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01-22-2010, 04:34 PM | #84 |
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Put 'em back on 5-inch tires |
01-22-2010, 05:23 PM | #85 |
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Personally I thought last season was one of the best F1 seasons I have ever watched I sure hope the changes don't screw that up the FIA has a tendency to over do changes. I'm also hoping but I'm not sure that Michael won't pick up where he left off some of those years were kind boring IMO.
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01-22-2010, 06:28 PM | #86 |
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I was discussing this with a buddy just this week. The big manufacturers are leaving F1, and the privateers are having a difficult time paying for all the BS rules and requirements "the Bernie and Max show" established back in 2008-2009. We were discussing the Fittipaldi and Andretti days of F1, and what it would take to possibly save this sport. 1) No electronics on board. What I mean by this is no telemetry, no electronically controlled diffs, no traction control, no micro-second shifted transmissions, blah blah blah. The ignition can be run by a magneto, and go back to carburetors (remember those?). How about a steering wheel with one purpose, steering? 2) No limitations to engine designs. Limit the overall displacement, allow any number of cylinders, and allow turbos again! 3) Body aerodynamics, no movable structures, and a set size/configuration of down-force producing surfaces. You get the basic idea, go back to the roots of F1, where privateers could design their own chassis and engine and have a chance against the likes of Ferrari and McLaren. I know F1 has been the birthplace of advancements in automotive technology, but the rules currently in place are restricting the free thinking that gave-us most of those advances, time for a change. |
01-22-2010, 06:58 PM | #87 |
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Hell yeah, bring back the 1100hp turbos! Privateers were never really a force in F1, the factory teams always had and always will have more and better resources. The Indy 500 is where you used to see some real oddball shit (turbines, offset chassis, the first wings) but that's turned into a spec race now. I tried to watch the last one but fell asleep. Never bothered to find out who won, and how sad is that? The 500 used to be THE race. Now it's just NASCAR without fenders. You'll never see carbs in F1 again. It's been so long there's nobody left that knows how they work. A lot of street tech has trickled down from F1. Paddle shifters (give me a real shift lever, thank you) traction control, EFI, all that stuff came from F1. But there is such a thing as too much technology, and we're pretty much there already. |
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01-22-2010, 07:37 PM | #90 |
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Yup thats not even SCCA not that theres anything wrong with the SCCA rich guys with very little talent driving best and newest equipment and smucks driving the stuff the rich guys already wore out Last edited by Stormin2u; 01-22-2010 at 07:39 PM. |
01-22-2010, 08:00 PM | #91 |
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| Are you guys saying that F1 drivers are talentless? (If we are talking about that Fernando guy, I guess you guys have a point)
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01-22-2010, 08:06 PM | #92 |
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I wasn't I was commenting on my SCCA past life.
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Is a recreation 35 year later of the original race, otherwise .. I may be in that pic. !! In 1973 I was watching with my father this GP street circuit of Montjuic, and that was one of my favorite places. Of course my lovely moped also wore gold on black John Player Special logos . In this incredible street circuit is also celebrated endurance 24 hours bike racing . I have lived many years in Barcelona and I remember, not whether this year or another close, having waited several hours after closing to see if he could sneak into the pit aera only to watch closely the 6-wheel Tyrrell Ford. Still remember the emotion. Quote: Last edited by trucktrial; 01-23-2010 at 06:36 AM. | |
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Now thats amazing.
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01-23-2010, 08:34 AM | #96 |
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Those guys actually took a hand off the steering wheel to shift! And look at the primitive aero, they might slide going around a corner! And they'd even Those guys were drivers. Today's lot might as well be playing video games. Wait, sometimes you pass in a video game |
01-23-2010, 10:51 AM | #97 |
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Ya got to admit we did see some passing in 2009 more than in many previous seasons so the 2009 rule changes helped some. Unfortunately once everyone was aerodynamically on the same page the passing stopped because of the turbulence behind the cars. If they had ruled against the Braun rear diffuser it might have been a completely different season. |
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Alright! Finally, a USF1 driver announced. Quote:
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01-26-2010, 04:40 PM | #99 |
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We'll see. Three years with Renault and he didn't get a seat? Could mean he's worse than Alonso.
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01-26-2010, 04:45 PM | #100 |
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i mean honestly?, what are we doing here |
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