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Chapter 1: What are the negative aspects of F1's new regulations?
Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. We've done the positives. If you've missed that podcast, we did in fact say things we liked about the new regulations. So go and check that out if you haven't already. Or if you want to end with positivity, then go and check that one out afterwards.
But we have got a lot to get into today because we're going to deep dive into the regulations. And yes, we would have mentioned some things over the last three race weekends. But to kind of just, you know, put it all together in one podcast so that Formula One can ignore us. Tommy, how are you?
I'm good. Looking forward to diving into this one. Of course, as always, when we ask the questions on these things, there's a lot more that people want to know.
uh complain about about these new new regulations and then the positive so might be a bit of a longer podcast than the last one we don't know but um yeah we'll dive into it and we'll see what the butt counter is for this one crazy because if someone hasn't seen the first podcast they now have no idea what you've just said well now they want to watch it god tell me you're so good at this so good at this
Well, speaking of how good you are, right, why don't we start with you? So, again, if you haven't seen the first one, Tommy, you'll suggest one, I will suggest one, and then we've got fans have brought in some suggestions and things they don't like as well. So, Tommy, why don't you begin with yours? Super clipping. Oh, he said it! End of podcast. It's finished. That's a jump scare.
That's a jump scare to just drop that word so early into a podcast. But okay, go on. Hit me with it.
I mean, it is. It is super clipping. The whole bad side of the regulations for all the positives that we've said in the last one, so much of it is ruined by super clipping and the fact that they're losing power on the straight. And I cannot get out my head that Max Verstappen said in 2023 that they would be downshifting on the straight and losing power.
And I thought, well, there's no way that's going to actually happen in 2026. They will listen to... That can't happen. That's farcical. That's a joke. I almost laughed when I heard that thinking, wow, they've not tweaked the regs yet. They've not kind of got it sorted.
And to actually go into that first race and see the pole position lap where they're losing power, we'll get into the fact about them trying to hide those facts later.
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Chapter 2: How does super clipping affect F1 performance?
Yeah, we saw a humongous accident. We saw no difference between the first two races and Japan. It's not like we went, oh, actually, it was less noticeable. Was it? Was it F? Oh, God, I nearly swore.
I think it was more noticeable because the Ollie Bearman crash actually caused such a huge thing that it actually made everyone really take it seriously. Not just... Oh, I wish they were getting faster around corners. This is a huge safety concern.
I will say, not particularly for Formula 1's defence here, but it was Franco Colapinto's car at a much slower speed than we would have seen other cars round there, right? This was not a normal thing to have that speed difference. So let's kind of, yeah.
say it how it is that it was kind of a freak accident in the sense of the speed difference being bigger than it should have been there but it's still something that is to do with the regulations it's to do with if the cars do have a problem around there George Russell had the problem around that exact same corner and allowed Charles Leclerc through so there are
glitches there are things that can go wrong with the cars which can cause very dangerous moments um so yeah super clipping what we should we need to rename it we need to rename it because it's not super what what what can we what is the actual term that they should have used for the disaster clipping yeah fair enough oh look at it we're on board with george russell disaster clipping into turn eight yeah that sounds great perfect uh because it's definitely not super
So my suggestion, or just negative to bring to the table, and it is unsurprisingly to do-ish, kind of, with superclipping, but it's just the constant talk about the battery. I would have used... Had you not gone for super clipping, I would have gone for super clipping, unsurprisingly. But like the predictions, we can't go for the same thing. I'm not going to just go super clipping.
Let's talk about it more. But the constant talk about the battery is irritating at the very least. Because... And look, I know the commentary team have a very difficult job here because the battery is the talking point. Like, throughout the entire weekend, it's always about the battery. So I can see why they would naturally...
just lean towards going, oh, well, will Charles Leclerc have more battery to get back past? Because, like, if it was Kurz, you would kind of naturally bring that in as a bit of a conversation. Oh, he's got a bit more Kurz. Or DRS. Or DRS. So there are...
It is an element, but I think and it comes down to the regulations and how much prominence the battery has that, of course, they're going to lean towards that. But it's so irritating to be talking about that rather than just the drivers battling, just the drivers going side by side.
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Chapter 3: Why is the reliance on battery technology concerning for fans?
But is it awesome to watch when you hear, now he's got enough battery to be able to overtake it? It kind of kills that little bit of enjoyment. And it's almost like you could take every single move in Formula One of great moves in the past and going...
he's used his superior engine power here to pass or he's got fresher tyres to make that move and you could like kind of dissect every single thing and yes it is a very extreme thing so I understand why they have to talk about it but it's that balance of let's enjoy the kind of overtakes we're watching without the constant talk of like, now can you do this with the battery?
Now can you do that with the battery? And they almost need to kind of avoid so much emphasis on it because we're getting what we've kind of wanted of the overtaking and the battling into like different corners.
but it kills some of that enjoyment doesn't it when when you're just kind of constantly being reminded and i don't think that helps with this whole thing of formula one where it feels like mario kart or it feels like cheap overtakes because you're kind of being constantly told this is only happening because x
And I think there are times when that is absolutely necessary, especially in this early phase of the regulations when it is a motorway pass. You can't go, what a move that was. He's 12 car lengths clear going into turn one because he had better skill. No, it's obviously down to the battery. But yeah, the ones where it's closer, China, where they're side by side,
The Ferrari drivers, again, carrying this season, you know, there were, you know, there was a lot of moments where, yes, just the racing needs to be enjoyed. And as simple as that, stripping it back, like the HUD that they had, you know, the display of where they rode with the TCAM. I think it was in Australia and maybe the other ones as well.
But there was almost too much information going on on these displays, even for nuts like us. And then they stripped it back to just kind of having like a battery thing, which I think was much better, even though they're predicting it, even though they're guessing it, because they're not allowed to show the actual data.
Yeah, because the teams don't know each other's to the end.
No, exactly. So, you know, is that the right way to go? I don't know. You know, should we all just be in on the conversation? Maybe. But it's Formula One. It's not Formula E. Of course, they share all the data and that's what you can see in the broadcast. But Formula One is different and... Formula One is not Formula E, as we should probably remind ourselves as well.
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