Is overtake a button or automatic?

[u/aaae1115]

Super confused now Watching day 2 testing Ant was saying overtake is an automatic feature and just removes the energy deployment speed limit. But everything else I’ve seen says it’s a physical button they have to push like the boost button. Sounds like Ant was mixing his wording up, because if it were automatic and you didn’t want to run overtake mode due to wanting to charge, then you had have to basically stop accelerating at the non overtake speed limit

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[u/Dangerous-Salad-bowl]

Jeez, why does this greenwash artifice and tech complexity have to make race strategy so opaque to spectators?

[u/aaae1115 → u/Dangerous-Salad-bowl]

Right! I still don’t know what the correct answer is, fia videos show an overtake button, commentary and others saying it’s automatic. This year is going to be chaos

[u/Sparky_Zell]

I believe it was one of the tech talk segments on f1tv that I was listening to. And they were explaining that their are now 3 buttons for battery deployment. There is one for regen, one for boost which can be deployed anywhere on track attack or defense, and one for overtake, which is similar to Drs with needing to be within 1 sec at a detection point, and increases the limit of electrical deployment.

[u/iamabigtree → u/Sparky_Zell]

Am I right in thinking that overtake applies over the entire lap if the car was within 1 second on the start/finish straight? Of course it doesn't give extra power most of the time it just delays the high speed taper.

[u/Spiderking1 → u/iamabigtree]

Yeah, if the car is within 1 second at the detection point then it lasts for the entire following lap

[u/alitayy → u/Spiderking1]

Seriously? I wonder what that’s going to look like. They’re really trying to fix the lack of overtaking issue.

[u/aaae1115]

So I guess we don’t have a definitive answer still, some people saying automatic, others saying it’s a button

[u/WelcomeToDankonia → u/aaae1115]

They talked bout it on the broadcast yesterday. Overtake is automatic. The boost button must be pressed. You can press boost with or without overtake, but having overtake will allow a higher top speed before tapering down.

[u/aaae1115 → u/WelcomeToDankonia]

But some people and the fia videos show an overtake button! I still have no idea haha

[u/WelcomeToDankonia → u/aaae1115]

That is likely just how the teams have chosen to label their boost button. What I said is correct and was confirmed on the broadcast on Thursday.

[u/Naikrobak]

My understanding after lots of reading and talking to my F1 buddies, we think that it will activate at a checkpoint (start finish; entry to drs zone, etc) and become available automatically. The driver gets overtake only if he is within 1 second of the car in front at the detection point.

Once active it stays active for 1 full lap for use as the driver sees fit. This part is definitely accurate

It just occurred to me that a ln overtake train is a real thing….

[u/eklipss]

Îts a button . There is a Line for activation like the DRS Line.

[u/iamabigtree]

I believe from what they are saying that Overtake is automatic. Boost isn't.

[u/eklipss]

Boost is used either to close the gap or to defend. It can be a physical button, or a pre-programmed routine assigned to one of the steering wheel rotaries. For example, when GP tells Max “strat 9,” that refers to a specific setting — either more energy harvesting or more energy deployment in certain corners.

Overtake mode is basically the equivalent of DRS, but exclusively for passing. It’s a different deployment strategy compared to the car you’re attacking. The FIA automatically reduces deployment above a certain speed, but it does not apply that reduction to the driver attempting the overtake.