Start procedure 2026

[michl420]

During the spanish gp weekend I saw a race start onboard with telemetry from Russel. The batterie is charging during the high rev period in the last seconds before the start. This means it is kind of a gamble to reach a as full as possible batterie when the lights go out. This is pobably the reason for the very bad starts that happens sometimes in the field.

[bananapeel23]

During the spanish gp weekend I saw a race start onboard with telemetry from Russel. The batterie is charging during the high rev period in the last seconds before the start. This means it is kind of a gamble to reach a as full as possible batterie when the lights go out. This is pobably the reason for the very bad starts that happens sometimes in the field.

What do you mean? The battery can’t even be used below 50 km/h, so the start itself is all ICE and has nothing to do with the battery.

[michl420]

During the spanish gp weekend I saw a race start onboard with telemetry from Russel. The batterie is charging during the high rev period in the last seconds before the start. This means it is kind of a gamble to reach a as full as possible batterie when the lights go out. This is pobably the reason for the very bad starts that happens sometimes in the field.

What do you mean? The battery can’t even be used below 50 km/h, so the start itself is all ICE and has nothing to do with the battery.

I find it again (end of FP2). While the car stand still, the MGUK load the batterie. When the car begin to role, the MGUK is instantly at 0. Looks like it is only to preload the ICE to reach a high turbo pressure? But if the batterie is maybe 3 sec before lights out full, it must have a influence on the ICE performance.

[bananapeel23]

During the spanish gp weekend I saw a race start onboard with telemetry from Russel. The batterie is charging during the high rev period in the last seconds before the start. This means it is kind of a gamble to reach a as full as possible batterie when the lights go out. This is pobably the reason for the very bad starts that happens sometimes in the field.

What do you mean? The battery can’t even be used below 50 km/h, so the start itself is all ICE and has nothing to do with the battery.

I find it again (end of FP2). While the car stand still, the MGUK load the batterie. When the car begin to role, the MGUK is instantly at 0. Looks like it is only to preload the ICE to reach a high turbo pressure? But if the batterie is maybe 3 sec before lights out full, it must have a influence on the ICE performance.

Starting with a full battery is great. But yes, the primary reason for the 5 second start procedure change is to allow the cars to rev in order to spin ip the turbo.