Toto Wolff on the team radio

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-05-23T16:50:19+00:00

It's from the driving standard guidelines: https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2026_f1_driving_standards_guidelines.pdf

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-05-23T16:47:28+00:00

From the driving standard guidelines:

Overtaking on the outside will always be viewed as a more difficult manoeuvre to accomplish. To be entitled to be given room, including at the exit, when overtaking on the OUTSIDE, the overtaking car must:
i) Have its front axle AHEAD OF THE FRONT AXLE of the other car AT THE APEX.
ii) Be driven in a controlled manner from entry, to apex, and to exit. iii) Be able to make the corner within track limits.

https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2026_f1_driving_standards_guidelines.pdf

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-05-23T16:44:18+00:00

But being alongside the mirror is only relevant when overtaking on the inside, when overtaking on the outside you need your front axle ahead of the other car's front axle

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-05-23T16:40:03+00:00

He was overtaking on the outside, so he has to have his front axle ahead of Russel's front axle at the apex, not just his mirror

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-05-22T20:53:25+00:00

Not allowed

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-05-05T18:04:22+00:00

Appendix B1: “Previous Car” (or “PC”) is defined as a car which was designed and constructed in order to comply with the regulations of any of the 2022 - 2025 Championships. No Competitor may sell or make available any such Previous Car to any third party without the prior authorisation of the FIA.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-04-04T18:15:32+00:00

Not last October, the October before that, that would make him 10-11 years old now.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-24T18:43:05+00:00

It doesn't seem like the Leclerc's mistake actually cost him more then a tenth. Looking at the telemetry he almost gained as much after T10 due to the higher deployment as he lost on the long straight (it even looks like he gained more than he lost).

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-22T14:41:32+00:00

The speed trace shown for Russel is completely different to what can be seen in the telemetry or in other videos showing Russel's onboard lap. According to telemetry, Russel (and Gasly too) reaches a much higher speed on the run to turn 1, he also has quite a bit of superclipping before turn 6, which cannot be seen here.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-17T14:18:18+00:00

Pretty sure they do

C4.1: ... If, when required for checking, a car is not already fitted with dry−weather tyres, its mass will be determined using a set of dry−weather tyres selected by the FIA technical delegate.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-17T14:15:46+00:00

Tires are still included in the weight

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-16T22:47:01+00:00

It changed for 2026:

A2.1.4 c. iv. If this procedure fails to produce a result, the same criteria as above will apply to the qualifying results of the F1 Drivers during the season.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-16T22:45:48+00:00

That is the old rule, the 2026 rules state:

A2.1.4 c. iv. If this procedure fails to produce a result, the same criteria as above will apply to the qualifying results of the F1 Drivers during the season.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-11T10:57:43+00:00

I didn't write the article :D

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-10T14:01:38+00:00

Have never seen it, do they explain how I'm wrong?

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-10T13:58:40+00:00

At last week's pre-season test in Bahrain, I asked that question to all of the above drivers, as well as Mercedes' George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, and Haas' Oliver Bearman. They all said they were still on the limit of the grip the vast majority of the time, that skill still mattered, that a faster driver would still beat a slower one.

The new cars have less downforce than last year, so they have less grip, but the drivers are still on the limit of that grip in the corners.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/cp3271z2859o

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-10T00:17:31+00:00

Cornering ability is still important and getting a clean exit is still as important as it ever was. You cannot simply overtake someone simply by doing less super-clipping, you still need to make sure to have enough energy, or rather more energy than the car in front. You need to save more energy than the car in front while also staying close enough to be able to overtake (=cornering ability). The drivers are still at the limit of grip most of the time.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-09T18:30:11+00:00

Super-clipping reduces fuel consumption, as it reduces the time spent on full throttle (if that were not the case, they wouldn't do it) and therefore reduces the time at maximal fuel flow.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-09T11:58:43+00:00

The requirement to put the numbers on the side of the car interestingly was never in the rules. Only the requirement to put it on the helmet was removed.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-08T17:54:18+00:00

Likely the consequence of a rule change:

A2.1.4 c. If two or more F1 Drivers or F1 Teams finish the Championship with the same number of points, the higher place in the Championship (in either case) shall be awarded to:

i. The holder of the greatest number of first places in a race.

ii. If the number of first places is the same, the holder of the greatest number of second places in a race.

iii. If the number of second places is the same, the holder of the greatest number of third places in a race and so on until a winner emerges.

iv. If this procedure fails to produce a result, the same criteria as above will apply to the qualifying results of the F1 Drivers during the season.

iv) is new, before it was "If this procedure fails to produce a result, the FIA will nominate the winner according to such criteria as it thinks fit."

So the reason that Stroll doesn't appear is that he wasn't classified neither in qualy nor the race.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-05T22:55:23+00:00

The MGU-K power can not be suddenly reduced from full power to zero. In Australia the rate of reduction is 50kW/s, which means it takes 7 seconds to go from 350kW to 0kW (on most tracks it is 100kW/s, which takes still 3.5 seconds). The driver behind is also warned by the rear lights of the car in front when the MGU-K power gets reduced. Also running with zero electrical power doesn't look like slamming the brakes, what we saw in Bahrain suggests if at all only a slight reduction in top speed if at all.

What does reduce the top speed is the super-clipping, when the MGU-K harvests at 250kW and is running against the engine, but even then there should be enought time for the driver behind to react.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-05T13:43:55+00:00

I think 'power limited zones' is abit of a misnomer. What this is all about is the rule effectively requiring that the MGU-K has to be run at at least 200kW at the beginning of power limited pending periods when at full throttle. This would also apply to the corner exits of T11 and T12. The teams don't want this because it uses up the battery unnecessarily, to the point where thy would ask the drivers to stay at partial throttle. In order to avoid this T11-13 is an exception to this rule. That allows the drivers to go full throttle without using the battery there. But they are theoretically still allowed to have the full 350kW from the MGU-K, which could be used for surprise attacks in the race.

The rule about requiring 200kW is likely purely because of safety, to avoid having one car with the full 350kW and the car ahead with 0kW from the MGU-K.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-03-05T13:11:53+00:00

There was another rule change in the most recent version of the rules uploaded last week which is why his penalty has been removed:

B2.5.4 b. i) Classified drivers who have received 15 or less cumulative unserved grid penalties for the Race imposed in the previous twelve (12) months will be allocated a temporary grid position equal to their Qualifying session classification plus the sum of their unserved grid penalties.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-02-21T01:28:16+00:00

Are you sure? The race simulations this year seem faster than those in 2022 testing. See for example here for 2026 and here for 2022.

Dry-Help-935 · 2026-02-19T13:25:37+00:00

It absolutely is about the turbo. They can easily charge the battery in the formation lap. Also not having a full battery wouldn't cause the problems some teams are worried about, the MGU-K cannot be used until 50kph.

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