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FIA cuts Suzuka energy harvesting to curb super clipping in qualifying
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26/03/2026 at 08:3426/03/2026 at 08:41 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. The FIA has made a late but pointed intervention for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix – and it goes straight to the heart of one of the 2026 era’s most contentious quirks: super clipping. At the Suzuka Circuit, drivers will now be limited to harvesting eight megajoules of energy during Saturday’s qualifying session, down from the previously planned nine. The change, agreed unanimously with the sport’s power unit manufacturers, is designed to curb a phenomenon that has begun to distort the very essence of a qualifying lap. A response to ‘harvesting poor’...
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