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This would be awesome. I know history has been that F1 is mostly a european market/sport, but then it expanded to a couple races in the Americas, then Asia, and now the middle east. Lets be honest, the way to grow the sport is to expand the viewership. With an american company, they probably see the...

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The solution is simple but unpopular: reversed grids. That way engineers are almost forced to design cars that can overtake. ...and that's simply not F1. You or I don't get to decide what is or is not F1. And what does that even mean? And should that be protected anyway? Is DRS F1? Is racing at nig...

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I would like to see a change in any DRS/push to pass technology that basically gives each driver an allotment for the race, which they can then use at any time. This removes the sitting duck scenario that we so often see. You can maybe give each driver a dozen for the race. It might be a cool idea ...

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It seems to be two sides of a coin - out and out performance or close racing. I'm in the "I just want the fastest cars" club. Allowing ground effect and active suspension, coupled with mandated simple front wings and smooth upper surfaces on the cars, with massive tyres would provide the performanc...

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but how can this be done? We all want better, closer racing. This is no secret, and one of the reasons they went to larger tires and wings this year, but it appears (so far) that this may not actually happen with this formula. Why is it so hard for F1 people to figure out how to make the cars closer...

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unless its an official pace car or race car, I hate these wraps

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The problem with just “switching to mercedes” is that McLaren probably believes that there is NO way that McLaren will ever get the equal works engine that the factory team gets. I tend to agree, there is no way Merc would allow that, and I am sure there are a lot of games that are played to assure ...

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Interesting that FA was 12th quick. Thats a little better for McLaren-Honda. Reading a lot of interesting articles on the situation and how they have seemed to no beable to use full power yet and not shift at ideal shift points all due to the "Vibration" problem (which has been lessened, but still a...

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It may be the camera angle, engine noise or set up, but the 2017 cars look so much easier to drive. Although I doubt Kimi was driving on the limit in that lap.... You think that is a big difference? Go take a look at the Video when Hamilton visits McLaren and they compare his Monaco lap to Senna an...

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I sure wish Honda could find the power to compete in F1 this year. After watching the Indycar race yesterday, they have obviously found some power for that series.

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Kind of dumb. I race karts and me and my teammate have the exact same year chassis', motors, etc.... We share data regarding tuning and set up as well as getting the same or similar instructions from our driving coach. You can always learn from each other to make the team as a whole, faster. Lewis m...

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The crazy thing to me is how last year Honda admitted that they laid out the turbo and associated parts in the wrong manner (heat?) and that they learned from their mistake, but it was too late to change it, but that 2017 would be an improvement and a correction, doing it the same way as the other ...

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The crazy thing to me is how last year Honda admitted that they laid out the turbo and associated parts in the wrong manner (heat?) and that they learned from their mistake, but it was too late to change it, but that 2017 would be an improvement and a correction, doing it the same way as the other t...

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Yep. Seems like after Honda discontinued the S2000 road car they haven't made an interesting product to this day. Today they are just followers and build cars that other companies already make. What has happened to them? This current stint in F1 is really embarrassing. This is a brand I used to lov...

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I don't know how Honda can have so much money, such a racing heritage AND be so prideful in their work and have the results they had last week in practice. Wouldn't these engines be bench tested for hundreds of hours simulating different conditions, extracting as much HP and reliability as possible?...

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If you go to an under 12 karting meet there are plenty of girls. It seems to be getting them through the teen years that's difficult. Ya, kind of like American soccer. Kids in the US play soccer more than any other sport, then when they grow into teens, they gravitate toward other (money) sports he...

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Clutchless gearboxes don't take control away from the driver. Please tell me your kidding. Go drive a GT3 RS vs a 911R and get back to me, now multiply this due to a much higher performing car. Shifting absolutely puts more of the control of the motorcar with the driver (good or bad). I am not sayi...

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demands of current F1 cars are very different form the lower formula cars. Mercedes will not recruit a rookie from lower formula. I doubt any top team will every do that without driver being part of their F1 training, testing or simulation work at minimum in past or have at least completed 1 season...

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Car weight is up too. 702kg in 2016 including driver to 722kg in 2017. Hope they re-engineer Grosjean's car as if I have to hear him complain about the brakes in 2017 I won't be happy. :blush: 8O Renault are planning a complete redesign of their engine. I heard Honda were doing the same without the...

