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They supposedly give the man a two race ultimatum to start performing but them make him sit out a session, immediately putting him on the back foot. Que...?
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They supposedly give the man a two race ultimatum to start performing but them make him sit out a session, immediately putting him on the back foot. Que...?
quovadis
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With RB teams I just wait and see.
Get a rookie to do a practice session, then get Ricciardo to do the next one. The data will tell them everything they need to know.
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Hope for Ricciardo's sake then that Iwasa doesn't stuff it into the wall...
They need to field a rookie in a FP1 season though the season. I guess they decided to also go the PR route at the same time by fielding a Honda driver in a Honda powered car at a Honda owned track.
quovadis
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Poor Carlos
cr@zydude
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I'm not going to lie, you had me in the first half!
Carlos did through his gloves to the team, which would have also lowered his weight at the post race check.
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He did get them back before being weighed... but was it the same gloves?
cr@zydude
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I didn't see that part, interesting.
I.am.Sam
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haha not at all but wonder what the weight difference would be for a new vs a used one
pretty small though
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Should have kept his gloves on
No glove, no love.Should have kept his gloves on
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F1 owner Liberty Media set to finalise €4bn MotoGP purchase
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F1’s 2026 cars will have 1,000 horsepower, less downforce and weight – Symonds: https://www.racefans.net/2024/03/27...horsepower-less-downforce-and-weight-symonds/
"... The championship will introduce a new engine formula in 2026, its first such change in 12 years. The new power units will generate a greater proportion of their power electrically.
This has prompted concerns they may not be as powerful as the current V6 hybrid turbos and that drivers may suffer excessive turbo lag in power delivery. However F1’s chief technical officer Pat Symonds says these concerns have been addressed.
“They will be, at the moment, cars with electrical power fully delivering 900 horsepower,” he told the official F1 channel. “We’re going to be over 1,000 horsepower with the ’26 car, [we] want more of it coming from the electric motor. At the moment turbo lag does not exist on these cars because we have an electric motor on the turbo, that’s going. [But] turbo lag is not what it used to be in the old days.”
The changes to the engine formula will be accompanied by revised chassis regulations. This follows the last major rules update in 2022, which was intended to aid overtaking.
Symonds said there is more work to do in this area, and F1 intends to reduce the weight of the cars, which many drivers have said makes it hard for them to race closely in the current machines.
“We do want to reduce the downforce on the car,” said Symonds. “Part of the reason why the cars are so heavy is because they’re having to deal with so much load, so they’ll slide a little bit more. I think what it will do is it will put a little bit more emphasis on the driver. That’s an important thing. It’s the drivers who are the heroes, they’re the supermen that we want to promote. So I think things are going in the right direction there.” ..."
"... The championship will introduce a new engine formula in 2026, its first such change in 12 years. The new power units will generate a greater proportion of their power electrically.
This has prompted concerns they may not be as powerful as the current V6 hybrid turbos and that drivers may suffer excessive turbo lag in power delivery. However F1’s chief technical officer Pat Symonds says these concerns have been addressed.
“They will be, at the moment, cars with electrical power fully delivering 900 horsepower,” he told the official F1 channel. “We’re going to be over 1,000 horsepower with the ’26 car, [we] want more of it coming from the electric motor. At the moment turbo lag does not exist on these cars because we have an electric motor on the turbo, that’s going. [But] turbo lag is not what it used to be in the old days.”
The changes to the engine formula will be accompanied by revised chassis regulations. This follows the last major rules update in 2022, which was intended to aid overtaking.
Symonds said there is more work to do in this area, and F1 intends to reduce the weight of the cars, which many drivers have said makes it hard for them to race closely in the current machines.
“We do want to reduce the downforce on the car,” said Symonds. “Part of the reason why the cars are so heavy is because they’re having to deal with so much load, so they’ll slide a little bit more. I think what it will do is it will put a little bit more emphasis on the driver. That’s an important thing. It’s the drivers who are the heroes, they’re the supermen that we want to promote. So I think things are going in the right direction there.” ..."
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