Formula One

CGabriel said:
A dominant run by Vettel and Ferrari. This race really highlights how difficult it is to pass with the aero of these cars.
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The Brakes is the real issue not really the aero , if The FIA was really serious about this they would do away with the ETC and auto trans , shifting can be paddle but driver activated only , no drivers aids like anti-stall, TC , etc ..

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The Canada GP was not as exciting as expected.

A fairly easy win for Ferrari. Red Bull showing what a great car can do even if a bit underpowered (with the Renault engine). McLaren showing what a terrible car (no longer can blame Honda) can do with the same Renault engine and one of the best drivers in the world - Señor Alonso. Mercedes will be back, and, kudos to Bottas who remains very consistent with another podium. And, with such a great car, Kimi could do no better than 6 - it’s been a while since he’s done anything special on the track.

All in all, it remains a good year for F1. The drivers championship is very tight and three different teams have won races. I hope it remains this way for the rest of the season.
 
a.wayne said:
The Brakes is the real issue not really the aero , if The FIA was really serious about this they would do away with the ETC and auto trans , shifting can be paddle but driver activated only , no drivers aids like anti-stall, TC , etc ..

Regards
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Its not the brakes that keep F1 from passing, ts the track and the top cars at the front. Plenty of cars are passing at the middle to the end of the pack. Its like that in any racing, cars bikes, boats.

Also, the semi-audto gear boxes have been around since 1986 when Williams started development followed by Ferrari in 89. . 95 percent of engine failures in the old days were caused by a driver changing down too early and over-revving the engine. The moment you have gear-shifting under electronic control, over-revved engines are out the door and life is much cheaper!”
 
Kimi should have done a 2 pit stop race. Wouldn't have cost him anything. If you aren't going to try to mix it up, you deserve crappy 6th place.

The fact that 7th was a full 1:10 behind says everything about today's F1...

Ritmo said:
, with such a great car, Kimi could do no better than 6 - it’s been a while since he’s done anything special on the track.
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In my humble opinion, some of the bigger contributors to the lack of wheel-to-wheel racing and overtaking are: pure power/performance gap (top three teams vs everyone else); aero causing bad washing of trailing air which makes it hard for cars to follow closely behind on anything but the straights; indirect effects of FIA regulations seeking to curb high costs (i.e., 3 power unit ceiling for each driver forcing drivers/teams to prioritize power unit longevity as opposed to pushing the car harder for the full duration of races); the width and weight of the cars, and lack of refueling.

When the formula was smaller, lighter cars with simpler aero, and no penalties for burning through endless amounts of engines, it produced more glorious races.

Eliminating or scaling back the fuel injection restriction and upping the rev limiter (19 or 20K) would help, too, I think. At the very least it will give us a more pleasant engine note.

In my dream, we’d lop off the hybrid portion of the power unit and increase the cylinder count and displacement.


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Sean ,

Curious how long have you been watching the sport ? DRS is vastly more helpful to passing than anything from the past , no more than 2 teams have ever been capable of winning championships at a time , with rare exceptions ..

Plenty passes if steel brakes , much longer braking distance for DRS to work , but also passes mid race will have less effect and meaning until last 10 laps or so , kinda like watching Nascar with many passes where only the last 10 laps count ..


Regards
 
CPP said:
Its not the brakes that keep F1 from passing, ts the track and the top cars at the front. Plenty of cars are passing at the middle to the end of the pack. Its like that in any racing, cars bikes, boats.

Also, the semi-audto gear boxes have been around since 1986 when Williams started development followed by Ferrari in 89. . 95 percent of engine failures in the old days were caused by a driver changing down too early and over-revving the engine. The moment you have gear-shifting under electronic control, over-revved engines are out the door and life is much cheaper!”
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That semi auto box is not what they have today , that original design was supplied to F1 by Weismann , ferrari was the first to my knowledge and the first to race with it . Plenty passes in Bike racing even at the front , only did 2 yrs of Boat racing not for me ...


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Only been watching the past few years but watch documentaries and old races online. Does this discount my credibility? [emoji3]

I agree that longer braking distances would also help and would reward drivers who can demonstrate better finesse and handling skills. The countless remarks from drivers about not being able to follow closely because of bad air can’t be a myth, though. Same goes for team engineers telling drivers to back off to protect the car.

I don’t think DRS is all that bad but do see it as a way to just manufacture passing (as opposed to raw racing - drivers taking a better line, braking later, getting on the power earlier, etc.).

Hey, I would take more passing that renders each one less inherently effective. I don’t necessarily think that it means only the last ten laps count but more that leading halfway doesn’t mean you’ve secured a probable victory. Either way, I’d take the last ten laps counting over just the first couple like we have now. I think a good analogy of this is soccer (for me) - I enjoy highlights of goals cause they are fun but feel they are too few and far between during games. More scoring makes each goal slightly less valuable on paper but makes the end product more satisfying to watch.

I get that that the top couple teams will separate themselves - the cream always rises to the top. But overall, I just think F1 could be more exciting, and want it to be cause I enjoy it so much. Perhaps the rumors will be true and Porsche (and others) will enter F1 as an engine supplier and inject some balance by reducing the disparity of engine power across the teams.


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I’m confused on the transmission discussion - my understanding is that they are manual in the sense that the car won’t shift unless prompted by the driver via paddles. But not manual in the sense that there is a stick shift. So a sequential gearbox like in a motorcycle.


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a.wayne said:
That semi auto box is not what they have today , that original design was supplied to F1 by Weismann , ferrari was the first to my knowledge and the first to race with it . Plenty passes in Bike racing even at the front , only did 2 yrs of Boat racing not for me ...


Regards
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Regarding the semi-autio. Its in the F1 rules for 2018

"Semi-automatic gearboxes are permitted but automatic gear changes and Constantly Variable Transmission (CVT) systems are not." Its how the paddles work for shifting, controlled by electronics.

More on Williams and the gear box http://www.racecar-engineering.com/technology-explained/formula-1-sequential-gearboxes/

Could never get into boat racing, something about having no control while zipping across the water and making turns at 100+ . Heck , my bassboat scared the crap out of me going 65 and I still had a lot of throttle left all while thinking I sure hope there is not a gator out front.
 
Needed changes IMO:

More latitude in car designs
18" or bigger wheels
At least 6 engines/season 3 is too limiting
Get rid of the brake harvesting, batteries, electric motors
Get rid of staggered start...line em up in rows of 2 equally
Having to run 2 tire compounds is stupid, let em run as few or as many as they want
Another tire manufacture would be great
 
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Enough overtaking to be fun in France this weekend. Hopefully some of that action will be prevalent toward the front of the pack, too, for this week’s coming GP. A lonely race for Ham, I imagine.


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Podium finishers on their final lap in Austin last week.


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Congrats to Lewis!:congrats:

I wish I were as good at predicting the stock market as I am F1 championships. I'd actually be driving/owning a McLaren Senna and Mercedes-AMG One instead of dreaming about it. :lol:

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It was a great season.

I went to Austin last week and enjoyed the fight at the front for the last part of the race.

Mercedes and Lewis proved to be too much for the much improved Ferrari package. Congrats to Lewis’ on his 5th F1 Drivers Championship.

Unfortunatetly, the championship has been decided with two more races before the season is over.
 
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