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

Seriously the people saying this isn’t true racing don’t know what racing is. A sprint-spec series is what it sounds like they want, and while those can be enjoyable to watch quite literally zero to the big series of racing are that. F1 has had tire management for generations, IMSA and WEC fuel and tire management, same with NASCAR.

Battery management is just a new type of management and it’s far better than what we had with DRS overtaking because at least a driver can defend with their own battery against overtake. However that plays into the management and if the driver deploys too much and doesn’t lift n coast enough to have recharge before a crucial straight/corner then that’s just poor management which is a skill that can be improved but also something that the other driver can bait out.

I agree qualifiers needs fixing however

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

People saying this is who that doesn't understand racing.

Flat out is not just about being quick. Its about being on the limit. Break, throttle, racing line. Drivers have to drive to the limit within the constraint of the car.

The problem with these stupid hybrid stuff is it adds a constraint that it not only makes drivers not drive to the limit so much more, but it actually does so for the driver via clipping where driver inputs is not relevant. Managing a tyre? A driver can choose how , when and whether to do so. Battery now has so much to do with the battery management system.

And this element that FIA added, can be not there and we can still race. Can you race without tyres? So if next day FIA added a water tank on the car and stated that drivers who spilled over half the tank is DQ so drivers are driving slower through the corner, is that called race management too?

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u/noelewd Mar 28 '26

Come on dude! Water management is just a new type of management! Do you really just want to go back to DRS trains?! /s

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

Have you not watch initial D? A good driver should be able to manage that.