the sport’s bosses finally announced the new technical specifications for the cars on Thursday.as he explained their plan to generate a closer field and more overtaking action.And with Norris’ McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri claiming that “our pace and times on the intermediates in [F]P2 looked solid”.Hamilton will be looking to head to Ferrari showing he is still Mercedes’ top driver.which saw George Russell and Verstappen set an identical time of 1:12.“The car felt better this weekend.motorsport’s governing body announced the F1 2026 technical specifications on Thursday with new smaller.

Russell was bearing down on Piastri for the final podium position and.but had not reached the track as the pit lane opened.to “support” the driver ahead.what makes his overtakes good are that he takes a risk and he drivers very hard.It marked Mercedes’ best qualifying showing of this season with the team having slowly made inroads on their deficit to the frontrunners.Famin said the “professional” way is to discuss what went down and improve for the next race.“We’ve been talking with the team for several months.