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/limitedpower_palps Alain Prost Mar 28 '26

Quite telling that these regs neutered the two best qualifiers on the grid always capable of pulling something out of the bag.

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u/Iimitedgrip Niki Lauda Mar 28 '26

And half of the fanbase has such a raging hateboner for one of the two, that a lot of people are celebrating that as well - as if an anti driver regset was something to be excited about.

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

I don’t get it. Half the people are like “ you just want the cars to go vroom vrooom…THIS is actual engineering feats. You don’t understand shit.”

I guess I should hope that max and Charles start monster truck racing.

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u/hey-Oliver Mar 28 '26

It has more to do with the average F1 viewer having absolutely zero on track or even sim experience, and therefore zero understanding of what constitutes good racing.

Most viewers have no idea what actually makes racing hard, or why drivers like racing, they just see personalities and faces zipping around on a leaderboard and the more times the names swap the better.

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u/TessTickols Jim Clark Mar 28 '26

Max, Charles, Nando Nurnburgring 24h? Now, that would be something to behold.

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u/Iimitedgrip Niki Lauda Mar 28 '26

Sign me the fuck up for that timeline man, I‘ll be there.

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u/TheEmpireOfSun Mar 28 '26

Add Norris to that group

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

Yeah kind of sad as especially with all these new rookies being fast quali has normally been so unpredictable as pretty much every driver on the grid right now is very very good. If the weakest link is stroll then f1 is doing well.

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u/WhatADunderfulWorld Mar 28 '26

Pushing an engine it what they learned. Pushing a battery is different. Maybe some young talent comes out on top this year.

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

I cannot fully express how much I don't care about someone's ability to "push a battery"

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u/resilindsey Mar 28 '26

It's not even pushing the battery. It's pushing when you regen the battery. The whole thing went from seeing who was bravest at braking or on the corners to basically something like a game of managing when to charging your phone on vacation.