Predictions: Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix 2026
Post-Race: Was I correct or not? not at all | somewhat✅ | you're a genius and a mind reader
Winner: Russell Hamilton
2nd: Antonelli Russell
3rd: Hamilton Norris
Wild card*: Hulkenberg DNF 😔
Struggles: Leclerc✅
Who gets a penalty? Hadjar and Lawson nobody
Safety Car? No (not a full one, at least. i was expecting a full safety car)
Fastest lap: Antonelli Hamilton
Driver of the Day: Hamilton✅
Ferrari Momentâ„¢: shit stategy NONE???
*criteria for wild card: gets into points positions, or gets on podium
2026 Predictions (will be updated)
10 June 2026
note: I already had these written down, so some of them are already true
Championships and Wins
- Antonelli World Champion
- Antonelli wins at least 10 races this season
- Antonelli-Russell championship fight (similar to Hamilton and Rosberg)
- Mercedes Constructor's Champion
- Norris finishes in the top 5 of the driver's championship
- Hamilton wins a race with Ferrari
Drivers & Teams
- Ferrari Ferrari themselves at least once
(criteria: mess up strategy, mess up pit stop, pit at wrong time, have the wrong tyres)
- A key figure in Red Bull leaves
- Aston Martin fumbles even with Adrian Newey
Drivers I will Irrationally Defend
10 June 2026
Everyone has their drivers they will defend even when they are 110% in the wrong. Here are mine:
Verstappen: I think this one is pretty obvious because I am a Max fan, but I am willing to defend whatever driving actions he has through and through. Even if he completely sandwiched another driver, you should always leave a space, all the time you have to leave a space.
Leclerc: Leclerc, will you ever win a world championship? I will defend you so that the penalties don't ruin your chances of a world championship (that's also if Ferrari don't Ferrari themselves)
Antonelli: I just want him to be the youngest world champion ever, and I will do anything in my power to ensure that. (all I can do is hold all fingers and toes together during every battle, BUT STILL!)
Sainz: Sainz is just enjoying driving the car and will never do anything wrong. He just sings smooth operator and is happy. Approved.
Perez: The minister of defence can never be wrong.
How I started watching F1
10 June 2026
where it all started...
I'm sure everyone has a day where they remember when they first watched F1, maybe the grand prix, who won, etc. Well, unlucky for me, I don't remember. I was about 4-5 when I started watching, which was a long time ago. Maybe 10 or 11 years.
It's always been an activity to watch F1 with the family, my mom does not know nor care but I think she just watches because me and my dad are such big F1 fans. I watch every Grand Prix if I can, and I have to say my most memorable season had to be 2021.
Who I support
I'd mainly say I am a Verstappen fan (my dad even has his race number on his car 😂) but I'm also a supporter of Ferrari and Mercedes. Truly whoever wins OTHER THAN MCLAREN. (do not even get me started on my one-sided beef with Mclaren.)
Other F1 Content
I feel like a completely false fan for not watching Drive to Survive, but I'm also just not much of a series-watching kinda person. I'm not saying it is bad, and I even watched Kimi Antonelli's documentary, which means I can absolutely watch other content about F1 - but I just found it boring to watch like 8 hours summarising what I had already watched
A lot of people got into F1 through DTS which is totally fine and I'm glad to have seen the community grow so much, but it just isn't for me.
I feel F1 is just one of those unrewatchable kinds of content. You can watch the GP once, and that's when it is live. It just does not hit the same watching it on a different day other than a Sunday at 15:00.
I'm also kinda half active on the F1 discord, and I watch a lot of F1 content on Youtube and Tiktok.
My Favourite Grand Prix Ever
Truly, the rollercoaster of emotions happened at this Grand Prix, and as everyone knows, it is either your favourite, or your least favourite Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi 2021. There was at least an hour where I was fully certain that Verstappen had bottled. Then Latifi crashed into the wall, the race director made his famous call, Toto screamed over the radio, and Verstappen won.
to conclude...
this is just a silly little keepsake for all my formula 1 nonsense, don't get too up in arms at anything I say or have an opinion on, because it's all just for fun.
