F1 Penalty Watch

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🏁 Qualifying tweak:
With 22 cars on the grid:
– 6 drivers out in Q1 and Q2 (not 5)
– Q3 extended to 13 minutes (break reduced to 7)
Plus: the Monaco mandatory two-stop experiment? Scrapped.

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🚨 Two quiet but important FIA changes 👇

🔧 Engine regs (compression ratio saga):
From June, compression ratio won’t just be checked at ambient temperature, but also at 130°C. Any system that pushes it beyond 16.0 in operating conditions is banned.

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Drive to Survive is the only series we can enjoy without being afraid of spoilers.

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Thank you Netflix for releasing Drive to Survive and Bridgerton and on the same day.

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Why AI policing of track limits isn’t a good idea | PenaltyWatch Blog Here’s why AI-led track limits enforcement (ECAT/RaceWatch) risks bias, automation errors, and reduced human oversight.

Why automated track limits might not be a good idea.

AI. Sensors. Instant penalties.
Sounds perfect… until it isn’t.

We break down why fully automated enforcement could backfire.

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Race Control. In your pocket.
Investigations. Noted incidents.
Decisions. Documents.
All in one place.

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Interestingly enough, this rule has been changed to prevent this from happening again (but not retroactively, so Bottas has a 5-place grid drop)

“For what?” – Kimi Räikkönen

When the stewards open an investigation and you have absolutely no idea why.

Track every noted incident, investigation and decision — so next time, you actually know for what.

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EP7: What happens in Vegas…
… is a DOUBLE disqualification after the race. 👀

Penalties don’t end at the chequered flag.

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10 days. No races. Zero hype cycle.

And we’re already at ~50 downloads.

Our first goal? 100 before the #AustralianGP.

For a brand-new app with no live action yet, that’s huge for us.

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We’ve just released a update which makes onboarding faster an increases the overall performance of AI tools. Maybe a small update before Melbourne and a more significant one before China.

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Follow up *more* conspiracy theory: it's a cover marketing campaign to replace Mecachrome engines in F2.

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What we would need for our App to grow faster.

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Ferrari's rear wing is perfect to flip omelettes at 300Km/h.

Change my mind.

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You think you know F1?

Name the last 7 penalties in Australia.

Yeah. Thought so.

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I think that’s just dirt on your screen.

HAHAHAHA! True, thanks! It was bothering me so much.

Fixed immediately. Thanks F1.

Now listen to this: NO ADDITIONAL SPRINT RACES!!

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So bothered that I misspelled “bothered”.

Am I the only one bother by the lowercase “i” in Lindblad’s name?! WHY? WHY?!

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THE mobile app to have in 2026 if you're a #F1 fan.

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Simply lovely. Well done!

Before starting Day1 of #F1testing Bahrain 2026 Part 2, let’s revise Antonio Giovinazzi’s penalty history for no apparent reason.

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Mercedes' 18:1 Compression Ratio: Innovation or Loophole? | PenaltyWatch Blog Mercedes has found a way to increase the compression ratio to 18:1 in running conditions, sparking controversy among rivals.

A more legal (and less technical) point on view on why - and why not - Mercedes engine trick could be banned ahead of the 2026 season.

Please be calm.
We're here to inform.

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New blog post tomorrow on the “big controversy”of this 2026 pre-season, but from a different angle.

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One penalty was already issued in 2026. Here's why. | PenaltyWatch Blog Valtteri Bottas returns to F1 with Cadillac in 2026, but he starts with a grid drop from 2024. Discover the regulatory quirk that kept this penalty alive despite rule changes.

The first penalty of 2026 is here. 👀

Valtteri Bottas will start his Cadillac career 5 places back due to a penalty from 2024.

Here's the weird F1 rule that made it stick: penaltywatch-cc8b7.web.app/blog/posts/o...

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