Formula Data Analysis

Alonso was one of the four drivers to reach 351 km/h during the #USGP! The Honda-powered Aston can reach high top speeds (low drag, possibly decent ICE power), but not CONSISTENTLY: deployment is unsustainable, so Aston’s AVERAGE top speed was the lowest of any team

RACE PACE #F1 No driver set quicker lap times than LEC! Ferrari 1-2 pace-wise🔥 (HAM was just 0.103 s/lap slower, VER 0.140 s/lap behind) Still, ANT was within 3 tenths of LEC despite using one fewer set of tyres: he lost ~16s on pace but saved ~20s by not pitting. Terrific pace and management 👌

No doubt Mercedes is still the aero leader: highest top speed (low drag, as shown by +4 km/h vs McL on the same PU) AND fastest through fast Turn 19 (high downforce) → unmatched efficiency VER lost just 10 km/h (vs ANT’s 33 km/h) between lap start and lap end → more sustainable deployment 🔋

FP2 LONG RUNS 📊 NOR fastest overall (only top-team driver on Hards) VER quickest on Softs (+0.258 s/lap vs NOR), Antonelli on Mediums (+0.369 s/lap) LEC was quicker than VER at the start of the stint, but suffered worse wear. HAM was very slow at the end of his stint: will Ferrari have high deg?🤔

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Con #3 More Danger And Higher Costs

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Con #1 Less Wheel-To-Wheel Racing

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Pro #1 Lighter Cars, Faster Laps

By mistake, the FIA didn’t activate overtake mode in SQ1 after the red flag. This serious issue severely limited straight-line performance (~10 km/h loss in top speed). Crucially, it was then reactivated for 27s, unfairly advantaging those who could exploit it! Look at OCO: ⬛️ L5 (Issue) 🟧 L8 (OK)

🟦VER’s stop-and-go approach got him pole: he lost time around the apex of most corners, but gained massively on corner exit 🟩RUS reached the highest top speed, deploying more early in the lap [Continues below 👇]

📊 RACE PACE (with a new look!) VER won through sheer pace: +0.36s/lap quicker than next-best ANT! Ferrari had a terrible Sunday start (issues during the formation lap, wrong tyre choice), but LEC and HAM recovered through excellent pace: HAM was just ~0.1s/lap slower than the championship leader!

FP2 LONG RUNS ANT was quickest overall, setting excellent lap times on both Mediums and Softs LEC was next quickest (on Softs), but both he and HAM suffered from high degradation on that compound. McLaren was slower than LEC, but managed their tyres far better VER's was QUICK on worn Mediums! #F1

My new analysis, 'Top Speed Distribution', revealed something interesting about FP2 👀 -ANT ran a less powerful mode than RUS for most of the session, but then got full power on a few laps/straights #F1 #BahrainGP

"GP2 Engine"? Alonso would happily make the switch, as the Formula 2 cars were WAY FASTER in the speed trap than he was! 🤯 In FP1, F2s already hit a 322 km/h MEDIAN top speed, which was higher than the HIGHEST (321) reached by both Astons during the GP! [Via JMP #YesJMPCan #adv]

Bearman reached 350 km/h during the Baku GP, the highest of any driver!🚀 Similar top speed to the one at the start of the ground effect era (351), but far below what BEA himself hit last year (361) RUS reached 329 with NO OVERTAKE MODE OR SLIPSTREAM! ANT hit the highest average top speed (343) #F1

RACE PACE (Impacted by traffic ⚠️) -RUS had the best pace on track, but VER spent the whole race behind PIA and RUS! Mercedes likely had the upper hand, yet RBR performed brilliantly here -Ferrari was way back: LEC 0.66 s/lap slower than RUS despite also running in free air for most of the race

Mercedes smashed everyone's championship hopes by taking pole by 0.837s: LEC (P2) was way closer to P9 (-0.684s) than to RUS! 🤯 And that's on the 15th quali of the season, despite significant upgrades from the other teams ANT will overtake everyone but RUS

So it's confirmed: Ferrari's 'ADUO 2' upgrade (which only HAM had in Madrid) was significant, providing 18hp more in some crucial phases (peak power on corner exit, between 260-310 km/h, in the clipping area) and similar performance elsewhere 🚀

Sainz (and Williams) had the best starts this season! 🚀 2026 #F1 START ANALYSIS - Key Points: -Williams and McLaren had the best starts; Aston and Audi the worst. Ferrari lost its start advantage... -HAM made the quickest start: 4.45s to 200km/h in Madrid! -RUS had the worst: 6.85s in Hungary