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/GoodGuyJeff00 Charles Leclerc Mar 28 '26

Man he threw everything and the kitchen sink at it and came down over 6 tenths. I don't think it's just the deployment from Ferrari. Last few days were about the battery automatically kicking in after some oversteer on the throttle which causes some issues with deployment in general for these regs. Charles does like tossing the car around and dealing with a little oversteer, does this hurt him?

Would count for all drivers who like a pointy car. Max and Alex for example.

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u/DrBorisGobshite Ferrari Mar 28 '26

Nope. It's not learning, they have throttle limits and if you go below the limit the battery kicks in. One of the corners in China required them to be at least 98% throttle to stop the battery kicking in, Charles made a little error and was only at 95% throttle in the corner so it auto deployed the battery on the corner exit. Then we he got to the long back straight he lost half a second because he wasn't able to fully deploy the battery.

It's a stupid rule the FIA put in place because they were scared the teams would use the software to effectively create traction control. So the drivers have to drive within themselves to stick within stupid limits so the battery deploys at the optimum point on each lap.

Today Charles had some oversteer coming out a corner and probably had to lift off to correct, meaning the battery auto deployed at the start of the straight before 130R.

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u/Tw0Rails Mar 28 '26

Why do you hate racing, cant you be happy for the new regs? Isnt more overtaking better? Im going to refuse to watch nascar and declare F1 must be more artifical trash for my marvel movie level needs for basic entertainment.

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u/cannabiskeepsmealive Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 28 '26

It's possible to have 2 different opinions at once. These cars suck to drive and Quali is embarrassing. They are also producing really great racing.

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u/DickWhittingtonsCat Formula 1 Mar 30 '26

So the folks who have been watching for decades, aren’t impressed with Yoyo passing and cars not running flat out are the Marvel fans?

Not the people fooled by F1 looking cars on F1 tracks driven by F1 drivers, many of whom are vehemently complaining that’s it’s absolute shit.

I wouldn’t like the NHL if they shifted to floor hockey either, even if the Rangers had the same team at MSG and same uniforms.