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« Last post by cosworth151 on April 15, 2024, 03:59:35 PM »
The FIA's 2026 F1 Power Unit Regs still list how the ICE should be connected to the clutch and gearbox. Neither would be needed if it were just part of a gen set. I found other articles that say that the elimination of the MGU-H could bring back turbo lag. Again, that wouldn't matter if it was only running a generator or alternator.
I guess it's just another FIA confused mess.
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« Last post by Jericoke on April 15, 2024, 01:43:23 PM »
I remember seeing video of Coulthard testing a Williams with a continuously variable transmission. It sounded very odd, since the revs never dropped for gear changes, and the FIA banned the transmission right away.
F1 cars have changed how they look over the years, why can't they change how they sound? Running on just gasoline/petrol powered internal combustion engines makes F1 look out of date. I'd like them to open the formula up to some genuine innovation. Tell the teams they've got 20 litres (random number) of fuel to go race distance, figure out the rest. 20 litres of gas/petrol? Biodiesel? Hydroden?
In the mean time, if people really are only going to F1 for the sound... there are far cheaper options to hear loud cars.
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I like the turns 1&2 complex. There's been some good passes done there. The rest of the track is pretty MEH.
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« Last post by Andy B on April 14, 2024, 10:03:07 PM »
I have just read the article below and it see the F1 engines in 2026 are to be electrical generators and will have virtually nothing to compare to road cars which has always been the argument for going down this road. Maybe one of you knows more about the 2026 regulations but if what I have read in 2026 I maybe watching something else! https://www.planetf1.com/news/adrian-newey-on-2026-f1-engine-regulations-strange-formula
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« Last post by Jericoke on April 14, 2024, 06:27:25 PM »
I really miss Kimi. I haven't missed the Shanghai circuit a bit.
Everyone misses Kimi. Even people who don't know Kimi, they just don't know what they're missing. While I agree the Shanghai track doesn't really bring great racing, I do admire they tried something new. So many tracks are 'inspired by' other tracks. Obviously the best tracks are the classic tracks that evolved from country roads that people loved racing on, and you can't just whip them up, so I don't mind when people keep trying (instead of creating street races!)
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« Last post by cosworth151 on April 14, 2024, 04:03:58 PM »
The next Ferrari pit problem Charles will face:
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« Last post by cosworth151 on April 14, 2024, 03:57:55 PM »
I really miss Kimi. I haven't missed the Shanghai circuit a bit.
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« Last post by John S on April 14, 2024, 12:31:04 PM »
Since it's been so long since F1 was at Shanghai track - so long in fact that Kimi was still driving in F1.  Let Kimi remind us how it should be driven. Sorry, youll have to click thru to YouTube to watch it - URRRGH FOM - £&CK!
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« Last post by John S on April 14, 2024, 11:56:42 AM »
Charles has launched his own Ice Cream line, LEC.  There's a freezer company in Britain with the name LEC, think they even had an F1 team for David Purley in the 70s - well a single seater team anyway - wonder if they'll be consulting Lawyers?  https://f1i.com/images/505100-speedy-scoops-leclercs-icy-new-venture-hits-the-frozen-aisle.html
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« Last post by John S on April 14, 2024, 11:17:25 AM »
Adrian has identified a previously unspoken consequence of the cost cap in F1.
Basically with the cost cap stuck or even falling how are teams going to be able to retain highly qualified engineers, let alone recruit the next generation for what is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport?
This raises a critical question for F1 can the cost cap be maintained while fostering an environment that attracts and retains top engineering talent?
How long before standards fall from what most recognise has been the second most innovative & progressive engineering hotbed to actual war?
Below are the main paras about what Newey thinks will likely cause declining standards due to cost cap.
Is the answer a shift to a two part cost cap, one part resources & materials, with manpower/staffing as a second and more flexible allocation - in terms of inflation & market conditions?
Newey on cost cap
"I think the hidden danger of the cost cap, which none of us probably really thought about when it first came in, is that Formula 1 used to be the best paid engineering discipline in the world," Newey exclusively told RacingNews365.
"Therefore, we would be able to hire and attract from universities, the brightest young graduates, and now with the cost cap, with the amount of inflation and the cost cap not rising with inflation, that is no longer the case.
"At the same time, it is a double-edged sword as we also have start-up tech companies offering very high salaries and so now when we go to the universities, trying to attract graduates, we're no longer the best.
"Equally with our existing staff, we are losing people to tech companies and that is a real problem because it makes it difficult for us, as an industry, and not just our team, to attract the best engineers in the world.
"We are then trying to attract them on the basis of passion rather than purely because of the best salaries."
For now, no major changes are in the immediate pipeline to the structure of the cost cap, although the teams and the FIA do remain in contact and in discussions.
Above paras courtesy Jake Nichol & Aaron Deckers, Racingnews365.com, 13th April 24.
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