{"id":116087,"date":"2026-03-28T12:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/f1-drivers-lament-speed-reduction-at-suzuka-due-to-new-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:38:55","slug":"f1-drivers-lament-speed-reduction-at-suzuka-due-to-new-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/f1-drivers-lament-speed-reduction-at-suzuka-due-to-new-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"F1: Drivers lament speed reduction at Suzuka due to new rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

F1 Drivers Criticize Impact of New Regulations at Suzuka<\/h2>\n\n\nSeveral Formula 1 drivers expressed their discontent after the qualifying session of the Japanese Grand Prix, lamenting the impact that the new power unit regulations have had on the Suzuka circuit.\n\nThe increase in the deployment of electrical energy under the 2026 regulations has led to situations on the track where cars run out of energy or are forced to collect energy on straights and corners.\n\nIn qualifying, some of Suzuka’s most iconic high-speed corners lost their essence, as drivers were forced to recharge the car’s battery instead of squeezing the grip to the maximum.\n\nThe two main straights also showed a decrease in speed before the braking point, as engine power was transferred to the hybrid system’s battery load, known as “super clipping”, or the drivers lifted their foot off the accelerator and coasted before braking.\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nLando Norris was one of the drivers disappointed by Saturday’s qualifying session in Japan.<\/em>\n\nPhoto by Ahmad AlShehab\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/em>\n\nLow speeds in the corners and strange speed profiles on the straights have been two of the biggest criticisms of the impact of the new rules in qualifying sessions, and Suzuka was no exception.\n\n\n

Does your soul still hurt when you see your speed decrease so much, 56 km\/h less on the straight<\/p>Lando Norris<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nFernando Alonso, who stated that during pre-season testing he was driving so far below the limit in high-speed corners that the Aston Martin chef could have been at the wheel, said that the Suzuka qualifying challenge had been missed.\n\n\n

He is gone<\/p>Fernando Alonso<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWilliams driver Carlos Sainz commented that the limitations of the regulations were particularly evident in qualifying compared to practice sessions, as drivers begin to push harder and spend more time at full throttle.\n\n\n

A little disappointed in the classification, as the more you pushed, the slower you went. That’s what happened to me in Q2.<\/p>Carlos Sainz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nCarlos Sainz felt that he was going slower the harder he pushed in Saturday’s qualifying.<\/em>\n\n\n

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\nDespite the FIA’s attempts to mitigate the problem by limiting the amount of electrical energy that the drivers could collect in qualifying at Suzuka, Sainz said he was forced to employ different techniques to keep the battery charged.\n\nSainz also commented that the drivers hope the situation improves and that the FIA listens to their concerns.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

F1 Drivers Criticize Impact of New Regulations at Suzuka Several Formula 1 drivers expressed their discontent after the qualifying session of the Japanese Grand Prix, lamenting the impact that the new power unit regulations have had on the Suzuka circuit. The increase in the deployment of electrical energy under the 2026 regulations has led to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[657,11455,452,12467],"class_list":{"0":"post-116087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-power-unit","10":"tag-qualifying","11":"tag-suzuka"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}