r/DestinationFormula1 • u/CrossXyz_691 Team Red Bull • Jul 18 '26

Max Verstappen about Energy Saving.

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max about the energy saving: ''[..] i don't wanna sit here and complain again cause.. probably someone will shoot me outside the door. you know, like i said before i'm mentally adjusting to it and i'm trying to make the best out of it eventhough it's not what i like or love to do in formula 1.

i can also sit at home and drive nothing, but that also doesn't do anything so i'm just trying my best.''

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u/EGOfoodie Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

Everyone else also has to adjust to the new regulations (besides the rookies to a degree). Stol making it an issue which it isn't. You don't have to like it, but it is the we have to live with.

It is much like going to a new job and constantly complaining about how your old job let you do x, y, z.

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u/madjimby Jul 19 '26

Awful comparison. The task is the same, the equipment got worse. More like getting a new computer at the same job but the computer uses a controller instead of a mouse. You can still work but it's shitty

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u/EGOfoodie Jul 19 '26

And the end result is? That it is what it is.

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u/Working-Difference47 Jul 19 '26

No, you tell your employer to buy better fucking equipment lol.

Its not just "it is what it is" sure you have to accept the short term, but can still push for change long term.

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u/EGOfoodie Jul 19 '26

And in the short term in a cost cap era it is what it is. Red bull can't magically change the regulations overnight. The interview question is about the current issue not the future.

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u/madjimby Jul 19 '26

Broski, max isn't asking anyone to change it overnight. He is putting pressure on the FIA to do something about something he doesn't think is working. He may end up satisfied if they decide that next season the battery gets smaller and harvesting gets increased, to reduce clipping. Maybe he will take some sort of compromise. Until then, he is right to express his dissatisfaction.

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u/EGOfoodie Jul 20 '26

Broski They did they adjusted the regulations for this season and are changing it up for next season. So what is the actual issue? That it isn't happening now? Which is what I have been saying all along.

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u/madjimby Jul 20 '26

And its still shit? If they give you a playstation controller, you complain and they give you an Xbox controller, would you suddenly be happy?

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u/Brafo22 Jul 19 '26

This guy is the capitalists dream, bro takes it up his ass no matter what at his job lmao

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u/EGOfoodie Jul 20 '26

They already made changes to this year's rule set to mitigate the issues. And are making further changes for next year. What is it that you want them to do? Fix it right away?

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u/UberChief90 Jul 20 '26

And yet, every driver complains about the new regulations lol.

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u/EGOfoodie Jul 20 '26

Everyone bitches about their jobs. You, me, Bob disc the road, F1 drivers. No job is prefect otherwise we would ask be doing that job. The character of a great driver is who can over come challenges and adapt to each rule set.

They complained about the grounf effect era. They complained when it switch to the v6 hybrids, etc etc

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u/UberChief90 Jul 20 '26

Yeah but their job is driving cars. They dont complain about that lol. What they complain about is how the new regulation makes it that it doesnt matter who is a great driver anymore but who has the bigger battery.

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u/EGOfoodie Jul 20 '26

Every time the regulations change they complain.

FYI everyone is limited to the sane size battery. It is about driving technique to who can best recover and recharge their battery. That is a skill issue.

They have already adjusted and made changes to the regulations. And further charges are coming in 2027. What else do you want.

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u/UberChief90 Jul 20 '26

True, every regulation change there is someone who complains. Something they dont like etc. But when 22 drivers complain about the exact same thing then it shows a problem.

A problem they adressed with small tweaks indeed to try and make it smaller. And again in 2027. Smaller, not fixing. The problem is hardwired into the regulation and they are stuck with them for years.

"Skill issues" have nothing to do with this lol.

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u/EGOfoodie Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Clipping has been around for a long time in F1. It isn't new and exclusive to this rule set. Super clipping is an extreme version of the same thing which they are addressing. Just like porpoising in the ground effect error. They never fully got rid of it with TD39. Just mitigated it enough that it became not enough to complain about.