Pre-season testing for the 2026 world championship got here to an finish final week.
The 11 days of working raised numerous issues about how the most recent era of automobiles, constructed to the FIA and F1’s contentious new guidelines, will behave in race conditions.
Nonetheless the checks revealed little concerning the aggressive order. It appears the highest 4 groups – reigning champions McLaren, plus Pink Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes – have prolonged the hole over the midfield runners. Newcomers Cadillac plainly have a variety of work to do whereas Aston Martin seem like in serious trouble with their new Honda energy unit.
As that is the primary season beneath new technical laws, count on to see speedy modifications from the opening race in Australia in two weeks’ time to the ultimate chequered flag in Yas Marina 10 months from now. This guarantees to be a a lot trickier season to foretell than lately.
However as is conventional on RaceFans, we’re going to present it a go. Share your solutions to those 20 questions on the upcoming season within the feedback and see what your fellow F1 followers count on to see in 2026.
1. What number of completely different groups will win races over the course of the 2026 F1 season?
2. Who would be the first driver to retire from a race throughout 2026?
3. What number of grands prix will McLaren win?
4. What number of grands prix will Lewis Hamilton win?
5. What is going to Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s greatest end result be?
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6. Who would be the first driver to be dropped or substituted at a race – and who will take their place?
7. What would be the greatest end result scored by a Cadillac driver?
8. Who will rating essentially the most factors: Nico Hulkenberg or Esteban Ocon?
9. Which Mercedes-powered crew will rating the least quantity of factors?
10. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
11. Will Fernando Alonso take a race seat for 2027?
12. Will F1 announce a rise within the variety of dash races for 2027?
13. Will F1 announce a joint race with Moto GP for 2027?
14. Which crew will end final within the constructors’ championship?
15. Oliver Bearman is already on 10 penalty factors earlier than the season begins. Will he gather sufficient to set off a race ban this yr?
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16. What would be the greatest political story throughout 2026?
17. Will Colton Herta have sufficient FIA superlicence factors on the finish of the yr to qualify to race in Method 1?
18. Lando Norris gained the closest ever championship (comparatively) final yr – will this yr’s drivers’ title be gained by greater than 100 factors?
19. Who will win the 2026 Method 1 drivers’ championship?
Valtteri Bottas (0%)
Sergio Perez (0%)
Pierre Gasly (0%)
Franco Colapinto (0%)
Gabriel Bortoleto (0%)
Nico Hulkenberg (0%)
Oliver Bearman (0%)
Esteban Ocon (0%)
Fernando Alonso (0%)
Lance Stroll (1%)
Arvid Lindblad (0%)
Liam Lawson (0%)
Carlos Sainz Jnr (1%)
Alexander Albon (0%)
Lewis Hamilton (6%)
Charles Leclerc (15%)
Isack Hadjar (0%)
Max Verstappen (16%)
George Russell (38%)
Andrea Kimi Antonelli (5%)
Oscar Piastri (9%)
Lando Norris (6%)
Whole Voters: 79
Loading …20. Who will win the 2026 Method 1 constructors’ championship?
Cadillac (3%)
Alpine (0%)
Audi (0%)
Haas (1%)
Aston Martin (0%)
Racing Bulls (0%)
Williams (0%)
Ferrari (23%)
Pink Bull (0%)
Mercedes (50%)
McLaren (22%)
Whole Voters: 78
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