LawVS - The Ladder Man

Mercedes are leading handily...so why is Toto Wolff complaining about Ferrari?

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Another F1 political war has begun! Wolff called Ferrari's spending "limitless" and it wasn't a compliment. Ferrari have declared 32 upgrades this year. Mercedes? 17. Then a team boss with two points fired back the other way. The cost cap was meant to level the sport...but all it's done now, along with the ADUO, is now call every single upgrade into question!

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Wolff Opens Fire On Ferrari. Again.
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Audi's race pace in Austria was quicker than the cars that finished ahead of them.

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But only 2 points and 9th in the constructors? Yikes...but there's one number from Friday practice in Austria AND Barcelona that shouldn't exist. On long-run pace, Hulkenberg's Audi was closer to the winner than the Racing Bulls who actually scored.

So either that number was a Friday illusion or Audi have built one of the strangest cars of this regulation cycle...a fast car that's fast in the wrong places.

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Audi Are Hiding A Monster In A Nightmare Season
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Max Verstappen sat in the Silverstone simulator and started laughing.

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Three races before the summer break...and the first one happens to be the track that tests battery efficiency harder than almost anywhere else on the calendar. Red Bull's Austrian upgrade looked handy, but Silverstone doesn't have the big braking zones that aided Verstappen's lesser battery to Mercedes' superior article.

This weekend could make Suzuka look adorable by comparison. Will Ferrari's upgrades be able to do something to aid their speed trap deficiencies against Mercedes and bring Lewis Hamilton toward a 10th victory around the circuit?

Here's my preview and predictions for the British Grand Prix.

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Why Verstappen Started LAUGHING, Here's my British Top 5
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Everyone's asking if Max Verstappen is going to McLaren...I'd rather ask why!

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The Daily Mail broke a story claiming Verstappen held secret talks with McLaren about a move as early as 2027...but his manager didn't leave it at a flat no.

He said Red Bull needs "a car capable of winning." And Brown instead chose to talk about banana peels rather than closed doors.

Also, 3 key pillars of the operation that won 21 out of 22 races in 2023 are headed or are already at McLaren's base in Woking...which to me suggests the battle for third in the 2026 F1 season will have real consequences for Verstappen's future.

What Max Verstappen's McLaren Meeting Was REALLY About
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The Cadillacs were on fire...as Leclerc blazed from 2nd to 8th...whilst the championship fight got all the more complex.

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As the heat of Austria laid itself down on the grid, Lewis Hamilton led the Scuderia charge and salvaged 5th but admitted he had no idea why they were so slow despite their engine upgrade. Meanwhile, George Russell won from a controversial pole that half the paddock still isn't happy about but it does mean he's closer to Kimi Antonelli...who had a messy recovery back to 3rd. And then there's Max Verstappen, who climbed from 5th to 2nd and very nearly took a win nobody, including himself, expected. Red Bull are closing the gap...but will it be enough for the team to keep him past 2026?

Who else won, lost or was just plain meh?

The 2026 F1 Austrian Winners & Losers
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