“The more you push, the slower you go” – Japan’s odd F1 qualifying explained

If qualifying is supposed to be the ultimate test of driver skill and all-out car performance, then F1’s Saturday afternoons are far removed from that axiom.
The 2026 power unit compromises which have yielded some action-packed racing so far have also destroyed the essence of qualifying – at least for now, as F1 has a couple of weeks to figure itself out before May’s Miami Grand Prix amid …Keep reading