Badger wrote: ↑03 Jul 2026, 16:53
Management shouldn't define the formula, especially not energy management seeing as racing is an inherently excessive and energy inefficient activity, that is what makes it fun to watch. The more energy management you introduce the less it becomes racing and the more it becomes like commuting.
In your opinion. How is managing a battery any different than managing fuel levels or managing tyres? Management has been part of F1 for decades.
If what was important was quantity of overtakes F1 would never have become the pinnacle of motorsport. F1 has had an overtaking "problem" for at least 5 decades. F1 had an overtaking problem in the last regulation when the sport grew like crazy. But IMO this debate is a false one because we can have cars that are not energy strangled that can also overtake. If we had a 65/35 split for example you'd still have big deployment deltas helping create overtakes but not nearly as much energy management. Drivers wouldn't need to hold back in corners to save energy for the straights.
Quality, not quantity. With these new regs, drivers can actually follow another car and make overtakes, but unlike in the DRS era, they other driver has more opportunities to fight back, so we get wheel to wheel racing for multiple corners.
65/35 split is still energy strangled. 100% ICE is still energy strangled. You only ever have a finite amount of energy in the form of fuel.
Anyway, bringing this back on topic, Ferrari have done a fantastic job with the car. I would not bet against Lewis leading every single session this weekend. He just seems absolutely on it.
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