Predicting the 2026 F1 Championship: 10th to 1st
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What predictions are made for the 2026 F1 Championship?
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. Oh, you have all been waiting for this one. 10th to 1st in the World Championship for the drivers. Will myself and Tommy go for the same thing? Will we not? I hope not. I hope not as well. I'll be really upset if we've teed this up so beautifully of, oh, my God, it's going to be so much chaos. I think looking at my predictions, I feel like surely there's going to be some disagreements in there. But this is the state of Formula One as of right now. Not knowing the pecking order is the most exciting until Mercedes are five seconds clear at the end of one. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. And also spoilers or not. Who knows? You have to have to wait and see.
Right, Tommy, let's get in to P10. My P10 is Carlos Sainz. Daddy Vowels is going to cook. He's going to cook-ish. I mean, P10 is not exactly maybe where they wanted to be from finishing fifth in the Constructors last year, but it's going to be cooking compared to where we were, where we missed the shakedown. I say we like I'm part of the Williams team. They missed the Spain shakedown. And to bounce back, I think Carlos Sainz, He's getting his footing in Williams, in my opinion. And how can we not put Carlos in the top 10? He belongs there. Last year was a phenomenal season. And if Williams can turn around potential weight issues, unlocking the performance, I think Carlos will cook just like he did last year.
P10 I have gone for Oli Behrman. I think he's going to have another brilliant season. Haas looking great after testing and Oli Behrman really, really, really impressive towards the end of last year. That run that he had of just points finishes and of course the fourth place in Mexico. And this was, of course, his rookie season, like a full rookie season from the start as well, which is so impressive. If he can do that already, I think he's going to have a great year in the house. And yeah, who knows? If he manages to impress, I do genuinely think that there'll be serious questions. asked about to when when's the time for him to potentially you know make the step up to a to a bigger team because if he you know people are not gonna let him just sit in a house for for years and years so yeah it's an exciting season i think he's gonna do really really well
Okey-dokey. P9, Tommy, who is the top of the midfield?
So just before we get into P9, a little bonus prediction, but based on what we've done so far, I think this might be the ooh moment where we agree. If I've done my predictions correctly.
Oh yeah, you've not said the same person I've not said. Yeah, because we've not said this person and we're talking about the top eight.
Oh, we've ruined it! Okay, so P9, I've gone for Pierre Gasly. and i would be surprised if matt also hasn't gone for pierre gasly because i think he's going to have a great season of course it was a big big big struggle for alpine last year but they weren't really about about that uh season it was all the focus was going into the new one they look great in testing gasly's got the experience to to deliver even even last year you know Colapinto couldn't score a point. Doohan couldn't score a point. Gasly got 22 of them, which is very impressive for a car that probably, you know, at best should have maybe scored five or six for a lot of the time.
Who is predicted to finish in P10 and why?
And yeah, I think Gasly is going to have a great season and be the dizzying heights of P9 for the best of the rest. And the fight for P9 battle will be won by Pierre Gasly, in my opinion.
Okie dokie. P9 is one of the top four. No, I'm kidding. It's Pierre Gasly. We finally agreed. Delete the whole podcast. Start again. That is upsetting. I'm more angry at that than I am if I got everything wrong. But yeah, Pierre Gasly for me, as I mentioned earlier on when I was speaking about Alpine with Colopinto, I think that Gasly will have a brilliant season. and he will flourish in having a better car again. I feel like the motivation will be sky high after last year where he was saying he doesn't want to ever see the car ever again.
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