Biggest Questions Going Into the 2026 F1 Season

The Ringer F1 Show

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4.3 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Meg and Spanners are back for one last ride to talk about all the burning questions and scenarios that can be expected for the 2026 F1 season. They talk about the massive new regulations, what to hope for from Cadillac, and all the big team changes for 2026. (00:00) Intro (03:16) What to expect from new regulations (21:31) Title favorite predictions (31:51) Will we miss DRS? (36:02) What do we want out of Cadillac? (45:15) New rookie on the block (48:25) A new engine partnership (53:25) Team changes for 2026 Host: Megan Schuster Guest: Spanners Ready Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.0	Hello, welcome to the Ringer F1 show, part of the Ringer podcast Network. I am your host, Megan Schuster,
1:15.4	and we are here for a final episode of this F1 season. And in this one, we're looking ahead.
1:21.3	2025 was great in an incredible title fight and all the drama we could have possibly asked for.
1:26.9	Thank you so much, McLaren, for all of that.
1:29.3	But 2026 will be a new animal.
1:31.4	It will feature new regulations, new drivers, even a new team joining the grid.
1:36.4	So in an effort to dig into what's to come, Spanners and I are here to answer some of the biggest questions heading into the 2020s season.
1:44.8	Spanors, we're about to go three months without F1. How do you feel about that?
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