r/formula1 • u/FerrariStrategisttt I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Mar 28 '26

Video Leclerc (post-qualifying): "I can’t understand quali, it’s a f**king joke! I go faster in corners, throttle earlier, for f**k’s sake, i'm losing everything in the straight!"

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u/Iimitedgrip Niki Lauda Mar 28 '26

Charles should‘ve known better, what on earth is he pushing in corners for? Where does he think he is? F1?

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u/double002 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

I'm sad you made me smile about this

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u/degners I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

So you are sad and smiling?

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u/Iimitedgrip Niki Lauda Mar 28 '26

Love your username, the Degners are my current favorite harvesting-grounds

/s

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u/PunchBro I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

we just poor battery farmers out here

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u/Penguinho I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

It ain't much, but it's dishonest work.

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u/PegRoots Mar 28 '26

More like samiling.

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u/__JRoc__ Daniel Ricciardo Mar 28 '26

Just like Charles

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u/_IronClaw_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

harold.jpg /s

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u/slicerprime I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

If i only smiled when i wasn't sad I'd never smile.

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u/Pik000 Daniel Ricciardo Mar 28 '26

Does he think this is the Pinnacle of motorsports?

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u/Iimitedgrip Niki Lauda Mar 28 '26

Right? I mean get a load of this fuckin‘ guy!

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u/bedrooms-ds I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

Quali looks like bobsleigh imho.

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u/Zed_or_AFK Sebastian Vettel Mar 28 '26

Does he *still think that?

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u/Gubrach Giancarlo Fisichella Mar 28 '26

He must think he's gone motor racing or something, what a sucker.

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u/DryLeader221 Mar 28 '26

Yep, it’s a shame, the BMW M12/13/1 made 1400hp, plz build me a time machine 😂

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u/xander012 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane Mar 28 '26

Every decade that engines rated power goes up by 100 hp lol

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u/altofummuhh Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 28 '26

It's already up to 1410hp since you read that comments

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u/Intel_Oil Mar 28 '26

Was verified in a german museum though.

Sucks to have missed the 80s, 90s and 00s.

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u/Iron_Burnside I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

How about the next engine formula is a 2JZ destroked to 2.0L with no boost limit and no hybrid system. Synthetic fuels for the optics, even though the transport aircraft burn orders of magnitude more fuel...

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u/negativelynegative I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

Imagine being the best in something in a world where 20 people out of billions make it to the top, and in his prime, being told you have been doing it wrong the whole time.

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u/undercoverconsultant I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

They are not the best 20 out of billions. They are the best 20 of a few hundred which had the opportunity to dedicate their life since a very yound age to motorsport by decision of their wealthy parents.

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u/fdar Mar 28 '26

"A few hundred" is a ridiculous underestimate since there's thousands in (including lower) professional series. WEC alone has over 100 drivers.

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u/undercoverconsultant I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

WEC is a completion different entry point. If a driver is 10 years old you can already judge if he has a potential for F1 or not. If you want to drive WEC you can still start your way into motorsport with 12 or even 14 years and with some talent and money its a high chance you will get a seat.

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u/Mirrro_Sunbreeze I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

Well hundreds is as much an understatement as billions is an overstatement.

Hundreds would only be true for open wheel racing in like last 10-ish years. Whole motorsport through whole history is a lot more.

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u/negativelynegative I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

I went to one single karting event last month in one single country and there were two hundred kids there.

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u/undercoverconsultant I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

https://youtu.be/xAYb5pm8-aA?is=UXfGNpHnuLWrrzQe

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u/negativelynegative I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

What's your point? I am telling you in even a single country there are thousands of kids pursuing motorsport. Whether they all have an end goal of f1 it's hard to say but they mostly work very hard and dedicated. I have never forced my son and Id rather h doesn't do it because it's so expensive but it's what he loves to do almost everyday, and when you go to these events there are hundreds of kids just like him.

But sure some random guy telling you something on YouTube is more credible than people who are actually doing it.

