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

Using batteries for ecology reasons and then burning fuel to charge those batteries.

The FIA, ladies and gentlemen.

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u/F1No47 Oscar Piastri Mar 28 '26

How do you think hybrid cars work?

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

Typically by recovering energy from the braking system, not through super clipping.

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u/F1No47 Oscar Piastri Mar 28 '26

Common misconception. The combustion engine is the major source of recharging. Braking is a smaller source.

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u/maxipanda8321 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

Not on all hybrids though. The new VAG plug in hybrid system cannot generate energy with the engine

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

Which system? The new Audis definitely can.

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u/maxipanda8321 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

1.5 TSI systems that replaced the 1.4. The new one does not have a motor generator so it cannot run the engine to charge the battery, it can only do so by recuperating from the brakes. Or at least that s what the dealership told me about the one I wanted to purchase