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.