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Baxteen said:
I have been thinking about Kyalami as a track for the current spec of cars for a bit.

and even if it gets to standard and wins the bid it will be a terrible race.

the cars have become so wide, that Kyalami now seems like a very Narrow Circuit.

add in the heavy breaking zones and tight corners, and the distance above sea level (1500m) for reference Mexico city is 2240m above sea level.

Kyalami would be a track with Monaco level downforce and almost no overtaking.

now lets talk about WHEN in the year the race could take place. May, June July is too cold. not by much, but its not the ideal space for F1 cars, and you would not want to plan it for then.

March, April, September, October, November,December means rainy season.

now we think Sustainability, and the way F1 is structuring the races to minimise the flights between races. so it would be something like austrailia, China, Japan, singapore, south Africa, Bahrain that kind of makes sense? well that puts the race in April/May and its the ideal time temp wise but now rain is a big risk, and the very real possibility of the entire weekend being a wash out happens especially during a wet period like we are having this year.

I am starting to think Kyalami is not a good option.
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There is no rain in may. That works fine

Turn1 will be drs enabled passing. Dont see an issue there.

But yes it will seem quite narrow
 
Baxteen said:
I have been thinking about Kyalami as a track for the current spec of cars for a bit.

and even if it gets to standard and wins the bid it will be a terrible race.

the cars have become so wide, that Kyalami now seems like a very Narrow Circuit.

add in the heavy breaking zones and tight corners, and the distance above sea level (1500m) for reference Mexico city is 2240m above sea level.

Kyalami would be a track with Monaco level downforce and almost no overtaking.
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Not quite Monaco, more like Suzuka...
 
satanboy said:
Too dangerous. 3 Forced pitstops maybe.
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With todays technology and smart engineers I see no way they could not develop a safe refueling system.

Forced pitstops will do nothing, cars still have to carry full load of fuel most of the race,

With refueling you could be 2s+ a lap faster on low fuel with soft tires than someone with heavy fuel and hard tires. We had this in the past and there was so many different pit strategies every race, even within the teams. Teams changed pit strategies during the races.

Now F1 has just became a tire management exercise every race. Nobody is pushing to the limits.
 
They can even develop a drop in fuel tank that gets refilled safely and slowly in the garage and you just pop the old one out and fit new one during pit stop.
 
So at what time of the season should we expect the two great drivers, Sainz and Hamilton to start beating their teammates?
 
Enzo Matrix said:
There is no rain in may. That works fine

Turn1 will be drs enabled passing. Dont see an issue there.

But yes it will seem quite narrow
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the way things are going now we might have a wet May.

genrally yes May is a relatively Dry month, but on average so is april.
april usually sees about 49mm in Gauteng. and honestly I think we have had more than that already for this month and its only the 9th.

with May usually seeing about 17mm, statistically yes its a better time for the race, but wiht the changes we have seen up here in the wether pattern over the past 10 years I feel like May is not that safe....
 
Baxteen said:
with May usually seeing about 17mm, statistically yes its a better time for the race, but wiht the changes we have seen up here in the wether pattern over the past 10 years I feel like May is not that safe....
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No where in the World is safe from Global Warming and Climate change*, so predicting based on past records is becoming useless.

*The USA may be the exception as Trump has decreed that Global Warming is a myth. ;) :laugh:
 
"BREAKING :
Ferrari confirm there is a lot of hidden pace in this year's car. Only problem is they are unsure where they have hidden it."

That is silly, they just need to ask the the strategy team :unsure: ;)
 
Naks said:
this must be the most boring Japanese GP I've ever watched
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Jeremy Clarkson actually spoke sense after this dreary race.

F1 fanatic Clarkson took to social media to share his solution for how to improve the F1 racing action.

“I’ve had an idea to make F1 racing more consistently exciting. Don’t use tracks where overtaking is difficult,”

“Sure. The cars are bigger so accept that, ignore the “incentives”, and use tracks that are suitable. Ultimately, the revenue comes from fans. Always.

“That F1 race this morning gave me an idea of what it might be like to watch cricket.”
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Now F1 has just became a tire management exercise every race. Nobody is pushing to the limits.
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I have to agree with you here, most races are won on the Saturday and seems will be that way for the most part this year.

We still get good races though from time to time where the above is not such a factor, such as Brazil 2024.
 
Pirelli's preview for the Bahrain GP:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1909589226850603380

GoA5LM7XAAAtBMR
 
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