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PCWARITM said:
Twaddle. My take.
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Audi have extensive experience with electric and hybrids and there is greater emphasis on the electric side of the new PUs.

They won Dakar with a full electric vehicle and won 3 successive Le Mans with a diesel-electric hybrid.

The Dakar RS Q e-tron was fast and competitive out of the gate, winning 4 stages in its debut Dakar. I wouldn't be surprised if they hit the ground running in F1.
 
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Sure, 50/50 E to ICE ratio is a big shift... for everyone.
So how would you rank current engines and what metrics would you use?
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That is way above my paygrade. I don't even know how rivals could be making comments about what the others do. Short of leaks, there is really no way of knowing where everybody is relative to each other.

I have no way of knowing where Audi will be, but their track record is pretty good when it comes to electric and they are also throwing everything into F1. They cancelled their LMDh (Le Mans/WEC) project, ended the Dakar programme after winning it and have withdrawn all factory teams from GT3 and DTM. All of their resources are being channeled into F1. Yes, F1 is a whole new ball game, but they have the electrification expertise and a massive pool of resources to draw on.

EDIT: Keep in mind I am purely speaking from a PU perspective, and while they may nail the engine there is also the chassis and of late, Sauber hasn't been producing very good cars.
 
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"A new rumour arised after the Brazilian GP weekend. Apparently, the FIA discovered after the Brazilian sprint that some teams were 'cheating': they were using titanium plates that expanded with the heat, thus staying below the limit and reducing their wear (allowing them to lower the car without disqualification)😬😬

This trick was working because after the session, the drivers retunr slowly to the pits, letting the metal cool down, returning to its original shape, and hence appearing legal to the FIA during its checks.🤯🤯

🙅🏻‍♂️Jo Bauer (FIA technical delegate) ordered full inspection of all cars before qulifying (after the sprint), and told them to remove these devices, forcing some to raise the ride height.
This source say that almost all teams used this trick.

The FIA is working on the matter to ban it starting from next year."
 
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Yet again a failure of the rule book. If they were found to be "cheating" then DSQ them.
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Failure of the rulebook, or failure of administrators? If true, why do they keep covering up cheating in the name of 'maintaining the image of the sport'?

These 'rule changes' are more and more about dealing with cheating behind closed doors while making it appear doing something when in reality, its simply a process of sweeping it all under the carpet each and every time.
 
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"A new rumour arised after the Brazilian GP weekend. Apparently, the FIA discovered after the Brazilian sprint that some teams were 'cheating': they were using titanium plates that expanded with the heat, thus staying below the limit and reducing their wear (allowing them to lower the car without disqualification)😬😬

This trick was working because after the session, the drivers retunr slowly to the pits, letting the metal cool down, returning to its original shape, and hence appearing legal to the FIA during its checks.🤯🤯

🙅🏻‍♂️Jo Bauer (FIA technical delegate) ordered full inspection of all cars before qulifying (after the sprint), and told them to remove these devices, forcing some to raise the ride height.
This source say that almost all teams used this trick.

The FIA is working on the matter to ban it starting from next year."
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This makes no sense at all.

If the titanium expanded, and thus "stuck out further" below the car when it was hot, then it would by definition raise the ride height? I mean I assume that they are using the titanium to protect the sacrificial wood plate, right?
 
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