dans79 wrote: ↑12 Jun 2026, 18:34
mzso wrote: ↑12 Jun 2026, 18:05
All the talk was about superclipping, and I didn't hear unusually high engine power in turns. So I doubtful about this.
Supper clipping is controversial because it makes the drivers vulnerable at the end of the strait and they don't like it.
you can read this or you can look at the rules directly.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... cIpGzoWkY0
Cars will harvest energy to charge the battery when braking, on part throttle, when lifting off (when a driver lifts off the throttle early – often referred to as lift and coast) or when ‘super clipping’ (when some harvesting happens at the end of the straight when a car is still at full throttle – although this depends on the particular engine map being used, the circuit profile, and the overall Recharge energy allowance for that circuit, which varies as per the regulations).
Most of the time, the Recharge will be automated by use of selectable Recharge maps and targets so braking, part throttle and super clip will all be automated functions controlled by the ECU. The only Recharge mode the driver will have direct control of will be lift-off regen, whereby if the driver lifts off, then they can Recharge. However, doing this will disable the Active devices as well. In contrast, super clipping is still at full throttle and therefore the Active Aero will still be ‘open’.
Yes they
could use all of that. But since superclipping is the best to go around fastest that's what they use.
I don't know why you said "the battery doesn't have enough capacity to just super clip". It's paradoxical, if the capacity is too low then you need less generation, not more.
dans79 wrote: ↑12 Jun 2026, 19:20
What teams are working on is trying to harvest as much as they can under breaking because it's free energy. After all you have to slow the car or you will end up in the gravel or a wall. Lico and super clipping is used to make up the difference so they can achieve maximum deployment per lap.
No, they obviously super-clip a lot. Regen braking is not harvesting, obviously they use that to max capacity, but it's way too little. Otherwise they use (super)clipping, AFAIK because is more efficient than part throttle harvesting.
