Glossary / General

sectors

9 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

sectors is a term you might hear when people talk about cars.

Technical Definition

In F1, the track is divided into timed “sectors,” and drivers/teams compare performance across them. The speaker uses sector-by-sector pace differences to explain why one car may be faster in one sector and slower in another, enabling repeated overtakes.

Hear It Discussed

"especially over the course of um, a session, you know, seeing where everybody's best sectors were and stuff like that."
243 - Farewell Season Track Walking 41:41

"one car was fast in one sector, one car was fast in another and they were constantly overtaking each other"
Japanese GP Race Review P1 with Matt and Tommy 14:27

"And I just, I'm constantly, I'm in love with the way that spa qualifying and the different sectors work out."
2026 Belgian GP Qualifying Review The Late Braking F1 Podcast 12:00