Bernie is just playing his usual games to try get more money, that is all.

Quote from danielroelofs :

Almost every competitive moment between them has been in favour for Ricciardo. I have said it far prior to this season.. and will say it once again. Vetter is nothing more than a midfield driver... if he makes it that far. 4 times world champion.. purely on car advantage nothing more. It's what has really killed F1 for me especially with a marketing company like Red nonsence bad for your health. Only abusing the once highest level of motorsports for their no.1 priority: commercial/marketing benefits.

If there is one outstanding driver I think Alonso has been the very best for many years now.

Disagree, Webber wasn't that bad a driver and i would say he was around Buttons level, he just struggled in the pirelli era.

Vettel is good but is struggling, also Ricciardo could just be that fast, yeah vettel has been unlucky but ricciardo has had his measure completely soo far.

Jean todt needs to be sacked, for the sake of F1.

Alot of the time people say they will quit watching as an empty threat but its noe getting to the point where people will quit watching for good as the change is far too much.

Disagree, whilst the points say different(due to key retirements from perez some out of his control) he has shown pace against Hulkenburg quite a few times that nico couldn't touch(Austria was a mega performance by Perez going from 16th to 6th and beating Hulkenburg in the process).

I thought Perez would be beaten quite easily this year by Hulkenburg but honestly in the speed department this year they are very equal.

This year really has been an eye opener on where drivers stand.

All I see is Alonso is better then Kimi, its pretty much unquestionable at this stage, the gap though I feel is much bigger then it would be if Kimi was comfortable but imo.

all that info is on the Formula 1 site and wikipedia.

Tbh they could fill the rest with pay drivers and thats a grid that could challenge indycar in quality.

I got my email confirmation to go to the Melbourne natiinal Final on the 11th and 12th of July.

Banning Refuelling basically means Fuel saving will always will always be part of the equation.

Quote from Hyperactive :

One thing that just came to my mind is that because the F1 cars are designed to be so aero efficient there is not much drag and the rules have also been changed to address that (taller, narrower rear wings). In theory that has resulted the cars being able to follow each others more closely (more efficient aero = less lipstream) but at the same that has also killed the slipstream effect. So unlike in early 2000s the cars can now drive closer but can not pass without ers, kers and ders...



Generally rolling starts are pretty boring compared to standing starts. Out of all race series that I can imagine only the big fat oval racing cars need to watch out for wheelspin when the green flag comes out but in every other series you just smash the throttle and see who anticipated the start the best. I don't think the cost of clutch is that much important. Unless you force the cars to start from stationary using some electric motor the cars would still need the clutches when exiting pits. Unless you want the teams to push the cars to get them moving after pitstops. Not to mention the increased amount of yellow flags when a spun stationary car always needs to be towed or pushed away.

Fia could just make a stupid rule that any car that drives under 60kph can only use electric motor for that. That would essentially remove the need of the clutch (the car could just shift from neutral to 1 at 60kph) but that would probably require new powertrain because in the current F1 cars the electric motor is connected to the engine crankshaft and as such you need to be in gear to use it. But electric motor wouldn't need a clutch. Not sure if the starts would be as exciting...

I think the standing starts is good for f1. If I got my way I would remove all electronics from that system except antistall (stationary cars in the grid are really dangerous). No programmable clutches, just one clutch paddle and let the drivers do the starts.

The Standing starts rule is good in theory as it allows another element of driver/car advantage to shine, but the grid has to be cleaned if this is a mid race sceniaro, as that side of the grid will be a huge penalty.

Also whats the point of the safety car? Its effectivly meaning every SC situation is now a Red Flag.

Mercs will take off, they are struggling on the super soft and were around the same pace as Williams but they can do times 7 tenths faster then any other team on the softs which suggest they are good race pace.

Quote from Storm_Cloud :

Plus the extra wear on the clutch, the extra time taken, the confusion by people having to find a grid slot with no previous reference.

Just keep cutting the aero and upping the power. Remove car to pit live telemetry except for safety related engine sensor stuff. Oh, and make all the ERS power delivery manual, like KERS.

Manual ERS would be horrible imo, its a big chunk of the lap at available power it would be a huge mind **** getting used to it.

Best thing would be to lower wing aero to basically nothing and allow ground effects and wider tyres, speed would be around the same but terbulance will be removed mostly and mechanical grip will be huge.

This will allow the drivers to just go at it, and still allow downforce innovation to exist without dumbing down the sport anymore.

The biggest stupidity is the standing starts, yeah on paper it doesnt seem completely bad as it is still driver related on who gets better starts most of the time. But they haven't addressed the issue of the fact by mid race the dirty side of the grid will be filled with marbles making it impossible to not fall down the grid if your on the dirty side.

Should make it an Endurance race tbh.

Quote from chanoman315 :

When do the National Events happen?

it will be in the email, no one knows at this stage.

Quote from CrAZySkyPimp :

2014 Winner will be Enzo Bonito (REsuperG), just watch.

of which area?

there are winners for multiple regions:
Germany
Europe(includes: UK, France, Spain Portugal, Holland etc)
International(Australia, Middle east, India, Thailand, Mexico)
North America(Canada and USA)

so this year will have 4 winners.

They should be giving you an email within 5 days of the national event, make sure to keep a look out because if don't respond within 3 days they withdraw your spot.

lol wtf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAPT72Mzt2c&app=desktop

I think #20 porsche have been nursing a problem for most of the race, the car was lapping consistently more the 5 seconds off the pace for hours.

Quote from ACCAkut :

Turbo change in just 17 minutes, not bad. Lets see if the second car needs that aswell. And if the Porsche really has issues with its clutch.

The 2nd car had a turbo change around 7 hours ago.

Quote from Mysho :

Feeling really sorry for GTE Pro battle, it was side by side after 18 hours of racing until failure of Aston Martin of Bruno Senna, but incredible fight till then, almost whole night and day and I just couldn't get my eyes away from it.

I love racing and I hate Audi. This year should've been Toyota's. Can't help myself. They deserved it more imo. ****ing diesel it's a cancer of racing.

Who ever wins Deserves it more, Toyota have failed 3 times in a row over the same issue, electronics.

Porsche just don't have the race pace to compete with Audi, however #20 Porsche has been reliable, #1 Audi has it in the bag for now, but 1 lap isn't a big enough cushion for any failures of any kind.

Quote from chanoman315 :

So the National Finals consist on driving a kart?

not sure, but driving a kart will help driving skills as track time is much more expensive.

Just depends on your core strength, i have been working on that for about 4 months now and the pain is minimal.

I would recommend working on your fitness, and go to the local kart track as much as you can with hire karts or something as they will be important in the national final.