Mercedes-AMG tyre deficit costs five-hour Paul Ricard lead
Mercedes-AMG led Paul Ricard for five hours. Cold tyres and a safety car cost the win. BMW called P4 the maximum. Porsche's pace delivered nothing.
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RSR Intelligence · Issue 007
Mercedes-AMG builds a subsidiary before it builds a car. The structural logic of Affalterbach Racing GmbH.
Programme depth on trial at Paul Ricard
The 2026 Evo cycle and Paul Ricard's six-hour format test whether programme depth or customer breadth defines the GTWC Europe season.
The hidden cost behind Porsche’s IMSA concentration
Sebring did more than confirm Porsche’s pace. It exposed how evo joker spending and customer budget limits are beginning to shape the 963 programme’s centre of gravity.
RSR Intelligence · Issue 006
Porsche sweeps Sebring under maximum BoP weight. The concentration thesis works. The system, designed to stop it, now accelerates.
When two governing bodies stopped trusting the Gulf at the same time
Two calendar decisions, made eight months apart, by two governing bodies that never coordinated. The Gulf's risk profile is now visible in both.
Porsche's post-WEC programme just passed its hardest endurance exam
Sebring confirms the shape of Porsche's IMSA-only prototype future. The concentration thesis is no longer a diagnosis. It is operational.
Audi consolidates authority under Binotto after Wheatley's exit
Mattia Binotto absorbs the team principal role at Audi Revolut F1 Team following Jonathan Wheatley's departure, his third formal role expansion in under two years.
Calendar management is not a contingency plan
Two FIA championships face the same regional crisis. Their responses expose very different operating limits.
RSR Intelligence · Issue 005
Qatar has moved. Sebring has inherited the next real endurance burden. Melbourne has given Mercedes-AMG the first coherent answer of the new Formula 1 era.
Sebring will answer the question Daytona could not
Daytona tested speed. Sebring tests structure. Three German manufacturers face the surface that separates execution from hardware.
Qatar postponement resets the 2026 WEC calibration window
Qatar’s postponement forces Imola to open the WEC season, resetting setup baselines for Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes-AMG.
Audi F1 power unit complexity impacts budget cap
Audi led the push to close an F1 engine measurement loophole. What that campaign tells us about the structural risk baked into its Formula 1 project.
Porsche consolidates 963 factory programme into one series
Porsche folds its WEC and IMSA rosters into a single two-car 963 programme, concentrating factory talent and revealing an end-of-cycle strategy for GTP.