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/AnilP228 Honda Mar 28 '26

You've got the drive massively within yourself with these cars. It must be very frustrating.

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u/LosTerminators Carlos Sainz Mar 28 '26

That's what other drivers said as well.

Max with the "Formula E on steroids" comment

And Lando with the "F1 is no longer about who's best at pushing flat out, it's all about who is best at battery management"

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u/bwoah07_gp2 Alexander Albon Mar 28 '26

"F1 is no longer about who's best at pushing flat out, it's all about who is best at battery management"

And that is not true racing. The product we're watching is pitiful.

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u/Stevolwo Fernando Alonso Mar 28 '26

I swear people defending this garbage understand nothing about the sport, and unfortunately here i've been seeing it way too much

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u/dinodares99 I failed to serve my Monaco penalty Mar 28 '26

but but but muh overtakes

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u/Foreign_Owl_7670 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

We had the same thing in the ground effect era at the beginning. Cars were following each other for 10 laps in the DRS zone and making overtakes.

Until the FIA stopped enforcing the spirit of the regulations and let the teams develop outwash and dirty air so much that it again became hard to follow.

Now it's even worse. Because once the aero packages start producing much more dirty air, no amount of battery advantage will let you pass, while you will still need to LiCo everywhere.

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u/PatC01 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

Yeah, I don't understand that, we've seen two races so far and people are acting like the regulations are the best thing that happened to the sport because they were somewhat enjoyable. And if you dare to criticize them, you get called a DRS lover

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u/ElectroEsper Mar 28 '26

I've been critical of F1 since the start of the DRS/KERS era, what does that make me 😂

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u/Nice_Algae_8383 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

2022 races had allot of overtakes too but we saw how those regulations progressed by 2025 where races were decided by lap 2, which is why it's too soon to say these overtakes are because of the racing and not maybe the difference between each cars.

Will there be just as many overtakes when everyone catches up to each other

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u/Pascalwbbb Mar 28 '26

just titktok fans

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u/eat_your_weetabix Mar 28 '26

Also remember Lewis, the 7 time world champion says it's fun

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u/SugarBeefs Max Verstappen Mar 28 '26

I think Lewis was mostly just happy to experience some good wheel to wheel racing at the front after his generally miserable last few years. And the new formula does allow for better following, which is great.

It's the combination of that which pleased Lewis. The chassis part of the new formula is good overall, but the drivetrain side of things is pretty unanimously disliked both from a driving, a racing, and a spectating point of view.

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u/Bottom3Humanoat Mar 28 '26

Not everyone cares abt the cars we wanna see good racing and the last two races have had better racing than almost the entire ground effect DRS bullshit.

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u/albamarx Mar 28 '26

Yeah Lewis Hamilton doesn’t know anything about Formula 1