United States Grand Prix 2014, Austin - Race 17/19
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They are given a delta time that defines a maximum lap time they must be under. This is updated over every timing loop on the track. So the gap that we see updating throughout the lap on the dash in qualifying instead shows their performance against the imaginary lap of this pretend safety car. They must keep their time at or slower than the pretend lap.
They use it at the moment for normal SCs too, all be it a lot faster, to prevent people driving flat out while caching up to the SC or while slower cars are unlapping themselves. They might also use it when a race is red flagged but I'm not sure.
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So when Hamilton had to correct his car he was doing so under controlled conditions for an entire lap. What was your point?
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Bit of talk going round seems that Sauber, Force India and Lotus have been discussing a boycott of the race this weekend over the financial disparity in the sport.
Would be bad for F1 if this happened again in America after the whole 2005 debacle but i guess that's why it would be good for the teams to do it here as effectively you've got Bernie by the balls to either listen to your demands or have another USA fiasco to fatally damage the sport there.
Would be bad for F1 if this happened again in America after the whole 2005 debacle but i guess that's why it would be good for the teams to do it here as effectively you've got Bernie by the balls to either listen to your demands or have another USA fiasco to fatally damage the sport there.
Mallaya has flat out denied this I think, and to be honest, it would be stupid of the teams to boycott a race and risk losing any constructors money altogether.
The Team principals press conference last night was fascinating viewing, clearly showing the difference in opinion between the haves and the have nots.
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Yeah they've just been saying on radio 5 it's not gonna happen but I suspect the conversation has been had, wouldn't surprise me if it happens between now and the end of the season. If the teams are going belly up anyway guess they've got nothing to lose.
Would they lose their constructors money if they all did one lap and retired though? Makes far more of a point than just not turning up on race day.
Would they lose their constructors money if they all did one lap and retired though? Makes far more of a point than just not turning up on race day.
I suspect not. I don't approve of it, but if they did want to make some sort of protest this might be a more viable alternative.
I'm sure Sauber would still rather have the constructors money by getting ahead of Marussia though
Since when have the F1 teams been anything other than short-sighted?
That's a valid point.
Maybe they should have an organisation that they all join that collectively looks out for the interests of the teams as a whole?
It was very interesting. F1 is going down the pan and the 4 top teams can't see it.
If I was in charge of the FIA I would bring in a standard front\rear wings and floor. Bring back V8 engines.
I think Gerard Lopez made some excellent points yesterday. The one that put it in the biggest context for me was that the top teams spending around $300M to effectively go 6 seconds faster than a GP2 car.
That sort of thing really cant be justified, and a performance limit and redistribution of revenue would be far more effective than a cost cap.
That sort of thing really cant be justified, and a performance limit and redistribution of revenue would be far more effective than a cost cap.
I disagree. Average team budgets is about $125m. The teams already get half of the money F1 makes. There's not much more you can give them before the people getting the other half start to get irked.
Everyone can't come first. If you gave all the teams $300m someone would still be coming last. If you give them all more money they will just spend it and nothing changes.
Its better to reduce the cost of racing. Not by a budget cap, but through controlling the cost of certain things that can be standardized or controlled. Maybe the FIA should absorb the cost of tyres if there's only 1 manufacturer? Gearboxes and engines should have a maximum price. Standard components in some areas.
Reducing how much it costs to go racing is a better approach than just chucking more money at something that already spends too much.
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Sigh.
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