The F1 thread

Fretwired

Is Lando Norris the next Lewis Hamilton?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/40813681

chillidoggy

McLaren replied: "Was totally mega, Lando."

Clearly, McLaren are getting down with the teenage lingo.

Boromedic

He certainly impressed with the times he set but obviously difficult to compare in some ways. Plus his name is awesome so hopefully he can be the new young upstart in a season or two. Demonstrating pace like that from only racing in F3 before shows real talent.

DesVegas

An interesting (if difficult to read) article here about Formula E / Formula 1

https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/could-formula-e-be-bigger-than-formula-1

Fretwired

DesVegas said:

An interesting (if difficult to read) article here about Formula E / Formula 1

https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/could-formula-e-be-bigger-than-formula-1

I think there will be a shift towards Formula E as we start buying electric cars and the old combustion engine goes the way of the dinosaur. Formula One will have to embrace electric or become irrelevant. No car company will invest serious cash building a combustion engine. We're a way off that yet, but the fact Mercedes have entered Formula E means they see it having a bright future.

chillidoggy

Just kill me now.

Fretwired

chillidoggy said:

Just kill me now.

Way to go yet .... the French and UK government's still haven't worked out how all these electric cars will be charged .. there could yet be a backlash against them .. :-)

Boromedic

Seeing as its few years away yet, will charging be an issue then? Would solar or other forms of self generating power be mature enough to take over? Or maybe the hydrogen car will take over in the end?

Still a number of questions I suppose on how to implement it, I think the tech is close for more people to be off grid leccy wise and maybe even heating wise with these ground and air heat pumps etc. question is do they want you self sufficient on that front but this is the wrong forum for that.

TimmyO

I tried to get into Formula E (I wanted to love it!) but each time I've watched it has bene like pulling teeth. 

It'll work better as a PR exercise when they can run for longer without having to jump in to a second car too! lol 

imho there is a far better chance of retaining the F1 fans by transitioning the fuel power/electric power balance over time within F1 rather than expecting them to start watching skittish pointy dodgems

sinbaadi

The last races in Canada were exciting and entertaining.  There's lots to dislike about formula e but there is definitely good racing to watch.

chillidoggy

There's no way I could ever get excited about an electric motor. 

chillidoggy

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/groundbreaking-mazda-skyactiv-x-petrol-engines-be-‘cleaner-electric’

Fretwired

chillidoggy said:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/groundbreaking-mazda-skyactiv-x-petrol-engines-be-‘cleaner-electric’

Interesting, but that won't appease the tree huggers. If it works it could provide an interim solution for 20 years or so ....

sinbaadi

chillidoggy said:

There's no way I could ever get excited about an electric motor. 

You don't need to, although you've opened the door to sex toy jokes there btw.

Formula e is massively flawed, but watch the USA and Canada rounds - the drama and action are at the very least on a par with something like the modern BTCC on a good weekend (which isn't every weekend).  

I really don't like fanboost, I also think the swapping cars part is embarassing, but the management of power is actually quite interesting (unlike fuel saving in F1) and best of all there is (very close to) parity between the teams.  

rlw

chillidoggy said:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/groundbreaking-mazda-skyactiv-x-petrol-engines-be-‘cleaner-electric’

As suggested by LJKS about thirty years ago................

chillidoggy

sinbaadi said:

chillidoggy said:

There's no way I could ever get excited about an electric motor. 

You don't need to, although you've opened the door to sex toy jokes there btw.

Formula e is massively flawed, but watch the USA and Canada rounds - the drama and action are at the very least on a par with something like the modern BTCC on a good weekend (which isn't every weekend).  

I really don't like fanboost, I also think the swapping cars part is embarassing, but the management of power is actually quite interesting (unlike fuel saving in F1) and best of all there is (very close to) parity between the teams.  

Doh! I suspected I'd get pulled up about sex toys!

I have watched numerous Formula E races. But I cannot accept the lack of proper engine noise. They sound like milkfloats and when you've been a motor race fan all your life, had a love affair with sports cars, built numerous very high-performance engines, and driven them, it leaves me cold. The wife is a bigger motorhead than I am, and she refuses to watch Formula E, preferring to fall asleep on the sofa, as she agrees it's the most boring spectacle ever.

I may be a dinosaur, but I'm comfortable with how I feel. I'm no Luddite, and I do recognise the car industry tide has changed, but that doesn't mean to say I have to like it.

As for LJKS, he was undoubtedly a clever chap, and I used to enjoy reading the twaddle he came out with. I thought he looked really stylish, and cool, but he was a pompous, supercilious arsehole with it.

rolls1392

Having been an F1 fan since the 60's, I  despair how the sport has progressed.
I rarely watch F1 now, just bored with it all.
Formula E, really?

holnrew

Does formula e still have the fan boost? That's the dumbest idea ever

Fretwired

Guy makes road legal style F1 cars .....

stickyfiddle

In an eminently predictable and slightly dull turn of events, Kimi is staying at Ferrari. I assume it's only a matter of time before we get news of Bottas' remarkable decision to stay at Mercedes too. 

http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/ferrari-f1-keeps-our-favorite-mumbling-weirdo-kimi-raik-1798309800