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[darwin dali]

ESPNF1:
Christian Horner: "Alternatively you could say perhaps you should have the same engine mode [for qualifying and the race]. Like in parc ferme when the cars leave for qualifying, maybe engine modes should be the same from the moment you leave the garage until the end of the grand prix."

Why hasn't that been implemented yet?

[sagi58]

...Why hasn't that been implemented yet?

I'm guessing it's because it makes sense!!

[darwin dali]

Yeah, in the old days, they had actual quali engines that were swapped out overnight for a more durable, lower-powered race engine. The FIA did away with that ages ago. Gear ratio changes are also very very limited these days. So, engine modes should definitely be on the FIA's radar.

[myownalias]

The argument would be; it's the same for everyone, so they see no reason to change it, and let's face it, team principles only moan when it's not them having the advantage.

[overboost]

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13511 ... -abolished

"Red Bull has called for the FIA to end "party modes" on Formula 1 engines by ensuring drivers qualify and race with the same engine settings.

Lewis Hamilton's significant leap in performance during Q3 in Melbourne put a sharp focus on the use of special modes by Mercedes on the laps that count, although the Brackley team and Hamilton himself continued to downplay them.

But Red Bull remains adamant that circumstances in Australia forced Mercedes to use its engine at its ultimate potential.

"They got nervous because Bottas crashed, and all of a sudden they put full power on," Red Bull's Helmut Marko told Autosport.

"As we call it, party mode. They normally don't need it, they used all of it, and it's obvious that they are playing with all of us.

"In the beginning it was just us who were complaining, and it was, 'Red Bull is always complaining'.

"Fortunately, after qualifying the others woke up, and now there's a lot of discussions - there are so many relatively easy things to solve it, and make it more equal.

"You could say that you should race with the mode that you do qualifying with. That would be a solution.

"They could do it for the next race, and then it won't happen for the next race."

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner agreed that fixing the modes after qualifying would be a good solution.

"You could say that you run the same engine modes for the weekend," he said.

"Admittedly Max [Verstappen] made a little mistake - we should have potentially been within half a second, probably about what the delta is in modes.

"It is something that should be considered, that you effectively have a parc ferme the moment you drive out for qualifying - that is your engine mode for quali and the race.

"It's up to the FIA, it's down to them to work out what they want to do.""

[sagi58]

The argument would be; it's the same for everyone, so they see no reason to change it, and let's face it, team principles only moan when it's not them having the advantage.

Ab-so-freaking-lute-ly True!!!
On all counts, i.e. same rule and why teams moan!!