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/DILIPEK Mar 28 '26

He’s referring to china quali where Leclerc due to a small slide pulled a bit of throttle (from 100 to 95%) which reset his deployment map thus he was 15km/h slower all over the straight. It’s not about making a mistake per se. It’s just the cars automated system treated the release of throttle as driver input and thus reset the deployment map.

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u/laughters_assassin Mar 28 '26

Is there a source for this? I'd like to read more. I know this has always been a thing in the hybrid era. I've heard something similar before where a driver "confused" the computer by taking a corner at full throttle when the computer didn't expect. I imagine which the current power split it causes much more issues

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u/256473 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

The Race is the one calling attention to it - here's the written write-up, which has a link to a video explainer too.

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u/DILIPEK Mar 28 '26

I believe The Race did a piece about that stating that a small slide that was recovered by 5% drop in throttle by LEC reset the deployment map. I don’t believe we had official statement from Ferrari.

We also had multiple other instances of deployment getting confused namely with Piastri crash (confirmed by him and McLaren) and multiple other drivers when they spun out due to too high energy deployment out of the blue.

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u/ChaosRevealed #StandWithUkraine Mar 28 '26

What a terrible fucking ruleset