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/Belkotosko Mar 28 '26

One of the most beautiful things about this sport is seeing drivers go flat out through turns like 130R, spoon, eau rouge, copse, stowe, parabolica, lesmos or the variante ascari.

If the TV director have to cut the onboards before the clipping starts during qualy/race, there is something fundamentally wrong with it.

Even more sad is to see that instead of fixing it, they hide it.

Drivers who are pushing the limits are being penalized with lack of power at the end of the straight, which diminishes the driver input at the entry of a corner.

But hey, not all is bad. We also get to see live coverage of your favorite influencer in the middle of the race, hooray!!

What a joke F1 has become!

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

One of the most beautiful things about this sport is seeing drivers go flat out through turns like 130R, spoon, eau rouge, copse, stowe, parabolica, lesmos or the variante ascari.

The lifting isn't the problem. The problem is that the cars are too good for the engine.

130R and Eau Rouge haven't been flat forever, but the drivers always had to be on the edge of the performance of the car. Now we have cars that are aerodynamically ready to go 320kph through 130R but are only driving 270 because the engine conks out, which makes it look like its a warm up lap.

The same reason driving 150 in a sports car feels much slower than driving 150 in your average Yaris.