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The race is on, and now that more drivers have spoken in detail about their experiences of driving

the all-new 2026 F1 cars, we've learned more about the on-track action we'll see this year.

But how big is the driving challenge? And has it gone too far in the direction of energy management

over pure driving? I'm Edshaw and joining me to offer their insight of Scott Mitchell Malm and Nelson

Valkenberg. Well, Nelson, we've heard from loiter drivers this week about their experiences.

You're going to face that unenviable task of explaining to the watching world, the watching Dutch

fans at least in your capacity as via play Netherlands commentator, what's going on. So what have you

learned about the races you'll be calling this year based on Barcelona testing.

I believe we've gone from 3D to 5D in the way we have to handle this sport and also how to tell the stories because there's going to be some unseen data

that will change the way a race is going to go fairly often.

And we'll have to anticipate.

We'll have to understand what is happening in any given moment.

Funnily enough, on the day of this recording later today,

I have an FOM Formula One Management Commentator Forum to talk about actually this

and what they are going to provide us in terms of data as well as graphics

to help us out a little bit because there are additional variables that we never had.

But variables make for interesting weekend.

So I'm a purest at heart like the both of you, but I'm also very curious and a little

excited actually.

Nelson, what percentage

of that commentator forum with F1 itself do you think will be devoted to insisting that everything

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