F1 2025

[thestaggy]

and is the main reason that a lot of us older fans watch it, it is a team sport and an engineering challenge, the driver and engineers work together to get the most out of the car, the pit crew and pit wall work together to get the most out of the track and its conditions. No other sport covers so many disciplines that all have to work in perfect harmony to win a race, let alone a championship. The FIA's job is to rein them in if they go too far and to apply the rules equality.
The FIA fail in the latter but are pedantic about the former. The bottom line is that we keep coming back for more and still recall the driving and engineering hero's from decades ago.

Yep. A lot of the radical concepts are a part of F1 lore/

The 6-wheeler Tyrrell and Williams. While the cars themselves were not banned, both teams realised the concepts didn't have a future and abandoned them before FI introduced rules to outlaw 6 wheels.

Brabham fan car.

The twin chassis Lotus 88.

The X-wings introduced by Tyrrell.

It took two sets of amendments to the rules for the FIA to finally get rid of blown diffusers. They eventually had to set a ''design box'' for exhaust exits because the teams had gotten clever to work around the first attempt to ban the practice. Lotus notably experimented with directing the exhaust outlets to the front of the sidepods to circumvent the first attempt at banning blown diffusers.

All clever innovations that bent the rulebook while showcasing the genius and ingenuity of the engineers and designers behind them.

 

[Speedster]

and is the main reason that a lot of us older fans watch it, it is a team sport and an engineering challenge, the driver and engineers work together to get the most out of the car, the pit crew and pit wall work together to get the most out of the track and its conditions. No other sport covers so many disciplines that all have to work in perfect harmony to win a race, let alone a championship. The FIA's job is to rein them in if they go too far and to apply the rules equality.
The FIA fail in the latter but are pedantic about the former. The bottom line is that we keep coming back for more and still recall the driving and engineering hero's from decades ago.

Yup. If there's no rule against it it's fair game. This "spirit of the law" rubbish should be banished from our thinking. The spirit is to design a car that can go as fast as possible within the written regulations. Innovation has always been central to F1. We want teams to innovate, we want them to come up with creative solutions.

 

[caroper]

I sometimes think the regulations are deliberately loose so that the powers that be can steer things when they feel the need.

They have to allow a little wiggle room to encourage innovation.
If the closed every loophole and tightened every rule then it would be class racing like F2 or IndyCar.

 

[Speedster]

Then allow innovation and stop closing the loopholes.

Well, that's kind of what they do. Whenever there's innovation they make a call whether it's the direction they want to go - in which case others imitate and follow - or not. If not, they bring in regulations to that effect.

 

[satanboy]

 

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[caroper]

I'm still watching P1 on Sky F1 so will ignore those two charts for now

for anyone interested the P1 repeat started at 09:15 South African Time.
P2 will be at 10:30, The F1 Show at 11:45.

F1 academy will be at 8:30PM, probably live.

Cheers
Chris

 

[Binary_Bark]

I'm still watching P1 on Sky F1 so will ignore those two charts for now

Not much really, even the Highlights where boring

 

[Ecco]

David Croft commentary notes from Abu Dhabi 2021

 

[Ecco]

David Croft commentary notes from Abu Dhabi 2021

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Quite a lot of these on sale here:

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[caroper]

David Croft commentary notes from Abu Dhabi 2021

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I am surprised that he is not using a Tablet or laptop for that, but it certainly is a testament to the mans attention to detail and his professionalism.

As befits the Head of the British Mafia

 

[Speedster]

Do it at the start of the season, don't come in after some teams have made a mint from something they believe is questionable while retaining their earnings from it. If it passes the test, let everyone else follow. Tweak at the end.

That doesn't make sense. Teams are developing/innovating throughout the year. You want to freeze development once the season starts?

 

[satanboy]

 

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[quovadis]

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But it's a desert and full wets

 

[Goosfrabba]

Who had the full wet being a useful tyre, in Vegas of all places, on their bingo card?

 

[quovadis]

Who had the full wet being a useful tyre, in Vegas of all places, on their bingo card?

Called it

 

[Goosfrabba]

Well done Lando

 

[quovadis]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1992059069885190201

 

[satanboy]