{"id":803640,"date":"2026-07-15T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/803640\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:31:15","slug":"fia-confirms-five-straight-mode-zones-at-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/803640\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA confirms five straight mode zones at Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FIA has confirmed that drivers will have access to five straight mode activation zones during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend, making Spa-Francorchamps one of the biggest tests yet for Formula 1&#8217;s 2026 power units.<\/p>\n<p>With its long full-throttle sections and relatively few heavy braking zones to recover energy, the Belgian circuit is widely regarded as one of the toughest venues on the calendar for battery management. As a result, the phenomenon known as super clipping is expected to be a key talking point once again.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns over super clipping first dominated discussions ahead of the British Grand Prix, where several drivers warned that the issue could have a significant impact on racing. While the effect ultimately proved less dramatic than feared, Spa&#8217;s unique layout is expected to place even greater demands on the hybrid systems despite the FIA&#8217;s recent measures designed to reduce its influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FIA has confirmed that drivers will have access to five straight mode activation zones during the Belgian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-803640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}