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for real though. It's awful. If I could find a BTSport or equivalent stream I might give it a go.
Yup. The few times I've watched a bit of a race I always mute the sound. Cannot stand Tracy and Miller is an agry old man pissed off at the world cause no one takes Indycar seriously anymore.
Dog fights make better and more exciting racing. A pass or two here and there is no different than everyone holding put and "fuel saving" (i feel stupid even typing that when talking about F1). Constant position changes from all sections of the field and constant pressure is what we want.
There has never been an era with constant position changes through the field. I would settle for close racing between the top 4 or 5 teams. The racing, outside the Merc domination, in the V6 era has actually been pretty good. It's just Merc have killed it because they are so dominant, which is to their credit. Just not so good for the sport or the non Merc fans.
I think that's why I prefer sports car racing. All of the various sections of the field are always battling it out. But then again, those cars are also closely regulated and spec'd out to make it that way.
I think that's why I prefer sports car racing. All of the various sections of the field are always battling it out. But then again, those cars are also closely regulated and spec'd out to make it that way.
Agreed. I love watching endurance racing/sports car racing for the racing aspect. I watch F1 for racing, but more for the tech, the strategy, and the performance of the cars.
Although I admit lately the performance has been limited by the tyre regulations.
Grooved tires came about as away to maintain the width of the cars, but remove some of the grip. The idea was to slow the cars down in the corners.
I'm not too clear on why the FIA outlawed tire changes in 2005, but I think it had to do with 5 straight titles from Ferrari. They were clearly on top of their game and the regs so the rulebook was tossed out the window.
Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael, is stepping up to the European Formula 3 Championship this season with Prema. Mercedes has already been linked with a potential move to sign up the 17-year-old to its young driver programme, and now Ferrari has said it too would like to have him as part of its Ferrari Driver Academy.
I'm not too clear on why the FIA outlawed tire changes in 2005, but I think it had to do with 5 straight titles from Ferrari. They were clearly on top of their game and the regs so the rulebook was tossed out the window.
This was after the FIA scheme of changing the points payout for 2003 to stop Schu failed
Having condemned its own direction in 2015, the Japanese marque could do little to change its fortunes in 2016 and instead focused on a complete overhaul of the power unit's architecture for 2017.
A separate working group was established to work on the 2017 power unit, initially in parallel with its ongoing 2016 exploits, but as the season progressed more resources were channelled into the new design.
Just 2 lines but it gives me hope for not just Honda but all non Merc PUs in 2017 as being able to redesign errything is key to catching the Mercs
01-13-2017, 05:05 AM
Re: The Official Formula 1 2017 Season Thread
