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The suggestion is that it will be difficult to impossible to make a tyre with an operating temperature range from ambient to 140+ °C, when the variation in tyre pressure is so much greater than other series - supposedly. Go figure! For reference, these are the suitable temperature ranges for the tyres from 2019: As you can see, even the softest C5 requires at least 85 °C, while the hard C1 tyre requires a minimum of 110 °C. To reduce that lower figure to ambient or close to will supposedly be difficult, and the drivers were supposedly unhappy when skating around on an outlap with the prototype version of the blanket-less tyres. Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 2 Mar 2023 at 12:42. |
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The various series who are looking to drop (or have dropped) tire warmers will call out things like "environmental" reasons. Such as the waste of energy to warm tires. While that is true, I think the real reason those running the series want to drop them is because it adds in a new factor that can impact (i.e. create drama) within the race. But I think if they use that reason it sounds like an artificial thing. Like watering the track or something. But having tire warmers in the first place is just as artificial as not having them. If you are in a situation in which you can do your refueling quickly (or like F1 no refueling), you are getting extremely quick tire changes, and your new tires are already (or nearly so) up to operating temperature, then if everyone executes to plan, you overall window (in lap, out lap, etc.) are probably HIGHLY predictable and something you can plan for and generally anticipate a specific outcome. But if you now have to deal with an out lap (or laps) in which the tires are performing poorly until they get up to temperature, it is less predictable. Not to mention if your driver is trying to drive beyond the capabilities of the car, more risky for an off, etc. So this can potentially result in more "randomness" of the race order due to pit stops. Today in F1, for the most part, if everyone pits at different times, and gets out of sequence, if they have all gone through their first stop, they might pop out in exactly the same order on track because of the above mentioned consistency. So the commonly mentioned negative by drivers is "it is a safety issue". And I guess at some level it is a safety issue. But... can't everything be labelled a safety issue? I am all for safety in racing, but where does it end? Maybe we should just cut the power in half to really slow them down to make it "safer", etc. I personally think the safety topic is mostly a red herring and an excuse from those who want to protect against the impact to the current consistent and low drama pit stops. Lastly, in the new cost cap era, unpredictability is something nobody wants, because it also means "unpredictable cost". Using my example above of a driver who comes out on cold tires, sees some red mist, over drives the tires, has an off (is OK), but has significantly damaged the car. With speculation that part of why Haas dropped Mick last year was his repair bill, why would teams want to introduce this risk to their budget? So I get that concern, but there is always risk in racing. I personally would like to see the tire warmers go away. I would like to see drivers having to adjust their out lap pace to warm the tires and I would like to see the potential that some might do that better than others. Richard |
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Absolutely this is the big reason there is pushback. Your driver comes in for his stop and everything is looking good to make the undercut on the other team. The last thing you want is for your driver to go back out tippy toe on the out lap and miss the undercut, or worse the driver bins the car in the gravel trap, game over, because the tyres weren't up to temp. |
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I see they have finally altered the sporting regs, to have the graded points at the end of the 2 hour race/3 hour event window, dependent of laps completed at that point.
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The whole tyre thing is artificial anyway and only introduced to make the racing more intereating in an era when overtaking was difficult because of the aero. Why not have 3 compounds available where the hardest is able to complete the whole race and junk the artificiality of mandatory pit stops. Let teams then choose the strategy on one, two or no stops.
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So Lewis has successfully argued to keep his nose studs.
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Pretty weak effort from the FIA I reckon. If jewellery is a big enough issue to reinforce the requirements (& I understand how big an issue it really can be when emergency medical procedures may be needed) then the requirements should be reinforced for everyone and no exceptions.
If there is a concern about disfigurement with frequent removing and replacing, then a strong governing body would simply say "remove and keep it removed if you're worried about that". This has all been a storm in a teacup since it was announced and the FIA has been weak and vague and inconsistent in its approach - best to either allow or not allow, make it black and white, crystal clear and then all know exactly where they stand. Wonder how many hours of investigations and steward's hearings there have been into LH's nose stud? |
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New qualifying format seems like an awful idea. People are just going to not run in practice to save tyres. On top of this I fear the grid will become too predictable
Why won’t they just leave things alone? They’ve already got what they wanted. Big profit, Netflix & social media, young people. |
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Thought I'd resurrect this thread to add this article from Autosport - some comments made by Stefano Domenicali about F1 going back to ICE on sustainable fuels and doing away with hybrids in the future.
Seems like AT LAST someone in a position of power "gets it". The current cars are too big, too heavy, too bloated due in large part to the hybrid powertrains which also result in the relative lack of sound. Honestly don't know if he's whistling in the dark, or if he has any serious chance of getting such a change up (would still be a few years away unfortunately) but I'd vote for it in a heartbeat! Fair play to him. |
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Yes, it's so refreshing to see they are hoping to go back to simpler engines, instead this complicated piece of equipment they current have. And having engines sound better too. Maybe Vettel can help out with the fuels too?
