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The '''2025-26 Detroit Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula_1|Formula One]] Ice Boat Race hosted during the 2025 portion of the [[2025-26 Formula One World Championship|2025-26 Formula One Season]] at the Detroit Circuit in Michigan on the 28th of September 2025. It was the opening round of the 2025-26 Season.

Although 32Jeelow took pole position for the race, it was led mostly by F1rret who lost the win on the final lap after colliding with a backmarker, handing the win to 56Faxeo who celebrated his maiden victory in the sport after debuting in 2023. GabeTM came second after contesting Faxeo for much of the race and passing F1rret alongside Faxeo with the Patagonian driver finishing 3rd. All 3 drivers finished within 3 seconds of each other. Additionally, Faxeo scored an extra point for the fastest lap of the race. Faxeo's victory put him at the top of the World Drivers Championship standings for the first time as well as his team, FordAudi.

Although 32Jeelow took pole position for the race, it was led mostly by [[F1rret]] who lost the win on the final lap after colliding with a backmarker, handing the win to 56Faxeo who celebrated his maiden victory in the sport after debuting in 2023. GabeTM came second after contesting Faxeo for much of the race and passing F1rret alongside Faxeo with the Patagonian driver finishing 3rd. All 3 drivers finished within 3 seconds of each other. Additionally, Faxeo scored an extra point for the fastest lap of the race. Faxeo's victory put him at the top of the World Drivers Championship standings for the first time as well as his team, FordAudi.

== Background ==

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=== Entrants ===

The race was contested by 19 drivers with only the Monster Racing Team unable to produce 2 drivers for the event. AkselV, hill24671, hockeyman_31, MattIsOff and pwnings all made their debut at the Detroit Grand Prix with pwnings scoring highest of all with a p7 finish. Uzbekistan Freddo, Monster Energy Racing and FordAudi all made their debut as teams. FordAudi's victory gave them a victory on debut.

The race was contested by 19 drivers with only the Monster Racing Team unable to produce 2 drivers for the event. AkselV, hill24671, hockeyman_31, MattIsOff and [[pwnings]] all made their debut at the Detroit Grand Prix with pwnings scoring highest of all with a p7 finish. Uzbekistan Freddo, Monster Energy Racing and FordAudi all made their debut as teams. FordAudi's victory gave them a victory on debut.

== Qualifying ==

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Fabi was the first to test qualifying in the season, setting a 00:49.48 on Saturday morning before improving his lap to a 00:48.89 after taking an instant second-shot of qualifying. Provisional pole was then taken by 2023 runner-up FatihAr for Ferrari, improving the pole time to 00:48.45. AkselV failed to contest this, taking a 00:49.06 after a half-second improvement on his second-shot of his first qualifying session. His teammate pwnings qualified 0.56 seconds back for her first qualifying session. Bubu then beat provisional pole with a 00:47.80 with 4 hours left. Two-time world champion Sab was unable to contest this, taking a provisional second place.

With an hour and a half left of the session, reigning champion Gabe went to pole with a 00:47.50 and not going for a second shot. 32Jeelow was only able to match this, exactly tying the champions time on his first shot. While contesting for a first pole position, Faxeo bailed on his first shot and crashed on the final straight on his second shot, finishing over a second behind Gabe despite his laptime appearing quiickest of all. Jeelow then gapped Gabe on his second shot, scoring a 00:47.25 to take pole position for Sunday's Grand Prix with F1rret unable to match this, taking a 00:47.50 for a p3 start.

With an hour and a half left of the session, reigning champion Gabe went to pole with a 00:47.50 and not going for a second shot. 32Jeelow was only able to match this, exactly tying the champions time on his first shot. While contesting for a first pole position, Faxeo bailed on his first shot and crashed on the final straight on his second shot, finishing over a second behind Gabe despite his laptime appearing quiickest of all. Jeelow then gapped Gabe on his second shot, scoring a 00:47.25 to take pole position for Sunday's Grand Prix with [[F1rret]] unable to match this, taking a 00:47.50 for a p3 start.

