. He also invited his followers to join. https://t.co/QW2JTIQjtV #F1 #GranPremio #Singapur (translated)

Nachez reported that Toto Wolff had confirmed that Mercedes would test the previous package on one car and the new one on another in Singapore. He also noted that, being a sprint weekend, one of the drivers would face the sprint qualifying with a package that he would not have tested in free practice 1. https://t.co/ldDg10UYh0 #F1 #Mercedes #Singapur (translated)

Permanente Revolution stated that new images showed a police car barreling towards high school students of Chrestien de Troyes last Friday. The media presented these images as documenting a police method that, in recent days, involved threatening to run over students to disperse them. https://t.co/fP1J7ujDY4 #Troyes #Police #Violence (translated)

Federico Albano described the second free practice session of the BahrainGP in Sepang as difficult to interpret. According to him, the teams quickly focused their work on long runs due to the risk of rain and because, considering the overtaking chances and tire degradation, race pace would be more important than qualifying. Albano judged Ferrari's Friday as positive: compared to the first session, the setup had improved and the team showed encouraging signs in managing degradation. However, he noted difficulties at the rear end. In his opinion, Leclerc managed to handle them well and achieved good feedback both in dry running and in the race simulation, while Hamilton struggled more with temperature control. The author wrote that Red Bull appeared competitive in dry running with Hadjar and in race pace with Verstappen, but faced difficulties in slow corners. Mercedes, despite not completing a dry lap with both drivers, highlighted a race pace on par or slightly lower than that of Verstappen and Leclerc. Albano therefore expected a close fight between at least these three teams. According to his report, McLaren fell behind in dry running but showed good race pace and effective tire durability management. Albano concluded that setups and conditions remained to be evaluated, with looming rain and a race that, in his opinion, could change with each stint. #F1 #BahrainGP #Motorsport (translated)

#FP1 at #Sepang: - #RedBull started very well, somewhat surprisingly given the layout of the track. Great balance both on the dry lap and in long runs, the latest upgrades seem to have brought benefits, let's see if they can keep up because they started strong. - #Mercedes has issues with Kimi, and still seems conservative with #Russell on the PU side. Russell has a lot of traction but little top speed, it's worth understanding if it's just power or if there's also drag due to increased downforce. Bad long run for Mercedes with very high wear. - #Ferrari seems out of the window, more loaded than the others, convincing only in braking and in slow corners. Better in the long run, the mechanics seem to be there, the aerodynamics for now really need fixing. - #McLaren insubstantial in the dry lap but remarkably excellent on tire degradation in long runs. - To say the track is evolving doesn't capture the essence, temperatures are sky-high, old asphalt, abrasive, and very dirty. We'll see everyone improve by several seconds per lap, so this session is more about returning to a beautiful track and understanding starting points than deducing anything about final results that are still very far off. Let's see FP2. #Formula1 #Motorsport #GP (translated)

Me complace anunciarles que... ES SEMANA DE CARRERA 🏁 📍 Vuelve uno de mis GP favoritos, Malasia 🇲🇾 VIERNES 🏎 - FP1 | 1:30 am - FP2 | 5:00 am SÁBADO 🏎 - FP3 | 1:30 am - Clasificación | 5:00 am DOMINGO 🏎 - Carrera | 4:00 am 📺 Transmiten Disney+ Premium y F1TV https://t.co/VEXGlu4pw4 #F1 #GranPremio #Carrera

😳Los F2 en la Qualy han alcanzado una punta mayor en Bakú que el motor Honda en FP1. Es el next level del "GP2 Engine" 🤡 Y por poco no han ido más rápido que la mitad de la parrilla de F1 DANTESCO #F1 #AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿 https://t.co/L3Ep2HSgg7 #F1 #AzerbaijanGP #Motorsport

#FP1 dell'#AzerbaijanGP non particolarmente esaltanti. Al di là della scia di #Russell si è visto un certo dominio #Mercedes lato PU, sempre quelli con più energia da spremere in tutti gli allunghi e clamorosamente nell'ultimo dritto. La scia presa dal britannico aiuta a non andare in clipping, ma il delta di 10km/h rispetto agli altri si è visto anche senza. #Ferrari spinge nel primo settore, ma poi poca energia a inizio settore centrale e addirittura superclipping verso la 15, a raccogliere tutto prima del dritto finale. #SF26 per ora buona in frenata come da attese. #RedBull un buon compromesso per ora, penso che #Verstappen qui possa provare a fare qualcosa, in attesa di #McLaren che ha portato tantissimi aggiornamenti e ha avuto un po' di grane in FP1 (ci può stare). L'impressione è che il modo di distribuire l'energia (e quanta ciascuno ne avrà a disposizione) sarà la chiave dominante del weekend, ma è solo FP1, vediamo. #AzerbaijanGP #F1 #Motorsport