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I agree. I visited the National Motor Museum last month and spent some time looking at the 3 Formula 1 cars on display. Two were from the late 80s/early 90s era and were dwarfed by the 2017 Williams (FW44?). |
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I was about to post the same in this thread. The momentum against the 2026 regulation direction seems to be building. Sure the ones representing the manufacturers (Mercedes and Renault) are doing their best to protect it, but the resistance is coming from increasingly more and more important angles. The FIA boss: https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/fo...cars/10480626/ F1 boss: https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1...nes-/10495952/ Horner: https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/ur...rner/10489537/ Verstappen: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/v...ream/10492339/ Hamilton as well in the past: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/h...konen/6530045/ Gary Andersson: https://the-race.com/formula-1/gary-...be-bad-for-f1/ Vettel: https://the-race.com/formula-1/vette...in-the-future/ Quote:
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One wonders though, if what they are thinking is after 2026 we quickly need something lighter (which would seem a terrible waist of resources) or perhaps postpone the rule changes one year and then do it right in one go? Last edited by Taxi645; 17 Jul 2023 at 07:23. |
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If they had lighter cars they could reduce the aero a bit too. I don't really think the cars need 1800+kg of downforce.
My laundry list of changes is something like; - Reduce to 700kg or lighter if possible - Lower front wing by 100mm - Reduce surface area of front and rear wings by 50% |
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In short, Horner/RBPT are nervous because to the 2026 power unit spec is going to be highly dependent upon efficient and smart usage of the battery power. And this is an area in which they might be the weakest. So they are asking for a helping hand. Note, Mercedes has rightly called this out. Quote:
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I think the point that Vettel is making is that in 2030, F1 will be the equivalent of horse and buggy racing. Tight technical regulations, but a throwback that fans can enjoy. That it will be OK to use relatively basic cars that use only combustion engines. Of course for sustainability reasons, the fuel will be from sustainable sources, but otherwise they might be much smaller, lighter and raw solutions much like F1 of yesterday. "Arts and Culture" as he says. Richard Last edited by Richard C; 17 Jul 2023 at 14:56. |
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if the fuel is 100% sustainable using bio mass that doesn't impact on human food production then would it still need an art/cultural exemption?
much as it was with tobacco tho, once a handful of major markets decided to ban smoking/advertising they were also able to preclude anything related to it from being broadcast in those markets with the exception being for arts/culture endeavors. granted you see it a lot less in movies and tv shows these days, but people in film still smoke and it doesnt prevent those films from enjoying wide releases...will be interesting to see if motor racing can claim a similar exemption if a full on ICE ban came into effect. although if they could make such arguments you would think they would have already done so when tobacco advertising was banned? |
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To follow up (should have included in the post above). This is nothing new, I and others have said this, but that would also mean a shrinking of F1 from an overall budget perspective. The sport may no longer have much attraction to manufactures who dip in and out depending up their advertising needs. For example, why would a manufacture who might be making electric flying cars (as extreme example) in the future want to sponsor ancient internal combustion racing?
F1 might become more like... I don't know... off shore powerboat racing. In which the money comes either from someone who just loves the sport aspect or maybe a large sponsor who wants to tie their brand to not the technical aspect of the sport, but rather the sport itself. You might say that Red Bull (or current luxury brands) are proto example of future F1 sponsorship. Teams would be more garagista than something like a Mercedes or maybe even Ferrari. But sponsored by brands that just enjoy the association. Richard |
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On the fuel front, synthetic fuels are under development which will run in existing engines. This is very important not just for F1 but for the thousands of competition cars all around the world. This is not bio-mass or ethanol based, it uses electricity (renewable generated, of course) to combine CO2 from the atmosphere plus water into a hydrocarbon fuel. Burn it in an engine and it reverts to CO2 and H2O and releases the energy used to make it. There's an exF1 engineer (whose name escapes me at the moment) heading one of the leading companies in the field.
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i would prefer to think that neither of us are misunderstanding his comments
from the article Taxi645 posted plus many of Vettee's other statements, quotes, and actions, he seems to be approaching these issue from a number of different angles so only natural that there would be multiple take always from what he is saying. he is a smart dude making some very well thought out and nuanced points, would definitely like to see him given a larger voice at the table. |
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The thought was looking to a hypothetical future (expanding upon my interpretation of Vettel's F1 as "Arts and Culture" vs. "Road Relevance" of today) in which circa 2030 F1 moves away from trying to be road and/or technology relevant and a simple combustion engine (no hybrid) using sustainable fuels. This would would result in effectively zero manufacture involvement, much less money, a shrinking of F1 and back to a more garagista (and unsaid in my prior posts) gentleman racer types (cough, cough, more dentists, or other independently wealthy drivers who can fund their own teams). Do I think it will happen? I think it depends upon how far the world moves forward with respect to automobile power plants around 2030. Also it means someone (Liberty?) would loose money on F1. Will F1 be a slow decline as it tries to maintain the current model and they go down swinging or will they stay ahead of the curve and adapt/change? Richard |
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If one looks at the UN sustainable goals and the discussion around what a sustainable world looks like, I nthink all international sport will contract enormously. This would assume the world allows the UN/WEF congregation the place to fulfill their most extreme goals but by 2030 things on the planet could be very, very, different. If that happens then international motorsport may very well depend on exactly the sort of support and financial economics you are suggesting, |
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I guess when you have the Ferrari WEC car kicking out near 700bhp, I imagine with an engine that is hugely cheaper to produce, you do wonder if the F1 path is the correct one.
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