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Foxtrot_13 posted:If by enforcing track limits you mean making the tracks even narrower This of course is exactly what i mean. Did you think "Enforcing track limits" meant "let people drive a wider line" somehow? 
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I think the important question is what is going to happen to the mercs when one of them pushes the other one wide? Never mind the front wing, the new kerbs are going to rip off the entire floor and leave someone's arse scraping along gravel.
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Jul 17, 2016 23:58
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learnincurve posted:I think the important question is what is going to happen to the mercs when one of them pushes the other one wide? Never mind the front wing, the new kerbs are going to rip off the entire floor and leave someone's arse scraping along gravel. If anyone can come up with the final solution to that problem it's definitely Mercedes.
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learnincurve posted:I think the important question is what is going to happen to the mercs when one of them pushes the other one wide? Never mind the front wing, the new kerbs are going to rip off the entire floor and leave someone's arse scraping along gravel. I guess they shouldn't of went that wide boo hoo
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I spent all day watching rubbish kart racing and taking part in an old school F1 trivia quiz over radio. Pretty good day overall.
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Wirth1000 posted:I bought Pirelli tires for the first time ever specifically because of their Formula 1 involvement. I changed away from Pirelli because of their complete bungling of the tires the first many seasons. It's only been in the last season and a half they've managed to not be stupid.
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ImplicitAssembler posted:I changed away from Pirelli because of their complete bungling of the tires the first many seasons. It's only been in the last season and a half they've managed to not be stupid. That's fine. It really was more brand exposure more than anything that could me looking at their lineup. I really didn't feel like comparing cross-brands all night long and settled on a set that I'm quite happy with. Cinturato P7 All Season Plus. Also most likely will buy Michelin's for my motorcycle next year simply because they're the tire provider for MotoGP now.
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El Hefe posted:If anyone can come up with the final solution to that problem it's definitely Mercedes. 
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Jul 18, 2016 05:04
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German jokes write themselves so idk why you're surprised.
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Minto Took posted:German jokes reich themselves so idk why you're surprised.
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Goetta posted:German volks reich themselves so idk why you're surprised.
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Jul 18, 2016 10:03
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Tbh that was the wurz joke I've ever seen.
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Falken posted:Tbh that was the wurz joke I've ever seen. There's always a Wurst joke.
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learnincurve posted:I think the important question is what is going to happen to the mercs when one of them pushes the other one wide? Never mind the front wing, the new kerbs are going to rip off the entire floor and leave someone's arse scraping along gravel. I'm sure whoever Merc brings in for Hamilton to push around next year will be furious.
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Jul 18, 2016 14:41
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Ferrari targets Brawn as part of new action plan
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Jul 18, 2016 16:05
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Wheelbarrows of money Ferrari. Do whatever it takes.
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Sensible Scuderia
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Jul 19, 2016 02:11
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The VettelReich is coming back
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You Am I posted:The VettelReich is coming back Well the third reich was supposed to last "Fur a tshushund yeahrs". It lasted 12 So if this trend continues and vettel was supposed to bring back a new schumacher-style reich, his dominance should last 1.2 percent of that: about 4 weeks. Seems about right. He's got one more scud win in him. Enjoy it guys!
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Just watched the MotoGP race and that should be a prime example of "listen to your loving team" what a huge mistake by Rossi
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El Hefe posted:Just watched the MotoGP race and that should be a prime example of "listen to your loving team" I think one of the best "listen to your team" moments was the 2014 Bathurst 1000 where Jamie Whincup ignored team orders about conserving fuel in his car. It could have not happened to a better person.
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El Hefe posted:Just watched the MotoGP race and that should be a prime example of "listen to your loving team" Agreed. I was screaming at the screen watching that. Happy with the result for Jackass though - amazing how good some riders are in the wet.
