Edd Straw

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The Race F1 Podcast · What's gone wrong for Piastri in 2026? · 22 Sep 2026 podcast

critical thing because they've got to eliminate the problems with being late, they've got to be on the weight, they've got to have the right aero package and be performing decently in that midfield at the very least, because if they're not there, then that's when you really start to sound the alarm bells. matched

Yeah, there's a lesson in managing expectations for James Vowell's there, which he's admitted to actually, uh as well. matched

I almost feel like they got into the mindset of, Oh, we need to downplay what we're doing in twenty four and twenty five because we are fully focused on twenty six. matched

And because they were overachieving in twenty five, certainly, they kind of kept doing it and it's like, No, you're you're doing well, you don't really need to say that now. matched

So it's i I mean, whatever happens, this was going to be disappointing, wasn't it? matched

I don't think that if they matched

managed expectations perfectly, everyone would say, oh this is fine because it's it's not really good enough, but it's about how they react and respond and next year will be the test. matched

I'm interested to see the extent of the arrow changes they've got. matched

And that'll partly depend on how visible things actually are as well, because it can be a little bit difficult to see certain things. matched

So that's something to have a look at as well. matched

It it's not looking like it's going to be a matched

A massive upgrade weekend across the board, but Williams will be the one that people are interested in looking at. matched

It's just that when your big performance gain is going to be weight off, that's not a very visual thing to uh visual thing to see. matched

Unlike me, if I shaved a load of weight off, uh you'd spot it a bit more easily. matched

An F1 car, not not matched

Yeah. matched

On the positive side, they have talked about the challenge of new regulations as exposed weaknesses they thought they'd solved. matched

So they're allowed to have made a mistake there. matched

Yeah. matched

And then you stress test things and you find a problem and then you improve it. matched

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