The No Negative chip: a round with no minuses
No Negative floors any driver or constructor score at zero for the round. A minus does not become a plus — it simply stops being subtracted.
The main source of a minus is a retirement: −20 points in the race and −10 in a sprint. On top of that come places lost against the grid and −5 for qualifying with no time or no classification.
The chip adds no points directly — it removes the floor. So judge it not by what it might bring, but by what the round might take away: that is, by how likely your particular lineup is to fail to finish.
That gives clear conditions: street circuits with close walls, rain in the forecast, starts in a tight midfield, rookies. The cheaper your assets, the more often they retire — and the more this chip is worth.
The worst round for No Negative is a calm, wide circuit with a lineup of favourites who finish nine times out of ten. The chip then cancels nothing and is gone.
It is easiest to weigh alongside Extra DRS, because the two are opposites: one amplifies the best outcome, the other cuts off the worst. They belong on different rounds.
The other chips
Common questions
Does No Negative turn a minus into a plus?
No, it raises a negative result to zero.
Does it cover the whole lineup or a single driver?
On any driver and any constructor in the lineup for that round.