{"id":1864450,"date":"2026-04-03T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1864450"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:39:00","slug":"the-unexplained-qualifying-problems-hindering-haas-f1-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1864450","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018unexplained\u2019 qualifying problems hindering Haas F1 drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>The \u2018unexplained\u2019 qualifying problems hindering Haas F1 drivers<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Qualifying hasn&#8217;t been the strongest aspect for Haas so far in the 2026 Formula 1 season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Sam Hall , Adam Cooper<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-04-03T16:39:00+01:00\">03 Apr 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/xpb_1403808_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Ocon, Haas, F1, 2026, Japan<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0XPB Images<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source-cta\">  Add as a preferred source <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman have been left wanting more from Haas in Formula 1 qualifying, but the pair are being held back by a specific element.<\/p>\n<p>A big talking point of the 2026 season so far has been energy deployment, with the limited electrical energy available to drivers having a significant impact in both races and qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>On Sundays, the criticism is that it is making overtaking too easy, creating the \u2018yoyo racing\u2019 spectacle of cars passing and repassing, with little or no ability to defend, but in qualifying, a slight error carries a penalty greater than was previously the case.<\/p>\n<p>Despite believing that Haas \u201cmaximised\u201d qualifying in Japan on his side of the garage for the first time since Abu Dhabi last year, Ocon reflected that the result could have been greater still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, yes, we have seen a little bit of performance on that side of things,\u201d said Ocon, when asked if energy management remained the biggest performance factor.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think, if we put everything together with deployment on the straights, we could only have been half-a-tenth behind, so there wasn\u2019t much more that we could have done on that side. But that is not up to me to look at that. The team will have a deeper look on what we could have done different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The overhauled power units have caused problems for several drivers in qualifying so far this season, notably Charles Leclerc in Australia and China, and Ocon in China, with a snap of oversteer and the resulting lift off the throttle to regain control, resetting the boost system, which ultimately costs significant lap time.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-f1c872cb4d58ef0dd339f665cfaaf7c0dd6db8743623172e213135ba8dd43267\">  &#8220;Nightmare&#8221; F1 overtaking aid that &#8216;sends you backwards&#8217; criticised   What Haas told Ollie Bearman after monster 191mph Suzuka crash <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This issue is just one under the umbrella of the energy deployment, with Bearman, who exited qualifying in the first phase in Japan prior to his heavy crash on Sunday, left scratching his head after suffering a similar, but different issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the first run, I was simply slow with no real explanation, and then the team told me that there was an issue,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly what, but I was losing time on the straights, basically. We managed to reprogram the car. I think that it was ok on the final run, but I haven\u2019t been able to check yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that first run, I didn\u2019t really learn a whole lot, because I was driving around quite slowly, I would say. In the end, I didn\u2019t really improve that much on the final lap, so we need to understand exactly why.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-8c7959a35650589b171097821083fabb5894b106e5ecfd85146ad44c1d343b26\">  Most frightening crash of 2026 a wake-up call F1 cannot ignore   Bearman gives first reaction to scary Suzuka F1 crash as FIA responds <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSo of these things, the car needs laps to understand where to deploy, and obviously, the lap time was a lot quicker than it was in other sessions. So with any of these issues, you just lose cumulatively. It\u2019s not like you can just miss a lap and go back and it\u2019s ok.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>In this article<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">F1<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Haas<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Ollie Bearman<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Esteban Ocon<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"next-prev-pager contextual-region\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item prev\">\n<h3>  Previous<\/h3>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\"> How Ferrari will work to close down Mercedes in April F1 break<\/div>\n<source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1403938_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1403938_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1403938_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1403938_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1403938_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1403938_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1403938_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1403938_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1403938_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-block block block-configurable-views-block\">\n<div class=\"author-view grid-view js-view-dom-id-c7a4858637ed4c829f41c2f67c6dd7b6af28e208b5a8e61beae68ba06c84a09d\">\n<div class=\"card user default\">\n<div class=\"image\"> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/whatsapp-image-2026-03-05-at-12.30.04.jpeg?height=270&amp;format=webp 270w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/whatsapp-image-2026-03-05-at-12.30.04.jpeg?height=180&amp;format=webp 180w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/whatsapp-image-2026-03-05-at-12.30.04.jpeg?height=90&amp;format=webp 90w\" sizes=\"100px\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"header\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"name\">Sam Hall<\/div>\n<div class=\"role\">F1 Writer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>Sam joined Crash.net in February 2026 with extensive experience in motorsport media, having covered numerous championships around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views-blockrelated-content-related-content-block\">\n<h3>More News<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-view grid-2 js-view-dom-id-88d8c2910ad44dd4ff723303b665b56a0f26d6da93e9b78d4cf809cf3ab81aca\">\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> F1  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Colapinto explains \u201creally strange\u201d Bearman crash at Japanese GP<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1774770762\"> 29\/03\/26<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1404538_hires.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Colapinto avoided being hit by Bearman \" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> F1  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bearman suffers knee injury in huge 50G crash at Suzuka<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1774765243\"> 29\/03\/26<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/1.png?