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Post by Wß on Feb 16, 2017 15:41:17 GMT
It's called CYA (cover your ass) they're being supremely careful as to not get burned again given the throwing under the bus they got before. We're going to be seeing tires that can be pushed and pushed hard for a long time.
The best thing to happen in the sport and for Pirelli was the used if tge third compound being introduced last year.
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Post by Wß on Feb 28, 2017 1:17:38 GMT
“I was behind a couple of cars out there and it was harder to follow, as we expected,” said Hamilton. “And then also right now the tires are so hard that they don't drop off, they just keep going and going and going and going.
“So most likely we're going to be doing a lot more one-stopper [races] and, since there's not degradation, less mistakes, less overtaking.
“That's my prediction, I might be wrong, we'll find out.”
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Post by racechick on Feb 28, 2017 8:55:13 GMT
That doesn't sound too clever does it.
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Post by dogued on Mar 1, 2017 2:01:49 GMT
I still fail to see how making the cars wider was going to help with overtaking when 95% of the tracks are barely wide enough for 2 cars as it is! How many times do you hear "he's going to find it difficult to pass till the straight now" or "he has to get past by turn 3 or it's a long lap"? And Monaco hasn't been anything more than a pit stop challenge for the past 20 years!
People rave about watching MotoGP because of the overtaking, saying it's a better series and more even... it's not, it's just easy to have 3 wide when you're on a motorbike racing a car track! Put them on a cycle path and then tell me how good the overtaking is!
But anyway... as to the tyres, I REALLY hope there is significant difference in lap times for each compound (1s would be nice), otherwise it has the potential to undo all of the good work adding a 3rd choice did last year.
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Post by Hammer on Mar 1, 2017 4:13:13 GMT
You don't need Hamilton to tell you how the new rules would dampen overtaking even more. Less space, more downforce for the car ahead = less for the car behind, shorter braking distances due to larger tyres....
It seems like they focused completely on how to make the cars look 'badder' and nothing else.
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Post by racechick on Mar 1, 2017 8:05:08 GMT
Wondering if this will affect the new suspension Mercedes have? Red Bull have something innovative too. FIA going to investigate cars and if they don't conform they will have to remove the bits. The FIA picked out five key characteristics or components that it will deem non-compliant: – Any system that changes how the car responds to body accelerations. – No direct coupling between the ride height function and the braking system or the steering system. – Right height control via self-levelling. – Direct coupling between the role and heave parts of the suspension. – The storing of energy for delayed deployment or any system that would result in non-incidental asymmetry in the response to changes in load applied to the wheel. Mercedes and Red Bull have both remained calm on the issue over the past month, with both teams believing that they have acted within the rules. www.planetf1.com/news/fia-threatens-removal-of-illegal-suspensions/What do you guys think? Should Merc and Red Bull be worried? Apparently it's to pre empty any protest ( presumably from Ferrari ) at the season opener.
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Post by racechick on Mar 1, 2017 14:38:20 GMT
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Post by Hammer on Mar 1, 2017 14:44:21 GMT
Ferrari had the power to bully the rest of the field around in the 90s and early 2000s with Max "Tifosi" Mosley around. Since Redbull arrived to the front, along with Mercedes as a full fledged team (supplying 3-4 teams on the grid), all Ferrari can do is whine and BS around but ultimately, be put back in their place n stfu.
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Post by Wß on Apr 19, 2017 12:19:24 GMT
Mercedes going at it without the T wing in Bahrain, me thinks they're all getting banned real soon.
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Post by dogued on Apr 19, 2017 13:38:59 GMT
Stick some teeth on the front of that think and go full shark
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Post by Hammer on Apr 19, 2017 17:45:53 GMT
I know right, the car looks fcking mean from this angle. Would be a real corker if it had a better paint job. Love it.
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Post by racechick on Apr 26, 2017 2:21:18 GMT
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Post by Wß on Apr 26, 2017 3:45:06 GMT
The standing start thing is a game changer indeed. but it's after a red flag, not after a SC.
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Post by racechick on Apr 26, 2017 4:32:21 GMT
The standing start thing is a game changer indeed. but it's after a red flag, not after a SC. Oops! Yes of course. Don't know what I was thinking there!
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Post by RyRy on Apr 26, 2017 14:07:21 GMT
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Post by Wß on Apr 26, 2017 16:58:32 GMT
Consider the source of the team asking for clarification.
This is the likeliest of differentiation. Certainly not illegal, certainly not "burning" of oil, but now something forbidden in an overreach attempt. Any team that was doing this, typically a team with a tight allegiance with an oil sponsor, (Petronas/Shell) is screwed.
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Post by racechick on Apr 27, 2017 2:24:41 GMT
Petronas were very involved in the development of Mercedes hybrid engine.....and Shell followed what they did with Ferrari. It was integral to Mercedes engine. So it seems unfair to ban it so long after it's been out there.
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Post by Wß on May 10, 2017 11:27:35 GMT
The FiA frustrates me. Driver names is not one of the issues fans complain about in the sport, so of course they decide to fix it.
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Post by Wß on Jul 22, 2017 16:41:52 GMT
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Post by Wß on Sept 10, 2017 17:09:06 GMT
Very well written article on the various things that the FiA has clamped down on from teams playing fast and loose with the regulations. The list is longer than you'd think given the mail hoopla has been around the Oil Burning. Technical: 2017 season's major clampdowns
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