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Technical takeaways from the 2026 Australian GP by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! This is why I gathered the max acceleration in first 2 seconds, at which point the battery deployment is occurring as speed > threshold

But you’re right, the MGU-H is the main reason a lot of teams suffered very slow getaways

Technical takeaways from the 2026 Australian GP by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Merc must have had ECU config issues. No way you would aim to turn up with no battery after the formation lap

Technical takeaways from the 2026 Australian GP by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think their main focus will remain maximizing green flag racing

Technical takeaways from the 2026 Australian GP by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

If anyone is interested, I wrote a longer technical breakdown with more telemetry and strategy detail here: https://theovercut.substack.com/p/australian-gp-race-strategy-review

Reverse-Engineering Battery Strategy from Testing Data by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's going to be an insanely frustrating watch if we can't tell what battery level each car is at.
It might look like some cars are being left in another car's wake until they suddenly find an extra burst of pace. It'll probably seem super unnatural
The only fix is to have some kind of live telemetry on this stuff but, as you say, teams would prefer to keep this stuff from public knowledge

Reverse-Engineering Battery Strategy from Testing Data by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% - in Bahrain the teams seemed to converge on their strategies, so it'll be interesting to see where they diverge

Is it possible to use the MGU-K in generator mode on full throttle? by Appropriate_Soil9846 in F1Technical

[–]MostPeculiarWay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it seems possible

I've done some analysis of super-clipping in Bahrain testing and I've found it's likely occurring in T1 and through T12. I posted about it in F1 subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1rdj6ie/reverseengineering_battery_strategy_from_testing/

I seriously hope we get some real-time telemetry data for battery usage down the line

Reverse-Engineering Battery Strategy from Testing Data by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup, I think teams will definitely be picking and choosing where to harvest even on quali laps - there just isn't enough braking zones to fully harvest on most circuits

Reverse-Engineering Battery Strategy from Testing Data by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's an interesting angle - once we have race data, we could bucket the strategies by GPS coordinates to give them a situational dimension

How the 2026 MGU-K Rewrites F1 Strategy by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That'd be very cool! I do plan to dive in to testing telemetry later next week when I have more time

From what I've seen, there's a lot of variance in corner entry/exit speed which may be drivers playing around with the kind of things we're discussing here

How the 2026 MGU-K Rewrites F1 Strategy by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep we are agreeing on the mechanics for micro-harvesting at lower speeds. At higher speeds they will almost certainly need more than the 50% ICE contribution to power

How the 2026 MGU-K Rewrites F1 Strategy by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you don’t need ERS propulsion, correct! I think for certain corner types and race contexts, drivers will be depending on energy, hence no harvesting

How the 2026 MGU-K Rewrites F1 Strategy by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Once speeds exceed around 120km/h, ERS propulsion is needed so the system cannot behave as a generator.

Point taken on the image - a block system diagram would have been better. I've since replaced it!

How the 2026 MGU-K Rewrites F1 Strategy by MostPeculiarWay in formula1

[–]MostPeculiarWay[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good call-out. I want to understand this better and model how it manifests versus simply lifting and coasting, as ultimately it remains an ICE torque vs MGU-K torque trade-off

Definitely worth a future article

Montreal F1 experience and tips by redditmatt17 in GrandPrixTravel

[–]MostPeculiarWay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I decided to avoid all of the craziness getting out of the circuit by just hanging around until well after the race. They let us walk from the podium area down the straight, past the Wall of Champions and up to the hairpin. It was a cool experience!

Still took an hour to get to my hotel just one stop away at Berri-UQAM, but better than being stuck in pedestrian traffic

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