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Bearman suffered a huge crash at Suzuka\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> F1  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Esteban Ocon wants &#8220;big consequences&#8221; 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after Isack Hadjar Chinese GP near-miss<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1773656878\"> 16\/03\/26<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-03\/xpb_1401339_hires.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Ollie Bearman, Haas, 2026 Chinese GP\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col second-column\">\n<div class=\"sticky\">\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info\">\n<p>Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Qualifying hasn&#8217;t been the strongest aspect for Haas so far in the 2026 Formula 1 season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman have been left wanting more from Haas in Formula 1 qualifying, but the pair are being held back by a specific element.<\/p>\n<p>A big talking point of the 2026 season so far has been energy deployment, with the limited electrical energy available to drivers having a significant impact in both races and qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>On Sundays, the criticism is that it is making overtaking too easy, creating the \u2018yoyo racing\u2019 spectacle of cars passing and repassing, with little or no ability to defend, but in qualifying, a slight error carries a penalty greater than was previously the case.<\/p>\n<p>Despite believing that Haas \u201cmaximised\u201d qualifying in Japan on his side of the garage for the first time since Abu Dhabi last year, Ocon reflected that the result could have been greater still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, yes, we have seen a little bit of performance on that side of things,\u201d said Ocon, when asked if energy management remained the biggest performance factor.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think, if we put everything together with deployment on the straights, we could only have been half-a-tenth behind, so there wasn\u2019t much more that we could have done on that side. But that is not up to me to look at that. The team will have a deeper look on what we could have done different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The overhauled power units have caused problems for several drivers in qualifying so far this season, notably Charles Leclerc in Australia and China, and Ocon in China, with a snap of oversteer and the resulting lift off the throttle to regain control, resetting the boost system, which ultimately costs significant lap time.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-f1c872cb4d58ef0dd339f665cfaaf7c0dd6db8743623172e213135ba8dd43267\">  &#8220;Nightmare&#8221; F1 overtaking aid that &#8216;sends you backwards&#8217; criticised   What Haas told Ollie Bearman after monster 191mph Suzuka crash <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This issue is just one under the umbrella of the energy deployment, with Bearman, who exited qualifying in the first phase in Japan prior to his heavy crash on Sunday, left scratching his head after suffering a similar, but different issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the first run, I was simply slow with no real explanation, and then the team told me that there was an issue,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly what, but I was losing time on the straights, basically. We managed to reprogram the car. I think that it was ok on the final run, but I haven\u2019t been able to check yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that first run, I didn\u2019t really learn a whole lot, because I was driving around quite slowly, I would say. In the end, I didn\u2019t really improve that much on the final lap, so we need to understand exactly why.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-8c7959a35650589b171097821083fabb5894b106e5ecfd85146ad44c1d343b26\">  Most frightening crash of 2026 a wake-up call F1 cannot ignore   Bearman gives first reaction to scary Suzuka F1 crash as FIA responds <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSo of these things, the car needs laps to understand where to deploy, and obviously, the lap time was a lot quicker than it was in other sessions. So with any of these issues, you just lose cumulatively. It\u2019s not like you can just miss a lap and go back and it\u2019s ok.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman have been left wanting more from Haas in Formula 1 qualifying, but the pair are being held back by a specific element.<\/p>\n<p>A big talking point of the 2026 season so far has been energy deployment, with the limited electrical energy available to drivers having a significant impact in both races and qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>On Sundays, the criticism is that it is making overtaking too easy, creating the \u2018yoyo racing\u2019 spectacle of cars passing and repassing, with little or no ability to defend, but in qualifying, a slight error carries a penalty greater than was previously the case.<\/p>\n<p>Despite believing that Haas \u201cmaximised\u201d qualifying in Japan on his side of the garage for the first time since Abu Dhabi last year, Ocon reflected that the result could have been greater still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, yes, we have seen a little bit of performance on that side of things,\u201d said Ocon, when asked if energy management remained the biggest performance factor.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think, if we put everything together with deployment on the straights, we could only have been half-a-tenth behind, so there wasn\u2019t much more that we could have done on that side. But that is not up to me to look at that. The team will have a deeper look on what we could have done different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The overhauled power units have caused problems for several drivers in qualifying so far this season, notably Charles Leclerc in Australia and China, and Ocon in China, with a snap of oversteer and the resulting lift off the throttle to regain control, resetting the boost system, which ultimately costs significant lap time.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-f1c872cb4d58ef0dd339f665cfaaf7c0dd6db8743623172e213135ba8dd43267\">  &#8220;Nightmare&#8221; F1 overtaking aid that &#8216;sends you backwards&#8217; criticised   What Haas told Ollie Bearman after monster 191mph Suzuka crash <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This issue is just one under the umbrella of the energy deployment, with Bearman, who exited qualifying in the first phase in Japan prior to his heavy crash on Sunday, left scratching his head after suffering a similar, but different issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the first run, I was simply slow with no real explanation, and then the team told me that there was an issue,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly what, but I was losing time on the straights, basically. We managed to reprogram the car. I think that it was ok on the final run, but I haven\u2019t been able to check yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that first run, I didn\u2019t really learn a whole lot, because I was driving around quite slowly, I would say. In the end, I didn\u2019t really improve that much on the final lap, so we need to understand exactly why.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-8c7959a35650589b171097821083fabb5894b106e5ecfd85146ad44c1d343b26\">  Most frightening crash of 2026 a wake-up call F1 cannot ignore   Bearman gives first reaction to scary Suzuka F1 crash as FIA responds <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSo of these things, the car needs laps to understand where to deploy, and obviously, the lap time was a lot quicker than it was in other sessions. So with any of these issues, you just lose cumulatively. 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