The late changes to Formula 1’s charging limits for qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix have helped, but there is still a glaring problem over one lap at Suzuka.As expected, the energy-starved engines cannot keep deploying full electric power for long enough on the longest Suzuka straights and the recharging demands mean superclipping kicks in to boot.The result is an extremely obvious and quite painful speed drop-off while the drivers remain on full throttle, most noticeably through the famed 130R and into the final chicane, where there were speed reductions of up to 50km/h before the drivers even braked.This is something even the most prominent positive voices about F1 2026 have acknowledged as a problem. Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said: “It’s not great when you have to super clip. It means you arrive in s …
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Author: Scott Mitchell-Malm