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I do wonder how long it takes to change tires on the bikes that are waiting - eventually someone will think of hand signals to tell the team what tires they want on the bike in pit lane: "OK, I'm on wets, the track is drying, the bike in pit lane has intermediates, I need them to switch to slicks"...give them a '1' hand signal and a lap later pull in to swap your decaying wets for fresh slicks. All of these factory teams know that endurance motorcycle racing exists, there must be something that is already worked out. Lights, even: LED lights on the front of the fairing that tell the team what to put on, attached to a switch that's as complex or as simple as the teams/riders want. e: also, apparently the 'BOX' message meant that other riders had come in to switch, not 'come in right now'
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You Am I posted:The VettelReich is coming back I can't wait to get fingered again 
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GramCracker posted:I can't wait to get fingered again Vettle for WDC in 2017
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Norns posted:Alonso for WDC in 2017 Hell, agreed.
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Jul 19, 2016 15:52
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Nando's dominance in 2017 will be glorious.
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Jul 19, 2016 15:56
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Asymmetric aerodynamics in F1? For ovals a car's suspension is set up asymmetrically because the car is obviously in a constant turn. On circuits while there may be a variety of left and right-handers when you add it all together the car is still engaged in a constant turn - albeit with occasional diversions. F1 tracks favour anti-clockwise but it's true whatever the orientation. (I seem to remember F1 great Jaques LaBatt setting his car up specifically for one particular corner - Jerez?) So if a car is on average spending most of its time turning left, say, then why shouldn't the aerodynamics take this into account? For example a rear wing that produced more downforce on which ever side of the car happened to be on the inside for most of the turns. I'm not Newey (honest) but I would have thought any 0.1% of extra downforce over a lap would be worth a dabble. Has/will this ever been a thing?
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Probably won't ever be a thing, Nascar stuff right now is very low downforce to the point aero is very heavily policed by stewards. There's also the question of how you make aero asymmetric without having removable aero pieces, which I'm not sure are allowed in F1.
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njsykora posted:Probably won't ever be a thing, Nascar stuff right now is very low downforce to the point aero is very heavily policed by stewards. There's also the question of how you make aero asymmetric without having removable aero pieces, which I'm not sure are allowed in F1. I suppose they'd just build circuit specific wings 
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njsykora posted:Probably won't ever be a thing, Nascar stuff right now is very low downforce to the point aero is very heavily policed by stewards. There's also the question of how you make aero asymmetric without having removable aero pieces, which I'm not sure are allowed in F1. Do what they do in NASCAR and have the pit crew "accidentally" break off a wing or something.
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1500quidporsche posted:Nando's dominance in 2017 will be glorious. it'll be cool for you guys if this happens because i'm going to fly off the handle and get banned by like round three
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Kilmers Elbow posted:Asymmetric aerodynamics in F1? Having more downforce on one side than the other would mean that either the car doesn't turn as well in the offhand corners (making it slower) or is more difficult on the driver to control (like when your car needs an alignment and you find you're always turning left a little bit). This also makes it slower. The only way this could work is if you had active aero elements (like on the Pagani Huayra). But this is currently banned by the FIA. Active Aero: 
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wicka posted:it'll be cool for you guys if this happens because i'm going to fly off the handle and get banned by like round three I'm equally as excited for this as I am McLaren and Nando's WCC/WDC
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wicka posted:it'll be cool for you guys if this happens because i'm going to fly off the handle and get banned by like round three F1 2017 thread: The return of the prodigal Wicka
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Active aero seems like a cool feature that I would enjoy watching. I guess cost/practicality issues are probably stopping it, but it could be very cool.
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CratSock posted:Active aero seems like a cool feature that I would enjoy watching. I guess cost/practicality issues are probably stopping it, but it could be very cool. It's more to do with the FIA not wanting bits breaking off and decapitating the driver behind. Look at front wings, bits of those fall off all the time and they ain't held on with tiny hinges and springs. e: missed a wurd. learnincurve fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Jul 19, 2016 |
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Jul 19, 2016 21:24
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Yes the FIA wants to decapitate drivers.
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I think the safety angle was more along the lines of "adding back all the car's down force at once under braking was going to make the cars incredibly unstable going into corners"
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That and our old friend "cost cutting measures" I can't even begin to imagine how gently caress ugly the Red bulls would be if active aero were a thing.
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