=== Qualifying Classification ===

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|| [[File:Patagonia flag.jpg|left|23x15px]]F1rret || 2 || BMW M Formula One Team || 00:47.75 || +0.50

|| [[File:Patagonia flag.jpg|left|23x15px]][[F1rret]] || 2 || BMW M Formula One Team || 00:47.75 || +0.50

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|| [[File:Greece.png|left|23x15px]]pwnings || 34 || Murweh GP || 00:49.60 || +2.35

|| [[File:Greece.png|left|23x15px]][[pwnings]] || 34 || Murweh GP || 00:49.60 || +2.35

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=== Race Report ===

MattIsOff started the race in 19th after failing to qualify during the qualifying window with the 20th grid slot also left open due to the Monster Racing team unable to provide a second driver. Vellange disconnected on the start straight immediately before the race start Both Bubuxcx and Fabixcx suffered on the race start, dropping from p4 and p8 to p15 and p17 respectively, with the top 3 maintaining position. Faxeo was able to improve position on track up to p4 within the opening corners, passing two-time world champion Sab2003. F1rret passed other two-time world champion, GabeTM for p2 in the final corner entering the second lap. Vellange reconnecting caused a hazard on track whilst his game failed to load for him with multiple drivers having to take evasive action. Semicolon_ decided to take an early pit stop, pitting at the end of the first lap from 12th position.

MattIsOff started the race in 19th after failing to qualify during the qualifying window with the 20th grid slot also left open due to the Monster Racing team unable to provide a second driver. Vellange disconnected on the start straight immediately before the race start Both Bubuxcx and Fabixcx suffered on the race start, dropping from p4 and p8 to p15 and p17 respectively, with the top 3 maintaining position. Faxeo was able to improve position on track up to p4 within the opening corners, passing two-time world champion Sab2003. [[F1rret]] passed other two-time world champion, GabeTM for p2 in the final corner entering the second lap. Vellange reconnecting caused a hazard on track whilst his game failed to load for him with multiple drivers having to take evasive action. Semicolon_ decided to take an early pit stop, pitting at the end of the first lap from 12th position.

FatihAr suffered a great lag spike and fell from 8th to 18th ahead of only Vellange. Unable to improve position, Bubuxcx would pit at the end of lap 2 with an attempt to undercut. Jeelow continued to improve his lead, developing it to 3.506 seconds by the end of lap 4. Gabe pitted from 3rd to attempt to undercut the leaders who were in clean air, exiting the pit into the fight for 10th.

After suffering behind his teammate who was a lap down, Jeelow's gap in the lead dropped to 1 second with F1rret making a surprise overtake down the inside of turn 1 for the lead entering lap 6 with Faxeo also passing Jeelow around turn 2. The British driver then further improved his position to the lead of the race after passing F1rret in the final sector and putting him in the lead for the first time of his career. The chaos of the lap prompted Jeelow to pit from 3rd behind Faxeo's teammate, lapped driver Sepl3333 with the Colombian driver exiting the pit into traffic behind rookie AkselV. Jeelow's stop also put rookie driver pwnings briefly into the podium positions on debut before she was passed by Warsaw Pegasus' KrisusQ.

After suffering behind his teammate who was a lap down, Jeelow's gap in the lead dropped to 1 second with F1rret making a surprise overtake down the inside of turn 1 for the lead entering lap 6 with Faxeo also passing Jeelow around turn 2. The British driver then further improved his position to the lead of the race after passing F1rret in the final sector and putting him in the lead for the first time of his career. The chaos of the lap prompted Jeelow to pit from 3rd behind Faxeo's teammate, lapped driver Sepl3333 with the Colombian driver exiting the pit into traffic behind rookie AkselV. Jeelow's stop also put rookie driver [[pwnings]] briefly into the podium positions on debut before she was passed by Warsaw Pegasus' KrisusQ.

Vellange returning to the track caused another hazard on track with Faxeo having to take evasive action and allowing F1rret down his inside to retake the lead entering lap 8. In response, Faxeo pitted at the end of the lap, around half a second after Murweh's AkselV and exited the pit marginally behind both Gabe and Jeelow into p7, the latter of whom set another fastest lap. Fatih retired on lap 10, 3 laps dowwn due to repeated lag issues. Jeelow experienced a lag spike on lap 12, falling behind both Faxeo and Fabi who was a pit down. Sab went for his second and final mandatory pit stop, re-entering the track in p14 behind Bubu with teammate Fauxbethvv on the same early double pit stop. They were followed by Jeelow who left the pit into moderate traffic as well as second BMW driver HockeyMan_31 who was previously running in p7 on debut.

