Spare Parts (F1 odds and ends)

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I couldn`t agree more,at least one more win for Fernando would be great.But I think it would be two seasons or more for a car to be developed sufficiently to win a World Championship for constructor and/or driver.
 
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Sportista said:
Also shocked, politics also seems like something Adrian would rather ignore, I assume he’s going to have a managing director type partner to handle the business side.

It’s common for F1 teams to start mud slinging when they’re in close competition for championships and the advantage of a team principal who doesn’t contribute to the car design is to minimise the distraction. It’s going to be Kryptonite for Aston, with this setup. Having said all that their first mission is to win a race, whilst it feels like they have all the ingredients, maybe the reality is that they still have a journey to go through before they will contend for championships, if so maybe there is a way this makes sense in the short term?
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I agree,hope Newey has not bitten off more than he can chew,so to speak,although he`s been around for a long time now and knows how F1 works.Also ,not a word anywhere as to what`s happened to Mike Krack
By the way,I would imagine Lance will be in the second car !
 
Two more races weekends then we will see what the pecking order looks like next season. Will be fascinating.
I have my fingers crossed for Lando as the alternative is probably Max. Whatever happens I will enjoy the show. I hope the WDC isn't settled till the last race. Only 9 times this century has it come down to the last race.
 
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Justjazz said:
Two more races weekends then we will see what the pecking order looks like next season. Will be fascinating.
I have my fingers crossed for Lando as the alternative is probably Max. Whatever happens I will enjoy the show. I hope the WDC isn't settled till the last race. Only 9 times this century has it come down to the last race.
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I’d like Oscar to Win.
It won’t happen , but that’s what I’d like .

What I dearly want to happen is for it to go to the last race , and all three to still have a chance .
 
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Was doing a comparison of Senna’s McLaren car weight when he won his third world title in the MP4/6 to Lando’s title winning McLaren.

The weight of the MP4/6 was approx 505kg excluding driver. Say Senna weighed approx 70kg that makes a combined weight of 575kg

The weight of the current McLaren with Lando in is 800kg so basically a 200kg+ difference .

these new cars are supposedly 30kg lighter. Add losing another 150kg then racing might improve.
 
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Mark Blow said:
Was doing a comparison of Senna’s McLaren car weight when he won his third world title in the MP4/6 to Lando’s title winning McLaren.

The weight of the MP4/6 was approx 505kg excluding driver. Say Senna weighed approx 70kg that makes a combined weight of 575kg

The weight of the current McLaren with Lando in is 800kg so basically a 200kg+ difference .

these new cars are supposedly 30kg lighter. Add losing another 150kg then racing might improve.
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They'd all be the same weight, so that wouldn't really make any difference imo, the problem is that designs have converged to the point that the difference in pace between 1st and 20th is less than 1st to 3rd was back when Senna was racing. Reliability has improved immensely, which was a big factor in results. And race management is done by a team with access to massive computational power, rather than by the driver who has to concentrate on driving whilst figuring out it out himself, and maybe using too much fuel, over-stressing a car with a small problem.
My idea is to replace qualifying with a sprint race where the grid lines up in reverse championship order to decide the grid for the main race. Banning pit to driver communication other than to tell them to retire the car or when to pit. All 3 compounds must be used in the race, unless it's wet.
 
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Big Ern said:
They'd all be the same weight, so that wouldn't really make any difference imo, the problem is that designs have converged to the point that the difference in pace between 1st and 20th is less than 1st to 3rd was back when Senna was racing. Reliability has improved immensely, which was a big factor in results. And race management is done by a team with access to massive computational power, rather than by the driver who has to concentrate on driving whilst figuring out it out himself, and maybe using too much fuel, over-stressing a car with a small problem.
My idea is to replace qualifying with a sprint race where the grid lines up in reverse championship order to decide the grid for the main race. Banning pit to driver communication other than to tell them to retire the car or when to pit. All 3 compounds must be used in the race, unless it's wet.
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Less weight, would probably help us have better tyres. The Pirelli’s were deliberately fragile in 2011, but as that’s been proven to be a bad thing, they’ve struggled to produce a much better product. Some part of that must be the extra 150kgs that have come about as a result of full hybrids, halo etc. meaning they have to work a lot harder. I am with you though that weight has nothing to do with race-ability (evidence Indy cars are heavier).

Personally I think it’s aero and optimisation - until recently I didn’t think it could be fixed, but I do think this era has shown that it’s possible to make cars so tricky to setup that their performance varies race to race. McLaren did nail it this year, with a nice wide sweet spot that they were able to hit consistently, but other than that teams have struggled for consistency in this rules set. Even in 2023 when RedBull dominated they seemed to really have to work for that performance and could only do it in away that Max could live with for most of the year. I’m not sure whether differences in performance within a race can be a thing again, we’ve not really seen any evidence for that.
 
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