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“It's what engineers in the paddock call continuous offset. It's an emergency lockout system that's part of the 2026 regulations.”

Jon Noble, at 0:45 of “Why F1’s 2026 cars failed in the rain” on The Race’s channel.

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  1. 0:37 this way?
  2. 0:38 Sergio Perez isn't actually far off when he likens it to those when you're karting and you go into this limp mode where you don't have access to full power.
  3. 0:45 It's what engineers in the paddock call continuous offset. It's an emergency lockout system that's part of the 2026 regulations.
  4. 0:54 It came into the rules to prevent MGUKs being destroyed by problems.
  5. 1:00 So it effectively shuts the power unit down if it detects an emergency, something going wrong.

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