Charles +0,184 after two sectors
unfortunately yes...ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑18 Jul 2026, 19:36Was Leclerc the only car caught by that yellow? Seemed to clear quickly
Is Leclerc also going to be super fast or just fast?

Seems the MGUH was really the lynchpin in these hybrid rules. You take it away from the combustion engine and you pay the price of energy starvation.ToffeeTyres wrote: ↑18 Jul 2026, 17:21I like how the cars are aero wise but the batteries are a massive downer in these regs. Losing power shouldn’t be a thing in F1. It’s how you set up the deployment and regen around the track that isn’t driver skill and pushing these cars to the limit. Lewis lost so much time in the last sector because of nothing left in the batteries it’s pathetic. Worst engine regs ever
That lift before the start line is just how the Mercedes engine program works, it has nothing to do with energy recovery.214270 wrote: ↑19 Jul 2026, 10:58Is there a reason the Ferraris can’t replicate the PU trick Merc are doing easing up before crossing the line? The Mercs punch real hard coming out of the final corner, the gradient on their speed trace is steep in comparison.
https://ibb.co/jPyJ0pQB
Yeah I know, I didn’t mention energy recovery. It has to do with rampdown. They sidestep the prescribed, incremental rampdown by removing all throttle demand before the line & go from 350kW to zero, instead of what everyone else is doing going in 50/100kW chunks every sec. It seems like a software cheat so should be easy to replicate.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑19 Jul 2026, 12:38That lift before the start line is just how the Mercedes engine program works, it has nothing to do with energy recovery.214270 wrote: ↑19 Jul 2026, 10:58Is there a reason the Ferraris can’t replicate the PU trick Merc are doing easing up before crossing the line? The Mercs punch real hard coming out of the final corner, the gradient on their speed trace is steep in comparison.
https://ibb.co/jPyJ0pQB
