Straight mode 2026 Australian GP

[the EDGE]

So it’s my understanding that teams will be informed of the the zones at least 4 weeks before the start of each event

Assuming the 4 weeks is from the Friday, that means teams should about AUS by today

Anyone seen any news on this yet?

[Juzh]

Places like Baku, Monza, Jeddah, Las Vegas will be interesting as there is the potential for this new era of cars to be faster than the previous one…

…if they are allowed to use the adjustable aero properly…!?

I'm sceptical. 2025 cars had so much downforce no amount of straight line speed is gonna overcome it. Especially not when the battery is dead within a few seconds on every straight.

[BorisTheBlade]

Places like Baku, Monza, Jeddah, Las Vegas will be interesting as there is the potential for this new era of cars to be faster than the previous one…

…if they are allowed to use the adjustable aero properly…!?

I'm sceptical. 2025 cars had so much downforce no amount of straight line speed is gonna overcome it. Especially not when the battery is dead within a few seconds on every straight.

Baku at least has the potential to harvest the full 8,5 MWs allowed under braking and part throttle without the need for additional straight line recovery. If this is enough for being faster? I have no clue.
At Monza they will be heavily starved - laptimes will increase a lot.
For Jeddah and LV I haven't done the math.

[FW17]

I hope straight line mode is at least corner apex to corner apex and not designated activation line halfway down the straight. This will at least entertain us in seeing which car/driver is able to put the power down with the wing open the soonest. Will be a real differentiator with car capability, driver ability, tyre age and tyre condition.

[Seanspeed]

Places like Baku, Monza, Jeddah, Las Vegas will be interesting as there is the potential for this new era of cars to be faster than the previous one…

…if they are allowed to use the adjustable aero properly…!?

I'm sceptical. 2025 cars had so much downforce no amount of straight line speed is gonna overcome it. Especially not when the battery is dead within a few seconds on every straight.

Baku at least has the potential to harvest the full 8,5 MWs allowed under braking and part throttle without the need for additional straight line recovery. If this is enough for being faster? I have no clue.
At Monza they will be heavily starved - laptimes will increase a lot.
For Jeddah and LV I haven't done the math.

Baku has a monster long straight, and then two decent length straights right after. It's not just about whether they can harvest all the energy allowed over a lap, it's also pretty important WHERE on the track they're doing it and where they need to deploy.

[De Wet]

I hope straight line mode is at least corner apex to corner apex and not designated activation line halfway down the straight. This will at least entertain us in seeing which car/driver is able to put the power down with the wing open the soonest. Will be a real differentiator with car capability, driver ability, tyre age and tyre condition.

Agree... Sadly the FIA lacks common sense.

[BorisTheBlade]

I'm sceptical. 2025 cars had so much downforce no amount of straight line speed is gonna overcome it. Especially not when the battery is dead within a few seconds on every straight.

Baku at least has the potential to harvest the full 8,5 MWs allowed under braking and part throttle without the need for additional straight line recovery. If this is enough for being faster? I have no clue.
At Monza they will be heavily starved - laptimes will increase a lot.
For Jeddah and LV I haven't done the math.

Baku has a monster long straight, and then two decent length straights right after. It's not just about whether they can harvest all the energy allowed over a lap, it's also pretty important WHERE on the track they're doing it and where they need to deploy.

Or in other words: Will the ES be a limiting factor? I will see that I do a calculation for an indication.

[FW17]

Rules state that MGU power will be zero at 337 km, Baku straight is 2100m, Barcelona is about 1000m. During the shakedown tests, the teams were doing over 340kph on that short straight. So the battery capacity is irrelevant
4MJ is good 11 seconds
Barcelona was 8 seconds last year, this year should be a second faster.
So to get to 340 on Baku is going to be only 7 seconds of battery deployment

So no issue.

Baku 8.5 MJ - 24 seconds

Main straight - 7 seconds
Turn 1 - 2 seconds
Turn 2 - 7 seconds
Turn 4 - 2 seconds
Turn 6 - 2 seconds
Turn 12 - 2 seconds
Turn 15 - 2 seconds

[FrukostScones]

Will we see that again this year?



BTW: Free Adrian Sutil! ; P

[FW17]

My original wish

[FW17]

2026 FIA straight line mode locations

[basti313]

Looks good to me. I would not have expected that much straight line mode.

[Danlizzyman]

Would have been interesting to see how cars would have taken T7 & 8 in Straight Mode, but this makes sense for safety, especially at the first GP of this reg set.

[basti313]

Would have been interesting to see how cars would have taken T7 & 8 in Straight Mode, but this makes sense for safety, especially at the first GP of this reg set.

With the inverted Ferrari wing I fear there will be no sort of cornering possible.

[FrukostScones]

Looks much better than expected, fingers crossed.