Rolling Start | The American F1 Podcast

2026 Pre-Season | F1 Is Gaslighting Us, Mercedes Might + Ferrari Redemption

59 min · 7. mar. 2026
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The 2026 Formula 1 season hasn’t even started, and already it feels like a battery fight disguised as a racing war. In this preseason episode of Rolling Start, we break down why the new regulations have us fired up, skeptical, and asking one massive question: did F1 just save racing… or completely overcomplicate it? We get into the biggest storylines coming out of testing: 🔥 In this episode: * Why the 2026 regs already feel like chaos instead of closer racing * Whether Red Bull just bet its entire future on an unproven Ford-backed engine * Why Mercedes might be building another era of dominance * Ferrari’s shot at redemption… or another year of living off nostalgia * Why McLaren might be the quiet killer no one is talking about enough * Aston Martin’s expensive disaster and why 2026 could expose everything * Why Cadillac and Audi are already more impressive than expected * Our biggest dark horses, biggest flops, and podium predictions for Australia This one is part breakdown, part therapy session, part warning shot. Because if these regs work, 2026 could be legendary. If they don’t, we may be watching a technical arms race instead of actual racing.

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