Monaco delivered the first 2026 quali laps with NO CLIPPING! 💡

Antonelli's Pole Laps

⬛️ Miami:
🟢 Acceleration decreases linearly with speed;
🟠 ERS transitions from deploy to harvest → Acceleration drops to 0;
🔴 Car stays full-throttle yet loses speed (negative acceleration, clipping).

🟦 Monaco:
Acceleration never turns negative; ANT keeps gaining speed until the braking point.

Two reasons for this:
- Monaco's layout: plenty of harvesting opportunities and short full-throttle stretches.
- A rule change: ERS power had to taper off above 200 km/h.

Active aero (for drag reduction) was also disabled.

As a result, acceleration was lower overall and dropped off more quickly with speed: the combined effect of reduced ERS power and higher drag!

Yet another proof that reducing ERS's power share would benefit the sport!

Made via @JMP_software