Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

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Boring race tbh, I think the only points I looked up from my Gran Turismo 2 endurance race was when Kimi was leading or the Ferraris didn't fuck up for a couple laps, or lando being a little bitch and Oscar being the quiet kid who outscores the teacher's pet.

Qualifying and practice were the real race lmao, I hope 26 improves that.
 
Calzaghe2 said:
The track hasn’t produced a good race in two decades
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Not true, 2005 Suzuka was one of the best races and one of the greatest performances of a driver ever. Like the others mentioned, the cars these days are ridiculously wide, long and heavy.
And since Spa will disappear from the calendar, I'm glad that Suzuka will stay. It's a good track and the drivers like it.
 
Eadred said:
Not true, 2005 Suzuka was one of the best races and one of the greatest performances of a driver ever. Like the others mentioned, the cars these days are ridiculously wide, long and heavy.
And since Spa will disappear from the calendar, I'm glad that Suzuka will stay. It's a good track and the drivers like it.
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That’s two decades ago. That’s what 3 regulation changes ago? Blame the cars all you want, but the track hasn’t produced a good exciting race since 05.

Bring back sepang or hockenheim
 
Calzaghe2 said:
That’s two decades ago. That’s what 3 regulation changes ago? Blame the cars all you want, but the track hasn’t produced a good exciting race since 05.

Bring back sepang or hockenheim
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Without Suzuka, 10 circuits of the F1 calendar are designed by copy paste master tilke and his son, the only circuit that he designed with any good race is turkey and it isn't even in the calendar anymore, probably the closest is Baku but it's more due to either being so long the brakes cool down and you crash at the next turn, or having a kink so narrow even a Monegasque driver can't help but drive into the wall everytime he approaches it slightly faster than usual.
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Another issues is the cars just don't break down and the drivers are at such a high standard they rarely make mistakes, removing even more of the jeopardy that you used to get. Although I'd still much rather the class tracks than another American street circuit or some Middle Eastern shithole.
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I really think we don't want to go back to the 1980s reliability, which was so low, you could discard your worst results to keep your points, like how Prost and Senna finally got their championships.
 
It's hardly Suzkuka's fault the FIA have spent the past 15 years finding every way possible to make the cars gay as fuck and instituting every possible rule and regulation to prevent in season development that would make the racing closer. Also Im no fan of Tilke, but the one properly good track he designed has been off the schedule for years now; Sepang.
 
VorpalAnvil- said:
It's hardly Suzkuka's fault the FIA have spent the past 15 years finding every way possible to make the cars gay as fuck and instituting every possible rule and regulation to prevent in season development that would make the racing closer. Also Im no fan of Tilke, but the one properly good track he designed has been off the schedule for years now; Sepang.
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The V6 hybrid crap made the cars heavy and unreliable unless you were mercedes, the 2017 regulations made them gigantic in a attempt to make them faster again, but killed overtaking, 2022 tried to get overtaking going again with ground effect, but it didnt help out either.
Get the v10s back in and put a 650kg max weight limit and you're set.
 
AN/ALR56 said:
The V6 hybrid crap made the cars heavy and unreliable unless you were mercedes, the 2017 regulations made them gigantic in a attempt to make them faster again, but killed overtaking, 2022 tried to get overtaking going again with ground effect, but it didnt help out either.
Get the v10s back in and put a 650kg max weight limit and you're set.
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V10's aint coming back now matter how many babies are sacrificed to moloch by rabbi schmuley. What they really just need are rules more akin to whats happened in various eras of WEC that give s the teams and manufacturers options: gas vs diesel vs hybrid, fuel limits etc. Nevermind more in season testing. The rulebook has just been going the entire wrong way for decades. Jim Hall bailed from constructor racing for this very reason. Every great idea he had got made illegal by more politically connected uncreative niggers. Maybe Zak Brown will reverse some of this faggotry, but Im less than hopeful.
 
Calzaghe2 said:
That’s two decades ago. That’s what 3 regulation changes ago? Blame the cars all you want, but the track hasn’t produced a good exciting race since 05.

Bring back sepang or hockenheim
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2016 was good when Hamilton blew his start and had to claw his way back only to run into the immovable object that was Verstappen's Red Bull

Oh an don't forget the wet Sprint a few years ago with Lance "I make up positions in the rain" Stroll overtaking nearly half the grid at the start.

In addition: Hockenheim? That castrated version of a once great race track? Are you retarded?

As others said the problem is that the cars are tanks at this point. Usually strong reliability and they are wide and fat. You need some chaos to get an exciting race (like Melbourne showed) China was just as boring with the Mclarens pulling away until Norris got brake issues. Maybe Pirelli needs to get back to 2012 tyre constructions where a tyre died hard when it reached the limit
 
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"Why were you late to the anthem"

"I was seeking medical advice"

"Ok. Just a €10k fine then"

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It turns out driver safety isn’t the top priority after all.
 
VorpalAnvil- said:
What they really just need are rules more akin to whats happened in various eras of WEC that give s the teams and manufacturers options: gas vs diesel vs hybrid, fuel limits etc.
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That amount of technical freedom is expensive and in WEC it ultimately resulted in the death of LMP1 once the costs spiraled out of control (well that and dieselgate). I don't think you're going to see regs that allow for things like that with a cost cap in place.
 
DapperShark said:
That amount of technical freedom is expensive and in WEC it ultimately resulted in the death of LMP1 once the costs spiraled out of control (well that and dieselgate). I don't think you're going to see regs that allow for things like that with a cost cap in place.
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Remember when F1 told the teams you have to make engines last multiple races in a row vs the 1 race that was the norm for decades in the name of cost cutting? Because more races = less money, right? Right guys?
 
I always wondered how the FIA oversees and audits the cost cap. As a normie I could imagine so many ways to try to cheat the system, so how can they enforce it? Do we have a FIA mole here who'd like to spill the beans?
 
Eadred said:
I always wondered how the FIA oversees and audits the cost cap. As a normie I could imagine so many ways to try to cheat the system, so how can they enforce it? Do we have a FIA mole here who'd like to spill the beans?
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From what I understand is that the teams have to submit their balance sheets or rather their annual financial statement to the FIA. They will the fine comb through them to see where they might have "cheated". Some teams have already found loopholes like sending their engineers to other departments of the company and they then either contract them or they work on F1 projects while actually working in the speedboat section (I think that was Red Bull who did it like that). Then there are certain exceptions like the most expensive team members are excluded from the budget (so in essence the drivers and top engineers) because those people earn several millions per year.

I can understand why there has to be a cost cap. I have watched F1 for 35 years now (yes I am fucking old) and the costs shrunk a 19 team F1 in 1990 to 11 teams in 2000 (killing teams like Lotus, Brabham and March). And with several teams being works teams once a constructor gets the "Axe this shit" order from the Top CEO the team is gone. So there has to be some form of keeping at least the costs down. Just imagine if Mercedes decides to pull the plug: one team would be gone and several teams would have no engine supplier (plus also missing gearboxes, rear suspensions etc)
 
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Piastri just went almost 0.7s faster than everyone else in FP3. Qualifying starts in 2 hours-ish

I didn't catch fp1 and 2, but it just seems more of the same. Yuki been disappointing, mclarens ahead of everyone so naturally, expect Max on pole.
 
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