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Mercedes F1 boss: ‘This is the biggest risk for any team in 2026’

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff believes the biggest threat to Formula 1 teams ahead of the 2026 season is the discrepancy between simulations, testing and the actual behavior of the cars on the track.

Starting next season, the championship will experience the biggest technical rules change in the history of Formula 1. Both chassis and powertrain rules will be completely updated.

The new cars will feature active aerodynamics and the power plants will have significantly more powerful electrical systems, capable of producing up to 350 kW of energy from the battery, compared to 120 kW in 2025.

Mercedes is often cited as one of the favorites for the future, given the team’s dominance since the introduction of turbo hybrids in 2014. However, in 2022 the team lost a run of eight consecutive titles in the Constructors’ Championship after switching to ground effect.

Looking to the future, Wolff emphasizes that the real picture will only become clear when the new cars take to the track for the first time.

“Only the future will tell the true situation. People often try to attribute success or failure to a single factor. This could be a new management, a team leader, a coach, an aerodynamics manager or the arrival of so-called “geniuses” who will change the fate of the team.

It is actually about a group of people working together and collectively making the right decisions based on quality data, the right infrastructure and maximum correlation between the virtual and real world.

After all, this is how we learn about our car today, despite all the restrictions. “If that data doesn’t match reality when the car hits the track, that’s the biggest risk for any team.”

Wolff also emphasized that he did not allow himself to be too optimistic on the eve of the new regulatory period.

“I’m never sure; I’m always a glass-half-empty kind of person. That’s why we’re doing everything we can to create a car and a powerhouse that can compete for the championship.”

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Former F1 team boss says new teammate Verstappen’s biggest advantage

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Former F1 team boss says new teammate Verstappen’s biggest advantage

Former Haas boss Henter Steiner says Isak Hajjar will be Max Verstappen’s teammate at Red Bull and will have the chance to avoid the problems faced by his predecessors.

The French driver took the hardest place in the peloton, as they say in F1. Following the departure of Daniel Ricciardo, many of Verstappen’s team-mates succumbed to the pressure: Pierre Gasly returned to Toro Rosso after a year and a half, Alex Albon lasted only a season and a half, Yuki Tsunoda lasted 22 races and Liam Lawson only two races. Sergio Perez, who stayed for four years, was an exception.

But Hajar has a special advantage: New technical rules force everyone to start from scratch.

“Isak is a very strong driver,” said Steiner

And most importantly, it will start at Red Bull with new rules. “This allows him to co-shape the car with Max, rather than getting into a car that is already built for a single driver.”

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Little-known points about Uganda

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Uganda had to be content with the one point they got thanks to Uche Ikpeazu, but it was just that, as Alan Okello conceded the next moment with a missed penalty for Tanzania (1-1).

Both teams had come back from losses on their debuts and their success depended on whether they had a real chance of progressing to the finals, but the situation has become very complicated as Tunisia and Nigeria, who play each other on the final day, have a chance of winning. Therefore, the main objective is to consider being one of the four best third parties to advance to the round of 16 as well.

It was an embarrassing result for Uganda, but all things considered, thankfully they managed to save a point. It was a very even match and the second half started with a goal for the opponents (59th minute). This was due to Simoun Msbah’s penalty after a handball in the Baba area. Fortunately, they persevered and Uche scored the equalizer with a flat shot with 10 minutes remaining (80 minutes). Okello, known in his homeland as ‘Starchild’, missed a chance to win after Mnoga’s penalty against Bogere, and his shot went over the bar.

Source: Mundo Deportivo

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“I started hearing cries for help and the boat’s crew started running. I thought the problem was with the boat, so I went outside.”

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“I started hearing cries for help and the boat’s crew started running. I thought the problem was with the boat, so I went outside.”

The world of football and the world of sport in general is saddened this Saturday by the one piece of news no one wants to hear: despair. Written by Fernando MartinValencia Women’s Reserve Team Coach Three of his four children were shipwrecked in Indonesia.

An even more heartbreaking tragedy occurred after reading the testimony of Loren Suarez, an eyewitness to the incident, in the newspaper Marca. He asked the flight attendant to change his seat so he could be with his family. Now it’s gone, how unfair life was,” the photographer began.

“We had already eaten dinner and were talking to other passengers. Glasses of wine and water were still on the table and the guide came and said we had to pick it up because the boat was going to start moving. We were about to go through an area of ​​open water and the boat started moving quite a bit and it did. It took less than a minute and that was it.” “My glasses started shaking.”he continues.

“My son and I went to the cabin to sleep. About 15 minutes later, my son was already asleep, but I I started hearing screams. I heard cries for help, Our boat crew started running. I saw them running all over the place so I thought the problem was with our boat and took off,” he says.

And he continued, “In reality, they took the life preservers and put them on a small boat. Once the life preservers were loaded, they took off like crazy to search for the accident. The captain brought the boat ashore and it was stopped for about 30 minutes. I couldn’t see anything, it was a very dark night and it was raining. And I couldn’t really see anything. They arrived as follows Reported to have saved several people within 30 minutes”.

The ship I’m on is quite old.there are life preservers out there, There is much to be desired. But this is Asia, not Europe, the Canary Islands, or the Mediterranean, where rules must be followed. For us, this boat trip cost 5,600,000 rupees, or about 290 euros,” he concluded.

Source: Mundo Deportivo

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