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WatterBottle said:
Bruh skip groundhogs that ford was destroyed by the kangaroo
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also RIP to the KTM losing control and skidding across the last corner
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RIP, both Invitational class cars are out
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huge rear wing failure, hood is gone as well
 
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Excited Eraser said:
I have no idea what any of that has to do with 'Europe'. American racing is even more regulated and always has been, with everything sacrificed for 'the show'. BoP, complete spec cars, random safety cars to make everything but the last few laps redundant etc. There is no engineering in American racing in any sense of the word and there hasn't been since arguably CART in the late 90s.
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Nascar is like F1/WEC if it were a hickbilly rich kid now, fucking hate it but they're basically equivalent levels of lame now.

My biggest problem with F1 as someone who sort of peaced out from it for half a decade was that the FIA is so up its own ass in every way that the fart noise coming out of their mouth drowns out the very existence of the sport as the engineer team + driver combination that makes it interesting in the first place. All this regulation, and money involved gets in the way of watching competent people drive fast and try to win.

Why exactly is F2 not popular, when all the cars are the same spec? Is it because they're not the best drivers in the best cars? If this is the case then F1 should never be anything less than that.
 
Historical Strelkov said:
Nascar is like F1/WEC if it were a hickbilly rich kid now, fucking hate it but they're basically equivalent levels of lame now.

My biggest problem with F1 as someone who sort of peaced out from it for half a decade was that the FIA is so up its own ass in every way that the fart noise coming out of their mouth drowns out the very existence of the sport as the engineer team + driver combination that makes it interesting in the first place. All this regulation, and money involved gets in the way of watching competent people drive fast and try to win.

Why exactly is F2 not popular, when all the cars are the same spec? Is it because they're not the best drivers in the best cars? If this is the case then F1 should never be anything less than that.
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I am close to this opinion.

F1 is almost gay in its operations.
 
Red flag at Bathurst now after a huge accident
A Porsche was stopped on track sideways, but it was at a blind section of the track and the race leader absolutely plowed through it
Both drivers managed to get themselves out of the car, but really really big hit
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Behold the footage:
 
They're now worried that the cars can't get going properly under current start conditions and they need longer with the red lights to spin up the turbo to get away properly.

The combination of no electrical power below 50 kph and no MGU-H to spin up the turbo means they'll be horribly sluggish with stalls a lot more likely until they get up and running.

These rules as an utter clown show.
 
Coccxys said:
They're now worried that the cars can't get going properly under current start conditions and they need longer with the red lights to spin up the turbo to get away properly.

The combination of no electrical power below 50 kph and no MGU-H to spin up the turbo means they'll be horribly sluggish with stalls a lot more likely until they get up and running.

These rules as an utter clown show.
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And allegedly Ferrari has a solution for themselves to make good getaways at starts. Guess they saw Hamilton's bad Quali performance and thought "Let's see what we can do about that" But who knows what will happen within the next 3 weeks, maybe the FIA sends out some TD or so
 
Balr0g said:
And allegedly Ferrari has a solution for themselves to make good getaways at starts. Guess they saw Hamilton's bad Quali performance and thought "Let's see what we can do about that" But who knows what will happen within the next 3 weeks, maybe the FIA sends out some TD or so
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Mclaren seem to be pushing for 3 rules changes with the start procedure being the main one they're worried about. The other things are that the clipping is so extreme with these cars that they're worried a slipstreaming car will go into the back of a car that starts clipping and about if the movable aero will produce overtakes or not.

Rumour has it the Honda engine is a bit down on power but the big limitation is the gearbox so they're having to run the engine in a detuned state to prevent it destroying the gears.
 
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Coccxys said:
They're now worried that the cars can't get going properly under current start conditions and they need longer with the red lights to spin up the turbo to get away properly.

The combination of no electrical power below 50 kph and no MGU-H to spin up the turbo means they'll be horribly sluggish with stalls a lot more likely until they get up and running.

These rules as an utter clown show.
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That sounds like a complete and utter disaster.

I can't wait to get drunk every GP weekend and laugh at the shit show.
 
Eadred said:
Rolling start hotfix incoming for the season opener :story:
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I honestly wouldn't be surprised. A lot of teams are crying "but muh safety" about the starts with the new power units.

Mclaren are the only ones that have come out with a prefered solution and that is mandating at least 10 seconds between all lights lit and lights out.
 
Balr0g said:
And allegedly Ferrari has a solution for themselves to make good getaways at starts. Guess they saw Hamilton's bad Quali performance and thought "Let's see what we can do about that" But who knows what will happen within the next 3 weeks, maybe the FIA sends out some TD or so
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They have a smaller turbo so it spins up faster.
 
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Red flag at Bathurst now after a huge accident
A Porsche was stopped on track sideways, but it was at a blind section of the track and the race leader absolutely plowed through it
Both drivers managed to get themselves out of the car, but really really big hit
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Behold the footage:
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The Mercedes driver's injuries are now revealed
Two fractures in the back
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I can't wait for the shitshow at Melbourne. These regs are so fucking retarded, they make 2014 F1 cars look like a competent race cars. I am confident before the summer break, they will announce rollback to old PU for 2028.

Liveries wise, Ferrari looks disgusting, like a (R.I.P kings) Manor Marussia. At least Red Bull Ford is absolutely keyed, can't say much about the rest. Caddy looks too much like Mercedes from early V6 era.

The only path for Aston to improve is to get rid of the old kike and his retard son (aka sell the team). They have infinite supply of cash, bought the best staff (fucking Newey), brought Alonso, got Honda engines... and built the trashcan. Looking at their slump in pace from 2023, one can say they got comfortable as a successor to Haas,/Williams as a designated DSP of F1.
 
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