I think you Europeans are going to be in for a rude awakening now that an American company is running the show. Your social norms are quite a bit different from ours!
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The Australian Grand Prix turned out to be one to forget for Williams. While Lance Stroll made it to the finish without any chance for points, team mate Sergei Sirotkin was struck by bad luck as a plastic bag jammed up his rear brakes to force an early retirement.
I think you Europeans are going to be in for a rude awakening now that an American company is running the show. Your social norms are quite a bit different from ours!
Yeah, we are rude!
This was one of the best videos. From a few years back!dans79 wrote: ↑16 Mar 2018, 17:59Liberty has the new intro up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtqq_KbfUx0
Good point, Australia uses 22g/sec of fuel on average assuming a 105kg fuel load. This is out of a possible 27.77g/sec. Something fishy is going on if Mercedes can do the race averaging 18g/sec of fuel with the same output as others using 22g/sec. The advantage is still preposterous. In other words their efficiency comes from turning their engine down.GeorgeF1OM wrote: ↑16 Mar 2018, 17:53The race simulations during F1 testing turned out that quite a few teams had to slow down their drivers in order to stay within the fuel limit of 105kg per race. As far as I remember Ferrari and Renault were among them but not Mercedes.
If this proves true, I think this could be the decisive factor resulting in another year of their dominance because fuel saving would hit the other engines on every track, regardless of weather, tarmac, tyre choices or whatsoever.
On the other hand it could probably help Force India and Williams move up into upper midfield?
Nice to see Liberty consulting with Lewis Hamilton on where the future of F1 marketing is going.dans79 wrote: ↑16 Mar 2018, 17:59Liberty has the new intro up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtqq_KbfUx0
I think you might be in for a disappointment. Everything points to more Mercedes domination. Ferrari don't understand their new chassis, Newey has already thrown the towel because of Mercedes' engine.
or 2011 or 2013. Happens a lot doesn't it?
That's not competition, it's social engineering for the sake of creating fake drama and intrigue. In real competition only the strongest survive.
Agreed. But if one wants a series that lasts for more than a handful of iterations, one needs to introduce a non-competition element that allows the less-than-competitive to survive. The alternative is tnat one survives to the detriment of all others. In F1, the non-competition element is provided by rule changes. Mercedes, of course, won that battle.
On an average 90 min. race that means they could spare 21,4kg of fuel or gain 7 to 8 tenths per lap ... that`s a little bit to much, don`t you think? I mean it could be doable but they`ll be way down on power (18g/22g=20% less so they could end with almost 100HP less ...)godlameroso wrote: ↑16 Mar 2018, 20:03Good point, Australia uses 22g/sec of fuel on average assuming a 105kg fuel load. This is out of a possible 27.77g/sec. Something fishy is going on if Mercedes can do the race averaging 18g/sec of fuel with the same output as others using 22g/sec. The advantage is still preposterous. In other words their efficiency comes from turning their engine down.GeorgeF1OM wrote: ↑16 Mar 2018, 17:53The race simulations during F1 testing turned out that quite a few teams had to slow down their drivers in order to stay within the fuel limit of 105kg per race. As far as I remember Ferrari and Renault were among them but not Mercedes.
If this proves true, I think this could be the decisive factor resulting in another year of their dominance because fuel saving would hit the other engines on every track, regardless of weather, tarmac, tyre choices or whatsoever.
On the other hand it could probably help Force India and Williams move up into upper midfield?
Agreed, and even after being proved wrong twice they still continue to push rule changes as the way to increase competition where the opposite is actually the case, the longer the rules stay the same the tighter the field becomes and the cheaper it is to be competitive for the back markers.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑17 Mar 2018, 00:45Agreed. But if one wants a series that lasts for more than a handful of iterations, one needs to introduce a non-competition element that allows the less-than-competitive to survive. The alternative is tnat one survives to the detriment of all others. In F1, the non-competition element is provided by rule changes. Mercedes, of course, won that battle.