As the FIA-mandated summer shutdown begins, F1’s elite are swapping high-downforce wings for high-lofted wedges.
The screaming V6 hybrids have fallen silent, replaced by the polite, metallic click of a titanium driver.
For the drivers, the shutdown represents a rare window of total detachment. While the paddock remains buzzed about the fact that we have seen five different winners in the last…
The crossover between the cockpit and the course is hardly a new phenomenon, but the 2026 break feels particularly golf-centric.
As the FIA-mandated summer shutdown begins, F1’s elite are swapping high-downforce wings for high-lofted wedges.