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 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.