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|| 2 || [[File:Patagonia flag.jpg|left|23x15px]]F1rret || BMW M Formula One Team || 31 || +2.30 || 3 || 15

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|| 34 || [[File:Greece.png|left|23x15px]]pwnings || Murweh GP || 31 || +5.80 || 11 || 6

|| 34 || [[File:Greece.png|left|23x15px]][[pwnings]] || Murweh GP || 31 || +5.80 || 11 || 6

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 The '''2025-26 Detroit Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula_1|Formula One]] Ice Boat Race hosted during the 2025 portion of the [[2025-26 Formula One World Championship|2025-26 Formula One Season]] at the Detroit Circuit in Michigan on the 28th of September 2025. It was the opening round of the 2025-26 Season.
-Although 32Jeelow took pole position for the race, it was led mostly by F1rret who lost the win on the final lap after colliding with a backmarker, handing the win to 56Faxeo who celebrated his maiden victory in the sport after debuting in 2023. GabeTM came second after contesting Faxeo for much of the race and passing F1rret alongside Faxeo with the Patagonian driver finishing 3rd. All 3 drivers finished within 3 seconds of each other. Additionally, Faxeo scored an extra point for the fastest lap of the race. Faxeo's victory put him at the top of the World Drivers Championship standings for the first time as well as his team, FordAudi.
+Although 32Jeelow took pole position for the race, it was led mostly by [[F1rret]] who lost the win on the final lap after colliding with a backmarker, handing the win to 56Faxeo who celebrated his maiden victory in the sport after debuting in 2023. GabeTM came second after contesting Faxeo for much of the race and passing F1rret alongside Faxeo with the Patagonian driver finishing 3rd. All 3 drivers finished within 3 seconds of each other. Additionally, Faxeo scored an extra point for the fastest lap of the race. Faxeo's victory put him at the top of the World Drivers Championship standings for the first time as well as his team, FordAudi.
 == Background ==
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 === Entrants ===
-The race was contested by 19 drivers with only the Monster Racing Team unable to produce 2 drivers for the event. AkselV, hill24671, hockeyman_31, MattIsOff and pwnings all made their debut at the Detroit Grand Prix with pwnings scoring highest of all with a p7 finish. Uzbekistan Freddo, Monster Energy Racing and FordAudi all made their debut as teams. FordAudi's victory gave them a victory on debut.
+The race was contested by 19 drivers with only the Monster Racing Team unable to produce 2 drivers for the event. AkselV, hill24671, hockeyman_31, MattIsOff and [[pwnings]] all made their debut at the Detroit Grand Prix with pwnings scoring highest of all with a p7 finish. Uzbekistan Freddo, Monster Energy Racing and FordAudi all made their debut as teams. FordAudi's victory gave them a victory on debut.
 == Qualifying ==
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 Fabi was the first to test qualifying in the season, setting a 00:49.48 on Saturday morning before improving his lap to a 00:48.89 after taking an instant second-shot of qualifying. Provisional pole was then taken by 2023 runner-up FatihAr for Ferrari, improving the pole time to 00:48.45. AkselV failed to contest this, taking a 00:49.06 after a half-second improvement on his second-shot of his first qualifying session. His teammate pwnings qualified 0.56 seconds back for her first qualifying session. Bubu then beat provisional pole with a 00:47.80 with 4 hours left. Two-time world champion Sab was unable to contest this, taking a provisional second place.
-With an hour and a half left of the session, reigning champion Gabe went to pole with a 00:47.50 and not going for a second shot. 32Jeelow was only able to match this, exactly tying the champions time on his first shot. While contesting for a first pole position, Faxeo bailed on his first shot and crashed on the final straight on his second shot, finishing over a second behind Gabe despite his laptime appearing quiickest of all. Jeelow then gapped Gabe on his second shot, scoring a 00:47.25 to take pole position for Sunday's Grand Prix with F1rret unable to match this, taking a 00:47.50 for a p3 start.
+With an hour and a half left of the session, reigning champion Gabe went to pole with a 00:47.50 and not going for a second shot. 32Jeelow was only able to match this, exactly tying the champions time on his first shot. While contesting for a first pole position, Faxeo bailed on his first shot and crashed on the final straight on his second shot, finishing over a second behind Gabe despite his laptime appearing quiickest of all. Jeelow then gapped Gabe on his second shot, scoring a 00:47.25 to take pole position for Sunday's Grand Prix with [[F1rret]] unable to match this, taking a 00:47.50 for a p3 start.
