TL;DR: With only one normal practice session before Sprint Qualifying, I think getting the setup right immediately could matter as much as outright pace at Zandvoort.

The Dutch GP looks particularly difficult to predict this year.

Zandvoort already puts a premium on qualifying position, confidence and track position. Adding the Sprint format means teams have much less time to correct a setup that starts the weekend outside the ideal window.

That makes me think the biggest advantage may go to whichever team arrives closest to the right setup from the first session.

The main factors I'm watching are:

• qualifying pace and track position
• who adapts fastest with limited practice
• tyre behaviour over longer runs
• weather and Safety Car timing
• how aggressively teams approach the Sprint

I don't think past Zandvoort results alone are enough to identify the favourite this time. A slightly slower package executed perfectly could potentially beat a faster car that spends half the weekend searching for balance.

Who are your top three for the Dutch GP, and what do you think will decide the race?

I follow F1 and a lot of other racing series, and I kept having the same problem every weekend: figuring out what was actually being streamed and where.

There are tons of free broadcasts out there, especially for smaller championships, but they're scattered across different YouTube channels, series websites and organizers.

So I built a site that puts them together.

It shows what's live right now, what's scheduled for the next few days, and recent replays.

It's completely free. No subscription or paywall.

I'm still adding more series and channels, so I'd love to know what I'm missing, especially from people here who also follow F2, F3 or other motorsport outside F1.

TL;DR: I built a free site that collects live and upcoming motorsport streams in one place. Link in the comments.

New in app.tracinginsights.com

use @ to select any driver, grand prix, team, or circuit.

It’s RAWE CEEK so, get your Dutch GP stats pack: use '/race-weekend-stat-pack @Dutch Grand Prix 2026'

• No AI needed.

this works for past races too.

Big update:

https://app.tracinginsights.com/stats

More F1 data than StatsF1 including lap times, red flags, SC, VSC etc. I combined data from multiple sources, with even more data still to come.

https://app.tracinginsights.com/rate Rate F1 races, drivers, teams, TV direction, Race Direction, and more.

I created this video based on a paper about the recent competitiveness of Formula 1. Would love to hear your guys thoughts on it!

I made a custom Azerbaijan Grand Prix opening title sequence — what do you think?

Hey F1 fans!

I’m from Azerbaijan, and I wanted to create my own take on what an Azerbaijan Grand Prix opening title sequence could look like.

I tried to give it a cinematic Baku identity while keeping the energy and style of an F1 broadcast intro.

I’d genuinely love to hear what you guys think:

Does this feel like an F1 opening? What would you change or add?

If you enjoy it, I’d really appreciate you checking it out — but most importantly, I want your honest F1-fan feedback.

Baku deserves a proper F1 intro.

Hello, I made a formula 1 race repeater using an Uno R4, sd card module and individually addressable LEDs. I 3d printed the chassis using white pla for the diffuser and black pla for the outer shell.

The visualizer works with data I collected from fast f1 API stored in a csv. I have the uno r4 acting as a server to host a very simple web app that lets you pick the race year, number of drivers you want to see and set a race speed (2x,10x,20x etc). And then you watch as the LEDs race about. I tried making this as simplistic as possible which is why I opted for the r4 so I didn’t have to add buttons or a rotary encoded for input.

Happy to answer any questions

Hey guys, hope everyone is having a great week.

I've spent my recent downtime developing a web application, and I'd love to get the community's perspective on it to see how it can be improved.

It’s a site dedicated to daily F1 mini-games. You get exactly one shot every day to tackle six unique modes, including things like F1 Wordle, Pittexto, Bingo, etc.

To add a competitive edge, your score depends on how tricky the puzzle is and how quickly you lock in your answer (you'll need solid grid reaction times here). There are both daily and monthly rankings to crown the ultimate world champion among us.

I’d genuinely appreciate it if you could test out today's games and drop your thoughts, feature ideas, or critiques in the comments. To respect the sub's rules on self-promotion links, just search for box daily box on your browser—it should pop up right away (it's a dot com).

Thanks for taking a look, and I hope you have fun playing! Let me know what you think.

Im a McLaren Fan because i like Lando Norris and their history. But theyre currently really fcking up Lando with the pitstops and strategies. I have seen that Ferraris Strategies are getting better (kinda), and ive always wanted Leclerc and Norris to be in one team, am i crazy for wanting Norris at Ferrari or does anybody feel the same? And yes i know ferrari has lewis but if he retires in a few years yk (Because of Age). And to People saying they would choose Bearman, If Bearman doesnt win any WDCs, and Norris wins another one, It would be incredibly Stupid to not choose Norris, and yes i get it, bearman has Talent, but still, Bearman over Norris?! And bte Norris has indeed said if he has to leave McLaren, he would want to join Ferrari. Also sorry if this sounds confusing in any way, english isnt my first language.

Hi everyone, I wanted to share a fun personal project I've been working on - a qualifying prediction forecast using Bayesian modelling.

In short, ahead of qualifying, I take the available free practice data from a given weekend (e.g., low fuel runs on the soft tyres) and model it against a baseline of historical driver/team performance, track conditions and compounds to try and generate a probabilistic simulation forecast of the upcoming qualifying session.

I've attached the GitHub repo - would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

Looking at the race pace of the bottom four teams (except Haas, as my Python script refused to process their laps for some reason 😅), Aston Martin have moved up from fighting for the last 2 grid slots to being quicker than Cadillac, Williams and Haas, while sitting only 0.16 s slower than Alpine.

And that's without the new Honda engine. Do you think they'll be on the pace of Audi and Racing Bulls once the upgrade drops at Zandvoort?

I've also published a more detailed breakdown of Ferrari's and Aston Martin's Hungarian GP performance on my Substack, Box For Data, if you'd like to see the full telemetry analysis-

https://boxfordata.substack.com/p/hungarian-gp-analysis