Motor Sport
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Glad Bearman was able to walk away from that one. GD 50G!
Maybe this is common knowledge but I did some reading and found that FIA has some adjustable parameters built into the 2026 regulations for optimization of energy management. In order to fix the massive discrepancy 'Boost/Overtake' causes with closing speeds, it seems like a simple fix: adjust the slider to the other end of the "full-time power" vs "Boost/overtake" spectrum. This would remove the Mario Kart mushroom pass/re-pass and give us back our skill-based overtakes.You can't just race cars capable of doubling their performance class on the same track at the same time. This is like having F1 cars drop in performance to an F3 while harvesting. Maximize full-time power, minimize Boost.
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@louisbosco i did, that was also super gnarly.
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These regs suck. The drivers have been warning the FIA about exactly what happened to Bearman since before the season started.
They let Mercedes cheat with the compression ratio hack, then they accepted their bullshit excuse that their cheating aero was a “miscalculation” (as if the likes of excessive plank wear aren’t also “miscalculations”). It translates to racing that isn’t enjoyable to me to watch. I hope they figure it out but it won’t be this season.
Think it, be it.
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@Tago-Mago I had to laugh at Max’s quote of trying to find the blue mushroom…
Edit my apologies for the misquote: “Finding the mushrooms is going quite well, the blue shells is a bit more difficult.
"I'm working on it. The rocket is still not there; it's coming!"
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@mclaincausey It does suck, it’s a joke. I hope they come to their senses during the meetings in April and the fix is as easy as adjusting the power for more full-time bias rather than the revolving battery charging fake battles.
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Stroll shines again......
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@WhiskeySandwich I worry that there isn’t really a fair way out of this that doesn’t damage investments made based on the regs as the stand. I’m hoping there’s a move like removing the AI battery management that can make racing back at the edges again while not unfairly disadvantaging teams.
The whole thing has kind of soured me on hybrid PUs. Which shouldn’t be the case because they are so fast when built correctly.
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@mclaincausey I’m sure the order could be shuffled but given that the adjustable parameters in the regs could/should have been considered and implemented by the teams since the cars inception, I would hope they’re prepared and adapt. The first few races as a test before adjustments are made makes sense when covering such vast changes like this gen has. Regardless, one team or another is sure to lose out and be sour about any changes made.
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@WhiskeySandwich brings up a great point. Last year watching what Hamilton was going through was devastating and I honestly thought that the time to call it quits had come. Seeing the sparkle in his eye this year makes me realize just how much difference the car affects the driver.
The same can be said for Verstappen this year as he hates the car and the regs. I think the difference at this point is that the cars could/can hurt someone, but only time will tell. Hopefully before everyone says I told you so…
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The ground effect era wasn’t good for Lewis. Having a hybrid car that’s faster than most of the field has been good for Lewis.
No shade, but he has reason to favor a car that’s faster and gives him a leg up, and that reason may not center on driving on the edge and pushing the envelope, which is what F1 is supposed to be all about.
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I'm more excited to see what kind of fix they can come up with than I am about the Miami GP itself. This 50/50 era though has introduced terms, technology, and concepts I'm just not interested in. The racing dynamic is counter-intuitive and doesn't appeal to my simple petrolhead brain. I really hope they can repair the damage they've inflicted with these new PUs, hopefully they're adjustable enough to get the real racing back. The first step is getting over the ego enough to admit they made a mistake.
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Maybe I need to invest more time in learning how changing the 'ramp-down rate' or deployment of batteries from 350kw to 250kw to take longer to deplete MGU-K power, as opposed to increasing 'super-clipping' for recovering 9 megajoules as opposed to a fairly radical 6 megajoules so they can effectively reduce its duration from 10 seconds per lap to 6.....
but its exhausting.
How can you follow a race weekend when you need a masters in electrical engineering to understand how the cars work?
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Do we think this will be enough? I'm hopeful, but skeptical...
It's just hard to enjoy the 'racing' when the PU's battery is running the show.
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That was a pretty exciting race! It seems like they fixed a lot of what was wrong with the regs. Good action. Much less like Mario kart
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They went motor racing today.
Kimi is looking awfully special. Great race all around!
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Max is giving us a masterclass.......
I'm still not a 100% fanboy, but I like him more and more every week........
"OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011
