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No surprise there

Glad this thread is random....
Am watching f1 show atm Alex Rossi on there, is that guy gay? Not happy lol.
Something about him screams gay at me (not literally) just interested as have never known a gay f1 driver openly at least.

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Homosexuality was quite discreet in the 1970s. I don't know if he was known at the time or recent especially he passed away a few years ago.

I don't think you and a lot of other people understand Bernie's position. He is merely the CEO, so he does what the investors tell him to do. CVC is a hedge fund, which wants to make a shitload of money. Therefore he has to make the manage the sport accordingly. Even Bernie said publicly that selling to CVC was a mistake. If you get an investor like Red Bull for instance, you would get more focus on the sport. So Bernie is pretty much only the scapegoat (yeah, he still earns a fortune, but you get the set up of the whole thing).

Long term forecast for next weekend looks good

Wet Friday and dry Sunday for sure.

probably



Unconfirmed, it's a Sky rumour.

Race needs rain postponement to Monday so we can all watch DEGA

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Knowing how they always do the opposite of what we want here's my suggestions

- Winglets, there cant be enough winglets
- refueling every other lap plz
- Cars must have same livery within team
- tyres rules should be strict. Teams will be given tyres chosen by the FIA. They will pit to change these at the FIA's will
- passing should be a bannable offence
- No more races in Europe, North America, Japan or Australia. Only uninspiring tracks in rich oil countries.

There's a big difference between "wanting" input from F1 fans and "using" input F1 fans. This is like one of those suggestions boxes companies use. Lots of good ideas, none ever used. It is just a way of making people feel their voice is valued.

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After all they have form.

It's a businness and it's run by self interest. If you're the dominant team, you would want it to keep it that way.

Citing engineering as a problem will only lead to one outcome: a spec series. F1 needs very free technical rules and a working way to limit spending. Albeit by budget caps or limit of people. Ideally it would be a 30/30/30/10 deal regarding driver/team/engineering/circumstances.

I'm just talking simplistic idealism as a fan of the sport, but the case is some sort of balance between the important big components. If one component is out of proportion of the rest, the results will be predictable.

But again, it's a business. If Minardi would have won back to back championships, they would have opposed rule changes just as much as any dominant team

The problem now is that it's no longer the FIA that sets the rules but this retarded "strategy" group.

I've always held the opinion that the fans are some of the last people you should be taking input from because I don't believe the fans really know what they want & a fair chunk don't fully understand the consequences of some of what they think they want.

For example in 2010 fans were calling for less durable tyres to mix up strategies, However now fans are asking for more durable tyres which allow drivers to push harder because they don't like how the tyres they asked for has resulted in drivers having to manage the tyres so much as they have at times.

Its the same with stuff like DRS, Fans wanted more overtaking & DRS provided that. Its debatable if the 'overtaking' DRS has provided has really added anything to the quality of the racing (I would argue it hasn't) & it seems in the recent GPDA survey that most are now against it.


F1 isn't what it could be right now but I still believe that its not as broken as people like Bernie like to suggest & that some of the main areas where it is is actually more down to Bernie than anyone else & that on the technical side its more a case of a few tweaks than major overhaul.

Don't listen to all of what the fans have to say. Know how to filter out the crap.

At the same time, know what to do with the information. Yes we want more passing but it could have been achieved with removing the dirty air.
About the tyres. They had a decent idea but ruined it by regulating it too much. Have 4-5 different dry weather tyres, allow them to use 13 sets of tyres. Let them chose which of the 4 they use. They want to try a no-stopper? Go ahead.

It's all about ensuring variation.

That's why the refuelling era was so terrible...it was supposed to add a tactical element that meant you'd get drivers on a 1 stop racing with drivers on a 3 stop and that way it would improve the chances for passing.
Sadly it worked the opposite way, everyone worked out the most efficient stop strategy and everyone did exactly the same thing.
This coupled with the aero dependancy and the fact it took tyre life out of the equation (when cars were on fresh tyres they had full fuel levels, when they were on low fuel they had older tyres so couldn't do much about pushing)
was a recipe for dull dull racing

They need to ensure regs that promote variation, whether it's new tyres vs old tyres or 1980s style (or 2014 red bull style) aerodynamics vs engine power style battles.

If f1 becomes a spec series then itll die. Heck formula e will have more open specs in a few years time.

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Lmao

Is it Interlagos yet?

Peomoting variation is an illusion. The most efficient way to the end is the goal. It does not matter uf they have eggs for rubber, ethanol for fuel or Flavio doing bets against Bernie.

It does not matter. Look 20 years ago, what made 1995 so exciting? Driver error, tech failure and circumstances.
We rarely have tech failure, even less driver error and circumstances only scare Pumuckel.....

For Austin, that's a lot of rain. A lot of rain.

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