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That’s because he dresses like a toddler at prep school, and tries to make the boring into the sensational
Not just wings, but the 100s of little fins and vanes, all the body work that pushes air around, the giant diffusers, etc. It all creates the outwash and turbulence. Favor mechanical grip instead of aero and you'll have better racing. Sure they won't corner as fast, and it won't be so dramatic on screen watching them change directions so fast, but the racing will be better. Remove aero and make active suspension legal and it might not be such a dramatic change in corner speed either... I was looking at our data at COTA and the F1 cars are going 100 mph faster than us through the esses from turn 2 to 5. That's INSANE.
Exactly. It would make the cars more difficult to control, and highlight the drivers' skills. Cornering speed would be lower, braking zones longer, the cars would slide a little bit and be more spectacular to Watch.
How about leaving development completely free and making them start on Sundays in the opposite order to the relative WDC standings? That would be proper comedy and solve more than a problem imo Keep qualifying but just assign straight points for it
So Jenson and Mr. Chandhok are the new additions for this season. JB is a top lad, and while I do like Karun, he does blabber on forever. Ooh and Natalie Pinkham is a little peach
So Seb’s misterious third paddle was a handbrake? https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/retroscena-ferrari-la-terza-leva-di-sebastian-vettel-e-un-freno-a-mano/4344220/
Interesting. Maybe this explains why he just kept on spinning at any opportunity last year? Finger trouble with the handbrake by mistake when under pressure? Is that even legal?
You'd say so but why have it in such a prominent position? it would be mounted lower down if it was only for use at the start so it couldn't get triggered at other times. That said I'm struggling why anyone would want a handbrake in an F1 car for anything other than the start...Unless it was able to lock the inside wheel.
That would be illegal and the fact Kimi didn’t want it might mean it was just for occasional use. I imagine they placed it in such a way that with the same hand Seb could release the brakes and the already slipping clutch
Also there was all that effort to try and cover the camera view of the cockpit on the grid. Must have been mainly for the starts.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/141854/mexico-misses-2020-deadline-five-gps-need-deals The Mexican Grand Prix organisers say they have missed a deadline for provisional 2020 Formula 1 calendar inclusion, at a time when five races are in doubt for next year. The event recently lost its central government support, while the contracts of the F1 races in Spain, Britain, Germany and Italy all expire this season, and no new agreements have been signed. None of them is therefore guaranteed a place on next year's schedule at present. A statement issued by the Mexican organisers said: "After the deadline to keep the date that we were using for the Formula 1 Mexican GP expired, we would like to communicate that the promoters of the event had lost their preferred rights to keep that date in the 2020 calendar. "Nevertheless, the negotiations either with F1 and the authorities of our country are still on course with the best spirit to find an alternative to keep the competition in Mexico. "When we'll have news about the negotiations we are maintaining with the authorities, we'll make it public, only through official channels and spokespersons." F1 CEO Chase Carey has downplayed the ongoing question marks over the unsigned deals. "We have contracts where '19 is the last year and we have either to create a new agreement or go our separate ways," Carey told Wall Street analysts and investors. "And there's nothing really unique to this that wasn't true last year.
2019 prize money revealed. Teams get this money upfront before the season starts. HAAS more the Williams..... (in millions) Ferrari 205 Mercedes 177 Red Bull 152 McLaren 100 Renault 73 Haas 70 Williams 60 Racing Point 59 Sauber 56 Toro Rosso 52 https://www.racefans.net/2019/03/03/formula-1-teams-prize-money-payments-for-2019-revealed/
Here again, this demonstrates (to me, at least) the unfairness of the "historical bonuses). McLaren and Williams performing badly last season still get more than others that finished ahead of them. And in which championship do you see the second rewarded more than the winner? Sort it out Liberty !!!.
Ferrari is the classiest, and has the most fans, so they deserve more than all of the rest put together. Forza Ferrari
Now Italy wants clarification on the Mission Winnow logo's on both F1 and Motorcycles. The National Union of Consumers of Italy have filed a complaint. This is getting to be a mess.
http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/26140126/zandvoort-running-secure-backing-dutch-gp Zandvoort must secure major backing by the end of March if it is to bring the Dutch Grand Prix back to the Formula One calendar next year, the Netherlands Sports Council said on Monday. The NLsportraad said in an open letter that Zandvoort had failed to secure financial support from central government after signing a letter of intent with Formula One Management (FOM) in December. The government has said it would be willing to facilitate but not subsidise any race.
And there in lies the problem for the Dutch people. The fanbase is definitely there as Im sure it would be a "packed house" in an ocean of orange fans as long as Max is around (maybe the next 15yrs???) It's a dilemma.
Ferrari, Williams, Mclaren all have entered F1 for over 40 years, never abandoning the sport, poured billions into the sport. The money they receive is all from the profit of the sport. What's the alternative? Have Liberty pocket it all? Give it to the poor teams? All the latter does is give them money for being there....of course, same as it does to it's historic teams, but seriously...who cares about HRT or Virgin racing?
And people always complain about the manufacturers coming and going whenever it suits them and then the same people complain about rewarding those (Ferrari, Williams and McLaren) who are there for ages.... The heritage money is like a long term release of money these three stables invested in all those years when there was not the profit as it is today. Mercedes, Red Bull and Haas where not around in the 1970s and 1980s to keep F1 in business as it is today