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I am still not totally sure I know all the changes coming. I do know that the rear wings will be lower and wider, the front wing with more of a swoop back, and the front and rear track wider and obviously the much wider tires. Are there any other changes to the chassis and how it will effect the car...

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I am so excited about the changes. Not only will they look much better, but better racing (hoping) especially in braking and corners. Anyone ever watch youtube videos of modern F1 cars against things like the rally cars, or other motorcraft and then F1 car looks like it is on ice and tip-toeing arou...

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It just cracks me up when someone uses Mechanicals as an excuse for not winning the championship. Especially from a guy who has a few championships already and has BENEFITED so greatly from the vary team that helped to cause his mechanicals, its just a bit of a slap in the face. Over the years we ha...

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Also, his call to other drivers, "If you stand the heat, don’t come" makes him look very self-contained, as well as the constant stress that he only needs "equal rights" . He had them in the last year and got beaten. End of story. Whilst the reason why Hamilton got beaten IMO, has more to do with h...

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Reminded me of Senna Monaco 1984 where he was clearly the fastest one out there. He DID set fast lap (why do people keep saying he wasn't the fastest?). Would have been fun if RB didn't screw up the strategy again and see if he could have had anything for Ham. People hate on the kid, but he is provi...

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5 second pit penalty, that is announced immediately, so other drivers can strategize accordingly. perhaps Nico should have been given a 1-2 second penalty, but then again, he might have avoided a huge pile up, so it may be looked at differently?

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Another disguised "Alonso is the best" thread. Please tell us how many mechanical problems or strategy blunders/pit stop errors Alonso has suffered during his time at Ferrari compared to his rivals? With the reliability of today, he would have been nowhere in 2010/2012. Vettel is a proven winner an...

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I think a lot of this was provoked based on 1. Hamiltons first lap, cutting the track, he gained a LOT of time and space and NOTHING was done. This set the precedent for the day, and add that to 2. Nico on the same corner, he tried to come back on, but realized Max was there and wasn't going to give...

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the big question for me. Will we see more W2W racing up front? Thats what I long for.

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Who is to say they are anywhere near the limit yet? Merc will dominate the season. There's this idea that lack of tokens allows everyone else to close up but how do we know that Mercedes don't have sone engine that is a huge upgrade on what they have just now that they just can't implement under th...

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anyone know why Porsche never competes in F1? I assume that it is due to the crazy budget, but if thats it, how does Ferrari compete with the few numbers they sell? Maybe they pool all the Fiat and other money together to do it?

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I'd say McLaren is gaining a lot of momentum, Force india gaining a little momentum and williams is really hard for me to read. Based on track, it seems like it can be any of these teams, I would put Force India and Mc in a virtual tie, depending on track (I consider the drivers as part of "the team...

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FE is unwatchable to me so far. I guess I am shallow since I love the sound of an ICE at high revs

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This is correct. His older brother died on a motorcycle and so he promised his family that he wouldn't go on to formula racing, since in those days there were so many deaths. So he never pursued it Imo many of the F1 drivers could be beaten in other categories of racing, esp karts, even by ' unknown...

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Drivers, not just race drivers, need some sort of warning of when the limit is being reached rather than a it being "digital". This translates to allowing the car to begin to go fractions before it is "gone for good" which is fractions lost on every possible limit, but allows the driver to get to t...

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Imo many of the F1 drivers could be beaten in other categories of racing, esp karts, even by ' unknown' young drivers. Specialisation is underestimated; what one does evry day. Remember Barrichello around 2014 being beaten by The Stig in that little a Nissan (?) saloon car? Rubens got rudely slamme...

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Interesting points about the drivers liking different set ups etc. However is there one best set up and driving style? Say you had a driving robot that was perfect at driving, then a particular set up might get the fastest lap time. Then shouldn't it be up to the driver to adapt his style to that s...

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that would be so awesome! Not a current indycar race car, but I would love something the size of the indylight or GP2 cars. if it could be under 1300lbs car and driver, use tires that are harder than we see in F1 (so no marbles develop where racing off line could happen) but sticky enough to pass wh...

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Even if the cars are identical, drivers are not. I dont just mean physically, but some like the back end loose others like the front to dig in etc. some cars design is easier to get one or the other, but not usually both, so one driver would not be happy. All of these things are extremely easy to d...

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