lap 2
pia is down to p10
p1 nor
ver
ant
ham
lec
rus
col
law
lin
pia

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lap 1

ant goes wide twice

ver and ham does wheel banging

ver takes ant

p1 nor
ver
ant
ham
lec
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the revs rise, inline with the blue flag,

one,
two,
three,
four,
and then five red lights............ hold your breath.

They are out ........... go go go go
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The grid is full, a lone Marshall with a green fia flag calmly assess the grid full of cars. The marshall is happy and waves the green flag, and the walks(runs) to the pit side of the track.

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both merc and ferrari are split strats

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we have med reds and hards for the first 3 rows

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The formation lap is underway. With the leader pealing away from the grid to warm his tyres and brakes, then assess the track conditions.

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one minute to the formation lap

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The 2026 #SpanishGP track stats

air 30c
track 53c
Humidity 24.6%
wind ne 1km/h

SpainshGP Tyres deployment
Dry
C2 Hards
C3 mediums
C4 softs

Wets
I inters
W wets

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time for the spanish national anthem

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today its all about the strategy.

and the very very very long pit lane 24 secs to navigate it .....

that means the pitcrew have to do a fab job and timing for the stop will fall on strat and vsc/sc statuses

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the 2026 Madring starting grid

p1 nor ant
p3 ver ham
p5 lec rus
p7 pia law
p9 col lin
p11 hul bor
p13 oco gas
p15 tsu alb
p17 alo per
p19 bot sai
p21 str

pitlane
bea

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its oh so maaaad

lets race

at the ring, Madring

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who needs macau gp when you have madring f3

holy moly

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the 2026 provisional spanishgp (at madring) quali results

p1 nor 1:31.824
ant
ver
ham
lec
rus
pia
law
col
lin
hul
bor
oco
gas
tsu
alb
sai
alo
per
bot
bea
str

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ver into p3

p1 nor 1:31.824
ant
ver
ham
lec
rus
pia
law
col
lin

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nor goes p1

but ver is on a fast one too

nor
ant
ham
lec
rus

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the chequered flag drops on q3 and qauli

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lec goes p2 but ham goes to p2 straight away

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ant goes p1 with a 1:31.835

ant
ham
rus
lec
ver

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