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FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2026 Live Thread.
F-1 ^ | 3.12.2026 | Carriage Hill

Posted on 03/12/2026 2:15:50 PM PDT by Carriage Hill

Circuit: Shanghai International, First Grand Prix: 2004, Number of Laps: 56, Circuit Length: 5.451 km, Race Distance: 305.066 km, Lap Record: 1:32.238, Michael Schumacher (2004) Track.


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FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2026 Live Thread

Shanghai International Circuit

First Grand Prix: 2004
NumBer of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: km
5.451 Race Distance: 305.066 km
Lap Record: 1:32.238 Michael Schumacher (2004) Track.


1 posted on 03/12/2026 2:15:50 PM PDT by Carriage Hill
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To: Chode; AAABEST; al_c; arbitrary.squid; arderkrag; atc23; Augie; BBB333; Bad~Rodeo; bajabaja; ...
On/Off... if you want on or off the F1 List click here to get added/removed.

TV All-Race Venue Events & Schedules... here.

Don't forget to check the F1-GP thread: ...F1-GP.

2 posted on 03/12/2026 2:16:45 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Carriage Hill

Don’t plan on getting Apple TV so I will have to settle for the practice qualifying and race summaries put out by F1 on Youtube.


3 posted on 03/12/2026 2:20:04 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Carriage Hill

I thought they’d be going around the track counter-clockwise.


4 posted on 03/12/2026 2:29:31 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: MtnClimber

Same here. ESPN’s race coverage is gone. The race’s highlights — usually 8-10mins — is also available later in the day, or next day.


5 posted on 03/12/2026 2:35:38 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: fruser1

I’m surprised the Chineys haven’t set-up roadblocks or mined the track...


6 posted on 03/12/2026 2:37:33 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Carriage Hill

I like that racing better than NASCAR.


7 posted on 03/12/2026 2:56:10 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Carriage Hill

The racing that involves making a right turn every now and then... Constant left turns typically result in complete boredom.


8 posted on 03/12/2026 3:02:58 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: MtnClimber

A Tilkering designed to say “up” in Mandarin. (上). The character is part of the city’s name. Bernie wanted effectively Tournament Players Clubs hosting F1 races with the same formulaic ideals.

Main thing is a huge long straight into a tight turn is the Tilkering specification. That will result in likely more lifting in the tightest turns to charge the 🪫 battery to become 🔋 battery. This Net Zero by 2030 is bravo sierra from Obamites. With the Tilkerings that F1 has, it is much easier to avoid they hope what happened in Melbourne. The chances they hope of this lift on straights will be a storyline.

Apple has proven left wing bias promoting news.


9 posted on 03/12/2026 8:01:13 PM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: jerod

Road racing is real racing. TRASHCAR is pathetic crap; good only for the wrecks.


10 posted on 03/12/2026 8:39:39 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: kawhill

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4370395/posts?page=10#10


11 posted on 03/12/2026 8:40:52 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: MtnClimber
Don’t plan on getting Apple TV so I will have to settle for the practice qualifying and race summaries put out by F1 on Youtube.

I didn't plan on getting Apple TV either. I'm getting sick of being nickeled and dimed to death by streaming services - YouTube TV, Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, etc. It's getting out of control.

But I am an iPhone user, and Apple is selling a bundle called Apple One which consists of Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple News, Apple Fitness, and 2TB of Cloud storage for $20/mo.

And one subscription is sharable among up to five family members. Just the cloud storage for me and my wife were already paying was half of the monthly Apple One subscription, and we never paid for Apple Music before but that alone would be the other half.

So I bit the bullet and bought Apple One. I don't use the News, Fitness, or Arcade, but I suppose Apple Music is nice, and as I said the iCloud+ being bumped up to 2TB is OK for my picture-taking crazy spouse.

But the F1 coverage turned out to be very good. It is the Sky Sports coverage. You get the main program, plus if you watch live you can choose to watch any of the in-car cameras for every driver.

So although I'm not happy about it, it turns out that Apple One isn't too terrible if you're an Apple iPhone user.

12 posted on 03/13/2026 5:24:40 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary?)
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I am not an Apple iPhone user. I already have Peacock and Prime so that is all for me. I may get rid of them too.


13 posted on 03/13/2026 5:46:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Carriage Hill
Ferrari's "Rotisserie Wing" is making it's racing debut at the Chinese Grand Prix.

https://youtu.be/OvxKFhy5rJo?t=29

14 posted on 03/13/2026 8:28:55 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

“Rotisserie Wing”...
LOL.


15 posted on 03/13/2026 8:40:13 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Yo-Yo

The whole point is their audiences will be reduced to the elites. Exhibit A is Miami Gardens 2023 when (gasp) Kamala’s husband and his dottir showed up at the race. That’s Apple’s audience target.


16 posted on 03/13/2026 9:25:22 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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