What is party mode?

F1F1 is the pinnacle of open wheel,  single seater car racing and arguably the highest level of any motorsport globally.... There's more... cars have a limited amount of componentry to use over the course of a season so racing is about speed and strategy over the course of the weekend and the season. To manage the life of the Power UnitF1 cars no longer have engines as such, they run a hybrid power unit (PU) that delivers in the order... There's more..., the teams can select a predetermined engine modePower Unit (PU) modes are a combination of settings formatted into engine maps that allow the team to adjust the... There's more... to extract maximum power with minimum stress for a particular session or sectorF1 is a data-hungry sport with numerous sensors monitoring car performance, driver movements and position on the track. In addition,... There's more... of the track. 

QualifyingQualifying (Quali) is a one-hour session used to determine pole position and the order the cars will line up behind... There's more... is a short session where maximum power is required and in 2018 Lewis HamiltonLewis Hamilton (No 44) is an English-born F1 driver contracted to Mercedes in 2022. See more about Lewis on our... There's more... to it as Party Mode"Party mode" is a term used by Mercedes for an engine map setting that delivered full power in Qualifying. On... There's more..., and the name stuck. 

“Our qualiQuali (Qualifying) is a one-hour session used to determine pole position and the order the cars will line up behind... There's more... mode is the most fun mode – it should be the ‘party’ mode,” he said at the time. “It is the most power and has the most juice, and it’s when we hit the highest speeds.”

Today there are restrictions on the use of an engine mapEngine mapping is a predetermined set of engine mode settings that can be selected as required.  Engine mapping allows the... There's more... in qualifying.