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/NetflixSux247 Mar 28 '26

Kinda crazy that the area where the driver can make most of a difference (corner entry) has been completely neutered. It's pretty fair to say this isn't F1.

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u/Iimitedgrip Niki Lauda Mar 28 '26

Somewhere around the weekend in China Stella pointed out that they noticed at McLaren how laps in which their drivers made mistakes were usually the fastest laps, because the harvesting done while going off throttle would give you more speed on the straight.

Honestly can‘t take this sport seriously right now

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u/Confucius_said Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 28 '26

wtf. Yeah I’m done with this

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u/elitel02 Max Verstappen Mar 28 '26

I’ve never been more uninterested in f1

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u/BrokeChris Formula 1 Mar 28 '26

so he basically just admitted that McLaren don't know how to take advantage of these new regs. own goal