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2014 Formula 1 Rule Changes

#43
I have a book called Formula 1 in camera 1960-69, I liked this period best I think, it was more pure sports car racing, no electronics just horsepower, gearbox (real shifter) and driving skill. All the greats are in it, J.Clark, Gurney, Hill, Surtees. I just cant relate to todays high tech cars. Thank goodness theres vintage racing.
 
#44
I quit attending NHRA races a few years ago when they went to '1000 ft. and the ticket prices are getting ridiculous. Now I only go to Vintage/Nostalgia races like the Calif. Hot Rod Reunion and others like it.

I think some of these racing associations have lost control over the teams that compete in them, they continue to use technology to go faster and the cost are skyrocketing, Racing is just as exciting at 180 as it is at 230, fast is fast.

Mungi, who's your uncle John ?
 
#45
I picked up a great dvd series The Grand Prix Collection 1970-1979. Great retrospect of the sport when cars were still cars. I do have to admit I love how technology has changed the sport and advanced it so far. Whatever rule changes the designers alway manage to keep the cars fast and extra nimbly.
 
#46
metalhead398 said:
I do like Kimi as well. Fortunately, they announced yesterday that he's staying at Lotus. I like this for two reasons: Kimi has nothing to do with Red Bull, and Ricciardo (or Vergne, though probably Ricciardo) will get a shot at a great car, and who knows? Maybe Ricciardo/Vergne is the next Senna. Or maybe they'll get somewhere close to Schumi.

But no one will ever beat MSC.

EVER.
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Except Nico Rosberg.

#ROASTED
 
#47
hachi kid said:
Except Nico Rosberg.

#ROASTED
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I like Rosberg. But seriously. Just for his IMMACULATE car control, the ability to feel his car and know what's going on, and of course all of the records, I think it will be a long time until MSC is truly beaten. But don't get me wrong, Nico is a great driver, racing for a solid team. What I would like to see is Button move teams. So much talent wasted on that McLaren.
 
#50
metalhead398 said:
I do like Kimi as well. Fortunately, they announced yesterday that he's staying at Lotus. I like this for two reasons: Kimi has nothing to do with Red Bull, and Ricciardo (or Vergne, though probably Ricciardo) will get a shot at a great car, and who knows? Maybe Ricciardo/Vergne is the next Senna. Or maybe they'll get somewhere close to Schumi.
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Two things:
1) Nobody announced Kimi anywhere- he is still talking to multiple teams. No driver changes/confirmations have been announced at any of the big teams (for those out of contract).
2) Kimi was sponsored by Red Bull in WRC, so he has a history with them.


hachi kid said:
I was more referring to when Nico handed Michael his a** to him for 3 seasons straight in the exact same car. No other teammate of Schumi's has done that before.
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No teammate went against an over-the-hill, 40-some Schumi, either. He is amazing, and Rosberg is fantastic, but this wasn't the same Schumi as a decade ago.
 
#54
They do not sound nearly the same in person as they do on TV- TV cuts most of the lower frequencies and accentuates the highs. In person, the sound hits your chest like a ton of bricks, and makes you forget the comparison to a muscle car V8 rumble. It is much more impressive.

That said, if you want throaty, you want low RPM. F1 motors for the last ~20 years have IDLED at a higher RPM than "throaty" sounds, so you aren't going to make them sound like an endurance racing V8/10/12. Especially a flat-plane V8, which (like a Ferrari roadcar) is going to sound like a big I4.

The lower RPM V6 next year will have a slightly lower rumble in the note, though the single exhaust means that it is going to sound like it is running at a higher RPM than if each bank were exiting independently. The sound is a good compromise between the current high RPM V8s and the older V10s.
 
#55
Angus said:
They do not sound nearly the same in person as they do on TV- TV cuts most of the lower frequencies and accentuates the highs. In person, the sound hits your chest like a ton of bricks, and makes you forget the comparison to a muscle car V8 rumble. It is much more impressive.

That said, if you want throaty, you want low RPM. F1 motors for the last ~20 years have IDLED at a higher RPM than "throaty" sounds, so you aren't going to make them sound like an endurance racing V8/10/12. Especially a flat-plane V8, which (like a Ferrari roadcar) is going to sound like a big I4.

The lower RPM V6 next year will have a slightly lower rumble in the note, though the single exhaust means that it is going to sound like it is running at a higher RPM than if each bank were exiting independently. The sound is a good compromise between the current high RPM V8s and the older V10s.
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The new V6s have a stroke of about an inch and a half if the bore is maxed. It's no wonder they can run at 15,000 RPM +. They're like a model airplane engine. They make 720 HP and 27 pound-feet of torque.
 
#58
Man Turns Down $9.3M Offer For License Plate

A wealthy businessman in Great Britain recently turned down a 9.3 million dollar offer to purchase a license plate that says F1. Afzal Kahn purchased the F1 license plate in 2008 for a little over $685,000. Now, it’s worth 13.5 times that! The F1 plate was the very first license plate registered in Essex County in 1904. Screw stocks and bonds, we're going to start investing in license plates!

Was that you, Bill?
 

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