{"id":795613,"date":"2026-07-11T19:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/795613\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T19:29:14","slug":"lewis-hamilton-calls-for-less-software-reliance-in-f1-as-he-highlights-real-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/795613\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton calls for less software reliance in F1 as he highlights “real frustration”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton<\/a> has voiced his frustration over Formula 1’s increasing reliance on software, arguing that drivers are being unfairly penalised by complex energy management systems rather than being rewarded for raw pace.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Neil deGrasse Tyson on the StarTalk<\/a> podcast during the Miami Grand Prix weekend, the seven-time champion shed light on the challenges presented by the series’ technical regulations.<\/p>\n

“It’s really hard for fans to fully understand it, and it’s hard for us to understand it because the ultimate goal when you’re driving a Formula 1 car is to push the car to the limit,” the Ferrari<\/a> driver explained.<\/p>\n

“The faster you take a corner, hopefully you should be up on your time compared to others. And right now, with what we have, because we have a limited amount of battery, when you’re off power, you’re charging the battery, when you’re on power, you’re using power.”<\/p>\n

However, due to limited battery capacity and the necessity of charging, drivers are facing counterintuitive scenarios.<\/p>\n

“We have less charge this year because they took away the MGU-H that we had last year, which is too confusing. So, basically, if you take the high-speed fast, if you’re more committed and you take more risk and you go faster through a corner, you get penalised afterwards because you don’t charge enough.”<\/p>\n

\"Lewis <\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari<\/p>\n

Photo by: Madring<\/p>\n

He added: “Like yesterday, I was losing three-tenths of a second just because the software wasn’t doing its job. I didn’t know until I came back to my engineers. I was like, ‘I’m sorry, I’m slow,’ and they’re like, ‘You’re not slow, the software wasn’t working.’ So that’s a real frustration because back in the day, they didn’t have that. We need less.”<\/p>\n

After the first nine rounds of the 2026 season, Hamilton sits third in the drivers’ championship behind leader Kimi Antonelli and the Italian’s Mercedes<\/a> team-mate George Russell<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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