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this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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How many cars did he slam? All of them??
It feels a bit more like Formula E on steroids.
Energy management leads to amazing racing in FE and negates much of the dirty air driven boring processional races.
The first few races will likely be a bit chaotic but once the teams get on top of it all, the most talented drivers will be able to get ahead of less smart drivers in better cars.
I also think that what the drivers are experiencing at the moment is due to the teams having built their cars and started driving very close to the regulations. They havent really experimented with energy management yet. It's clear that drivers like Fernando, Lewis and Max dislike driving slow in the corners. So their teams will need to find ways to become faster in the corners and recharge the battery elsewhere, if they want their drivers to enjoy racing.
Lewis Hamilton said something like that too I think.
Good article. Keep in mind that journalists of articles donโt write their headlines. That is typically done by their editor.
Is it that good though? They basically just wrote down what he said
Verstappen makes mild comments about how the new regulations mean he doesnโt get to drive in his preferred styleโฆ
Even if we take your generous interpretation of what he said, is he wrong? It's pretty clear he can still be "fast" in the new car, but it doesn't mean he enjoys driving that way. There's nothing wrong with saying he doesn't enjoy the new regulations. Hamilton and Alonso both have given similar opinions and when the three most decorated drivers tell you it sucks maybe there's some truth here? Maybe the regulations have shifted too much from being fast to being energy efficient.
Definitely not wrong of him to say. If anything, I was commenting on the disparity between the headline and the article. As suggested above, it seems the headline was written by someone different to the main text.
In a Dutch interview he said it's way slower. You're really twisting his words.
In a Dutch interview he said itโs way slower.
It's not like that the TV audience is ever going to notice that, given how much TV direction prefers to take out the sense of speed.