⚠️ A esta hora, dentro de UNA SEMANA, estaremos en los FP1 de Bakú 😬 No, no me he equivocado: el GP empieza EL JUEVES y termina EL SÁBADO. ‼️ NO HAY CARRERA EL DOMINGO 🗓️ El 27 es el Día del Recuerdo en Azerbaiyán, un festivo nacional importante #F1 #AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿 https://t.co/MMhNRKVUYL #F1 #AzerbaijanGP #Deportes

LANDO NORRIS EN MADRID FP1 CON PROBLEMAS EN EL AUTO Y LA CAJA DE CAMBIOS FP2 PERDIDA POR TENER QUE CAMBIAR LA CAJA DE CAMBIOS FP3 INTERRUMPIDA POR BANDERAS ROJAS QUALI: HACE LA POLE ESTÁ EN OTRA LIGA, LÁSTIMA QUE NO TIENE EL AUTO QUE MERECE. https://t.co/RshnGvNBpm #F1 #LANDONORRIS #Madrid

Il #Madring è un bel rebus da risolvere e #Ferrari e #Mercedes lo approcciano in maniera diversa ma con risultati simili. Per ora quello di Maranello e di Brackley sono sembrati gli unici due team (insieme a #VCARB) veramente pronti ed a punto su una pista estremamente complicata sotto ogni punto di vista: strategie deployment, guida, gomme, assetto meccanico. Ferrari continua ad andare più forte nei primi due settori, e più piano nel terzo, con più deployment per la rossa fino alla Monumental e man mano meno rispetto alla Mecedes nella seconda parte del giro, ma le differenze sono andate assottigliandosi molto in FP2 rispetto ad FP1. Sono anche spariti a Maranello i picchi di velocità alla fine della Monumental con un miglioramento di performance nel lento, segno di una monoposto più morbida sull'assale posteriore per avere una trazione migliore nel lento, ma che ovviamente deve limitare l'enorme compressione alla fine della curva sopraelevata. Anche a curva 15 e allo snake successivo Mercedes continua a mostrare una maggiore energia disponibile, ma le differenze sono inferiori rispetto alle prime libere e nei cambi di direzioni veloci le monoposto si equivalgono segno che anche la rigidezza al rollio è andata convergendo. La convergenza delle performance in realtà è tale per cui l'ideal lap di #Leclerc e quello di #Antonelli (ottimi p2 e p1 oggi) differiscono di appena 4 millesimi. Mercedes sembra avere un po' più margine di motore rispetto alla rossa. #Redbull sembra avere un buon potenziale di crescita, ma ci sono dei punti della pista che poco si addicono alla monoposto (anche se Max può sempre fare tanta differenza), mentre #McLaren dopo la disastrosa giornata di oggi può ancora fare bene ma parte decisamente da più lontano. Passo gara che a tratti ha visto una buona #Ferrari, soprattutto sul degrado, e con la soft che sembra migliore in gara perché meno sollecitata longitudinalmente, mentre più al limite in qualifica a sopportare la grande coppia in trazione di queste vetture, ma con una lettura dei tempi complicatissima per via del traffico, che sarà un grande problema per tutto il weekend. #SpanishGP #Madring #Formula1 #Ferrari #Mercedes

⚠️El coche de Fernando Alonso está TOTALMENTE DESMONTADO 🫤 Melissa: "Más que caras de preocupación [de los mecánicos] son caras de aceptación" Recordar que a Fernando se rompió el embrague tras una prueba de salida al final de FP1 y se quedó parado #F1 #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 https://t.co/STnJLnrKsh #F1 #FernandoAlonso #SpanishGP

Tutto da imparare e da capire ancora, ma si vedono un paio di trend interessanti in questa FP1 dello #SpanishGP al #Madring - #Ferrari (e #Audi) sbombardano clamorosamente di motore fino a curva 5. #Mercedes molto più parsimoniosa con l'energia in quel tratto per ora. Questo si è visto IN TUTTI i giri della FP1 - Ferrari e #Leclerc bene anche alla Monumental, dove si alza solo in ingresso ma poi si tiene giù in pieno e si accelera per tutta la curva, quasi controintuitivo da dire e da fare. Interessante - Leclerc ha quasi 0.4 di vantaggio su #Russell all'uscita della Monumental ma da lì la Mercedes sale in cattedra: Curva 15 Russel fa +9 in percorrenza, con Ferrari che deve ricaricare. Allo snake Russell guadagna ancora tanto (+10/+7 su Leclerc), e infine nel lento l'inglese da il colpo finale al tempo, soprattutto in trazione. Leclerc lì prende oltre 0.5. In classifica Charles è davanti a #Hamilton, ma come ideal lap Lewis sarebbe oltre 2 decimi migliore del monegasco, meglio anche di Kimi P2. L'inglese ha avuto un sacco di problemi col traffico e non è riuscito a mettere insieme il giro. Pista COMPLICATISSIMA, tra altezze, sezioni veloci, lente, monumental, snake e chi più ne ha più ne metta. Vediamo FP2. #SpanishGP #Formula1 #Motorsport