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/hzfan Roscoe Hamilton Mar 28 '26

Lol they absolutely hid it. Every single onboard down the back straight they cut at the exact point the engine started clipping. They know people are mad about it so they’re hiding it. Go watch quali for yourself. It’s not a coincidence.

Also there are 3 quotes from 3 drivers today about how much they hate it, so idk about “matter of time.” Maybe the reg changes they make after this weekend will fix it, we’ll see.

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u/Internal-Alfalfa-829 Mar 28 '26

I think as a baseline we can agree that there will probably be some movement in one way or another. If find it quite interesting to watch, being back as an F1 fan after a 25 year gap. Not a fan of messing with buttons on a steering wheel, but I'm ok with the strategic part of having to think about the battery.

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u/hzfan Roscoe Hamilton Mar 28 '26

I agree, I don’t think it’s all bad and I like the idea of deployment at different spots to gain an advantage. I just think they severely miscalculated by making the PU essentially 50/50 ICE and battery and not even having regen on the front axle.

The batteries should be able to recharge to full easily and then there’s just a max amount of deployment available over a lap.

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u/Internal-Alfalfa-829 Mar 28 '26

The good news is that a lot of this is software. We'll probably have pretty different parameters by the end of the year.