 === Qualifying Classification ===
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+|| [[File:Patagonia flag.jpg|left|23x15px]][[F1rret]] || 2 || BMW M Formula One Team || 00:47.75 || +0.50
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-|| [[File:Greece.png|left|23x15px]]pwnings || 34 || Murweh GP || 00:49.60 || +2.35
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 === Race Report ===
-MattIsOff started the race in 19th after failing to qualify during the qualifying window with the 20th grid slot also left open due to the Monster Racing team unable to provide a second driver. Vellange disconnected on the start straight immediately before the race start Both Bubuxcx and Fabixcx suffered on the race start, dropping from p4 and p8 to p15 and p17 respectively, with the top 3 maintaining position. Faxeo was able to improve position on track up to p4 within the opening corners, passing two-time world champion Sab2003. F1rret passed other two-time world champion, GabeTM for p2 in the final corner entering the second lap. Vellange reconnecting caused a hazard on track whilst his game failed to load for him with multiple drivers having to take evasive action. Semicolon_ decided to take an early pit stop, pitting at the end of the first lap from 12th position.
+MattIsOff started the race in 19th after failing to qualify during the qualifying window with the 20th grid slot also left open due to the Monster Racing team unable to provide a second driver. Vellange disconnected on the start straight immediately before the race start Both Bubuxcx and Fabixcx suffered on the race start, dropping from p4 and p8 to p15 and p17 respectively, with the top 3 maintaining position. Faxeo was able to improve position on track up to p4 within the opening corners, passing two-time world champion Sab2003. [[F1rret]] passed other two-time world champion, GabeTM for p2 in the final corner entering the second lap. Vellange reconnecting caused a hazard on track whilst his game failed to load for him with multiple drivers having to take evasive action. Semicolon_ decided to take an early pit stop, pitting at the end of the first lap from 12th position.
 FatihAr suffered a great lag spike and fell from 8th to 18th ahead of only Vellange. Unable to improve position, Bubuxcx would pit at the end of lap 2 with an attempt to undercut. Jeelow continued to improve his lead, developing it to 3.506 seconds by the end of lap 4. Gabe pitted from 3rd to attempt to undercut the leaders who were in clean air, exiting the pit into the fight for 10th.
-After suffering behind his teammate who was a lap down, Jeelow's gap in the lead dropped to 1 second with F1rret making a surprise overtake down the inside of turn 1 for the lead entering lap 6 with Faxeo also passing Jeelow around turn 2. The British driver then further improved his position to the lead of the race after passing F1rret in the final sector and putting him in the lead for the first time of his career. The chaos of the lap prompted Jeelow to pit from 3rd behind Faxeo's teammate, lapped driver Sepl3333 with the Colombian driver exiting the pit into traffic behind rookie AkselV. Jeelow's stop also put rookie driver pwnings briefly into the podium positions on debut before she was passed by Warsaw Pegasus' KrisusQ.
+After suffering behind his teammate who was a lap down, Jeelow's gap in the lead dropped to 1 second with F1rret making a surprise overtake down the inside of turn 1 for the lead entering lap 6 with Faxeo also passing Jeelow around turn 2. The British driver then further improved his position to the lead of the race after passing F1rret in the final sector and putting him in the lead for the first time of his career. The chaos of the lap prompted Jeelow to pit from 3rd behind Faxeo's teammate, lapped driver Sepl3333 with the Colombian driver exiting the pit into traffic behind rookie AkselV. Jeelow's stop also put rookie driver [[pwnings]] briefly into the podium positions on debut before she was passed by Warsaw Pegasus' KrisusQ.
 Vellange returning to the track caused another hazard on track with Faxeo having to take evasive action and allowing F1rret down his inside to retake the lead entering lap 8. In response, Faxeo pitted at the end of the lap, around half a second after Murweh's AkselV and exited the pit marginally behind both Gabe and Jeelow into p7, the latter of whom set another fastest lap. Fatih retired on lap 10, 3 laps dowwn due to repeated lag issues. Jeelow experienced a lag spike on lap 12, falling behind both Faxeo and Fabi who was a pit down. Sab went for his second and final mandatory pit stop, re-entering the track in p14 behind Bubu with teammate Fauxbethvv on the same early double pit stop. They were followed by Jeelow who left the pit into moderate traffic as well as second BMW driver HockeyMan_31 who was previously running in p7 on debut.
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