While I'd much rather see drivers go flat out all the time, I don't think this will be a problem.
There were always reasons for drivers not to push as hard as they can - be it the super delicate pirellis, or saving fuel when refueling was a thing. WEC also has long stretches of lift and coast, and it doesn't really impact the racing.
Ultimately, a casual fan will see that one car is going faster and another is going slower. It doesn't really matter why. As they watch more, they'll organically learn more about the constraints the drivers operate under.
I fail to understand why F1 uses hybrid motors and synthetic petrol to save a few hundred liters...then burns kilotonnes of fuel to fly everyone around. Maybe they can explain that.
Hamilton said: "If you look at Barcelona, for example, we're doing 600 metres lift and coast on a qualifying lap. That's not what racing is about. Here (in Bahrain), we're not having to do that because there's lots of braking zones."
The root of all evil seems to be the limited amount of battery. I wonder if the FIA will make a last minute change to allow for a larger capacity battery.
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ambitiousslab@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 191d
While I'd much rather see drivers go flat out all the time, I don't think this will be a problem.
There were always reasons for drivers not to push as hard as they can - be it the super delicate pirellis, or saving fuel when refueling was a thing. WEC also has long stretches of lift and coast, and it doesn't really impact the racing.
Ultimately, a casual fan will see that one car is going faster and another is going slower. It doesn't really matter why. As they watch more, they'll organically learn more about the constraints the drivers operate under.
smeg@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 190d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 190d
I fail to understand why F1 uses hybrid motors and synthetic petrol to save a few hundred liters...then burns kilotonnes of fuel to fly everyone around. Maybe they can explain that.
smeg@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 190d
frank@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 191d
Wow that's kinda fucking lame imo
utjebe@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 190d
I suppose he doesn't have to do LiCo at all, but doing it is just the faster way around.
This kind of stuff has been in F1 for a very very long in some form and shape.
frank@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 190d
It's true, but not on qualifying laps
utjebe@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 186d
Even in qually. Especially tyre deg, where on some tracks pushing too hard in sector 1 cost them dearly in sector 3.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 190d
There was a time in F1 when passing meant drafting and outbreaking on the track and it was exciting.
Now "passing" is the result of an AI-derived strategy in real time based on flaps and pitstops.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 190d
Spa and the straight at Baku will be interesting.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 190d
No it won't, that's his point.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 190d
Yeah I was being kind of sarcastic, doesn't really translate well into text though!
Rheinish@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 190d
The root of all evil seems to be the limited amount of battery. I wonder if the FIA will make a last minute change to allow for a larger capacity battery.
Nighed@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 186d
Where do they put it though?
dugmeup@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 191d
Narrator - they did.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 190d
By design. It's to manipulate racing.
F1 is completely enshittified and I fear MotoGP will be soon.