A speed cap buried in the 2026 regulations turned the Mexican Grand Prix into a parade. Above 337.5 km/h with overtake mode active, energy deployment ramps down automatically, hitting zero at 355 km/h. Mexico's layout meant cars hit that threshold early on the main straight, freezing gaps between pursuers and leaders. Lewis Hamilton hunted Max Verstappen through the closing laps but watched his power cut the moment he closed in. "It's so stupid, the clipping," Hamilton said afterward. "Everyone just follows." Lando Norris was equally blunt: "You literally have a limiter that stops you from going over a speed... it kind of ruins racing." The FIA has already deleted the rule from the 2027 regulations, but drivers will have to endure processional racing at high-speed circuits for one more season.
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