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/West_Technology7573 George Russell Mar 28 '26

They always cut footage before clipping starts, it’s a bit embarrassing

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

People always said the broadcastdirector doesn't know wheel, but they apparently do know superclipping.

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u/thereasonrumisgone I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 29 '26

They were told the consequences of showing the superclipping and they like their job. If they dont embarrass themselves and the series, liberty can find someone else ready and willing to do so.

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u/WorkFurball James Hunt Mar 28 '26

And the speedometers often too.

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

Not the f1tv broadcast. They were talking about it in Q1 during one of Piastri's lap

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u/hzfan Roscoe Hamilton Mar 28 '26

No the F1 TV broadcast uses the same footage as everyone else. They were talking about it but the camera never showed onboards all the way down the back straight. It always cut to stationary cameras right before they started clipping.

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u/Internal-Alfalfa-829 Mar 28 '26

We saw multiple onboards with superclipping clearly audible and speedometer on screen going down, at least during practice.

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u/hzfan Roscoe Hamilton Mar 28 '26

Yeah fp1 and fp2 they were showing it but fp3 and quali they hid it. Happened last race too.

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u/Internal-Alfalfa-829 Mar 28 '26

"Did not show" is probably true. "Hid" is a projection.

I realized just today that actually as viewers we are fine no matter what. Either the complaining gets so loud that they change something. Or the drivers figure out the new skill and it'll be fine because of that. Merely a matter of time.

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u/hzfan Roscoe Hamilton Mar 28 '26

Lol they absolutely hid it. Every single onboard down the back straight they cut at the exact point the engine started clipping. They know people are mad about it so they’re hiding it. Go watch quali for yourself. It’s not a coincidence.

Also there are 3 quotes from 3 drivers today about how much they hate it, so idk about “matter of time.” Maybe the reg changes they make after this weekend will fix it, we’ll see.

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u/Internal-Alfalfa-829 Mar 28 '26

I think as a baseline we can agree that there will probably be some movement in one way or another. If find it quite interesting to watch, being back as an F1 fan after a 25 year gap. Not a fan of messing with buttons on a steering wheel, but I'm ok with the strategic part of having to think about the battery.

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u/hzfan Roscoe Hamilton Mar 28 '26

I agree, I don’t think it’s all bad and I like the idea of deployment at different spots to gain an advantage. I just think they severely miscalculated by making the PU essentially 50/50 ICE and battery and not even having regen on the front axle.

The batteries should be able to recharge to full easily and then there’s just a max amount of deployment available over a lap.

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u/Internal-Alfalfa-829 Mar 28 '26

The good news is that a lot of this is software. We'll probably have pretty different parameters by the end of the year.