{"id":352614,"date":"2025-12-18T05:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352614\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T05:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:13:09","slug":"hamilton-fails-to-keep-promise-f1-showcase-new-generation-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352614\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton fails to keep promise, F1 showcase new-generation cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the post-season reaction continuing, let&#8217;s take a look at the round-up of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> activities on GPBlog\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> Today.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/lewis-hamilton\" title=\"Lewis Hamilton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a>\u2019s promise of a quiet, disconnected winter break did not last long, as the seven-time world champion resurfaced on social media with his phone in hand.The Briton, who had<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/hamilton-to-go-completely-unplugged-from-the-matrix-during-winter-break\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> promised to bin his phone after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix<\/a>, was spotted at a Lululemon store \u2013 the clothing brand he represents as an ambassador \u2013 promoting a new collection titled \u201cThe Lewis Hamilton Edit.\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hamilton-abu-dhabi-f1-2-6936eed0d3bfa.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"hamilton-abu-dhabi-f1-jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi &#8211; Photo: Race Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton modelled several pieces from the line himself, using his phone to take selfies and showcase the range to his followers.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time world champion had a rollercoaster debut season with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/ferrari\" title=\"Ferrari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a>, failing to record a podium finish throughout the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>F1 also released new renditions of the cars for the 2026 season. The cars feature radical changes, moving away from the Venturi tunnel concept that has defined the past four years and placing the power units firmly back at the centre, while active aerodynamics make a return to compensate for the removal of DRS.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/photo-2025-12-17-11-06-07-69428bb1b21cf.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"rendering-f1-2026-cars-jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rendering of the new 2026 F1 cars &#8211; Photo: F1<\/p>\n<p>Power units will undergo a fundamental transformation, with an even 50\/50 split between internal combustion and electric power. The hybrid system will be simplified through the removal of the MGU-H, while the MGU-K will deliver a major boost in output, increasing from 120 kW to 350 kW to enhance overtaking potential and straight-line performance.<\/p>\n<p>Catch up with GPBlog\u2019s Latest Paddock Update<\/p>\n<p>With the post-2025 season finale action and reaction continuing, our paddock update is the place to be.<\/p>\n<p>Follow our channels on YouTube and Spotify to stay up to date with all the happenings as they unfold following the final Grand Prix of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest episode of our paddock update here \ud83d\udc47<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the post-season reaction continuing, let&#8217;s take a look at the round-up of Formula 1 activities on GPBlog\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,28673,930,3754,576,577,932,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-352614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-f1-news","12":"tag-ferrari","13":"tag-fia","14":"tag-formula-1","15":"tag-formula1","16":"tag-lewis-hamilton","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}