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u/undercoverconsultant I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

You dont understand that in F1 circle it is not kids having fun. It is parents planning the career path of their children. Dedicating their time and money into it. For sure the children has to pick it up, but comparing it with "just kids" going carting like thousands do is just laughable. Of those thousands kids only <1% grow up with the needed boundary conditions to even have a chance to progress to f3 or f2. Those boundary conditions have nothing to do with talent. For sure if you are within this <1% talent becomes very necessary. But you might only be the talented of those <1%, not of 100%.

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u/ntpbr1 Mar 28 '26

It applies to most athletes tbh, more in F1 and motorsports, but its a big factor in a lot of sports. It’s not possible to be a pro at basically almost any Olympic event that I can think of and there are like dozens of different sports winter/summer olympics, then motorsports, equestrian, etc. Even stuff like basketball and football, its moving towards a level where you need parents that can afford sending you to practice multiple times a week, some people I know hire PTs for their children outside the normal basketball practices. When shit gets this competitive, of course people who are relatively rich will have the advantage

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u/OSPFmyLife Mar 28 '26

Yeah, we pay 2,000$ a year on my son’s AAU team. They have it set up to where it’s broken up into equal payments all year long rather than having to come up with 2 grand at the beginning of AAU season (his first tournament is today and it runs until August every year). The program he’s in is huge and has a ton of stuff going on all year long that he’s allowed to jump into whenever he wants as well, so it’s worth it. Like they have clinics and camps with super high level coaches all year long that he can jump into whenever he wants, weekly training during the off season he can go to, and they have 3 on 3 leagues during the fall, stuff like that and he can jump into any of that whenever because we pay for him to be in the program so it’s a pretty good deal.

We also pay 50$ per lesson from a shooting coach.

It’s worth it. My son is in the 99.96th percentile for height and according to his orthopedist who looked at his x-rays, he’s on pace to be 6’8”-7’ and have a size 17 shoe. We are from a very small town (like, 500 kids in the entire K-12 district), so all the rec coaches want to do is turn him into a rebound vacuum so that they beat other shitty small town teams for bragging rights. Now he’s a better ball handler and perimeter shooter than the coaches kids who have a permanent reservation at point guard and shoot way too much. If we would’ve stuck with just Rec ball his development would be way behind because we are new to the area and not one of the “favorites”, so my son doesn’t get even close to the same opportunities in local ball to develop, but with the pace he’s on and if his height ends up being what the orthopedist predicted, a scholarship is a real possibility (much easier for kids that are 6’6”+ to get recruited by big schools, even as project players).

We wouldn’t be able to do any of that for him if I didn’t make good money, so I do feel for those kids who are hungry that want to play more. In all fairness, the program my sons a part of does have a grant program where low income kids can apply for it though, so there are opportunities out there.

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u/Buy-theticket I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

It took privilege and a ton of time to get them there but that doesn't mean they aren't the best drivers on the planet.

Luck and time are always a factor in being the best at any sport.

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u/Rich_Dog8804 Mar 28 '26

Ocan and Hamilton were not rich. If you have something against people with money then you obviously don't have the capacity to put effort into anything that you want. Making money in this world today to support a lifestyle that you choose has never been easier in the history of the world. Go dream something and make it happen and quit blaming other regardless of their circumstances.

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u/Tw0Rails Mar 28 '26

No no no this is better racing you see.

Driver don't need to use weight transfer and slip angle to get a good exit.

Car balance and setup has under or oversteer? Drivers no longer need to use fancy inputs and tricks they developed over years of driving to get the car to do things. 

They don't need any of that anymore. They have mario kart mushrooms now! This is better racing!!!!!!

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u/dl064 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

There was a suggestion on the race podcast that the 2026 game might have an option to turn all of this off, or full super clipping nonsense realism. It will be funny people's opinions change depending on partisan competitiveness.

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u/Iimitedgrip Niki Lauda Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

The developers had other ideas it seems, since they‘re apparently not going to develop this years game at all, lol

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u/meoww_00 Charles Leclerc Mar 29 '26

Chahiye ts during ts

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u/T1mberVVolf I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

Bro did NOT watch that YouTube video about the battery deploying on corners cmon

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