F1 Chat Thread
12-30-2017, 02:32 PM
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12-31-2017, 10:42 AM
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01-02-2018, 09:24 AM
#705
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A cycle of the big guys staying at the top and the little guys staying at the bottom of the food chain.
Aston Martin's future involvement depends on its effect on roadcar sales:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...eral_F1_teams/
01-02-2018, 01:41 PM
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Alonso excited to be driving at the ROAR of the 24:
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...ing_to_be_fun/
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...ing_to_be_fun/
01-03-2018, 12:06 PM
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That's right Charlie Whiting...nothing wrong technically with F1 
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http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...are_too_quick/
This is some fascinating bit of information:
"According to Auto Motor und Sport, extrapolation from GPS measurements puts the Mercedes engine currently at 949bhp, while Ferrari is close behind with an estimated 934bhp, followed by 907 for Renault and Honda's 860hp."
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...no_phenomenon/
:http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...are_too_quick/
This is some fascinating bit of information:
"According to Auto Motor und Sport, extrapolation from GPS measurements puts the Mercedes engine currently at 949bhp, while Ferrari is close behind with an estimated 934bhp, followed by 907 for Renault and Honda's 860hp."
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...no_phenomenon/
01-03-2018, 01:29 PM
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This is some fascinating bit of information:
"According to Auto Motor und Sport, extrapolation from GPS measurements puts the Mercedes engine currently at 949bhp, while Ferrari is close behind with an estimated 934bhp, followed by 907 for Renault and Honda's 860hp."
http://gptoday.com/full_story/view/6...no_phenomenon/
01-03-2018, 05:45 PM
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I agree!
Although you have to deduct a couple of hundred HP from the electric power contribution, it really is incredible for V6 1.6L TTs...
It's hard to wrap my head around those kind of numbers.
Although you have to deduct a couple of hundred HP from the electric power contribution, it really is incredible for V6 1.6L TTs...
It's hard to wrap my head around those kind of numbers.
01-04-2018, 10:46 AM
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01-04-2018, 01:02 PM
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1.6L Turbo engines were making tons of power back in the 80s. The power output isn't the crazy part, in and of itself. It's crazy that they're making this much power with so little fuel. 100kg/hr or something like that is the max instantaneous fuel flow rate, and that's the limiting factor on how much power they can make. If that restriction was removed, we'd be seeing way higher numbers.
01-04-2018, 01:08 PM
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I remember the dawn of the F1 turbo era. I thought Renault was outta their freakin' minds for even trying it...
Guess they showed me!
Probably the most incredible though was BMW, pulling ~1K HP out of basically a production block.
Guess they showed me!
Probably the most incredible though was BMW, pulling ~1K HP out of basically a production block.
01-04-2018, 01:41 PM
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1.6L Turbo engines were making tons of power back in the 80s. The power output isn't the crazy part, in and of itself. It's crazy that they're making this much power with so little fuel. 100kg/hr or something like that is the max instantaneous fuel flow rate, and that's the limiting factor on how much power they can make. If that restriction was removed, we'd be seeing way higher numbers.
IIRC, these engines burn a third less fuel than the 2.4L V8s.
FWIW, I don't see refueling coming back to the sport any time soon.
01-04-2018, 01:59 PM
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They're using just over half the fuel of the V10s, but making the same (or more) power output (combining the combustion and electrical systems). He also claims that just the V6 combustion engine is as powerful as the V8s they replaced. And the V6s have to be more durable, due to the lower number of allowed PUs per season. These little engines are crazy.
01-04-2018, 07:31 PM
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That's the other thing: their longevity.
I think this requirement in the regs has gone too far (see last season's ridiculous grid spot penalties).
Ultimately, it hurt the show.
Did anyone really enjoy seeing Alonso start from the back of the grid from no fault of his own?
F1 gives the impression it isn't about entertainment at all and Bernie was the cause of it.
Unfortunately, it makes the sport/business vulnerable to the whims of the public's < rapt attention-span in a real way.
I think this requirement in the regs has gone too far (see last season's ridiculous grid spot penalties).
Ultimately, it hurt the show.
Did anyone really enjoy seeing Alonso start from the back of the grid from no fault of his own?
F1 gives the impression it isn't about entertainment at all and Bernie was the cause of it.
Unfortunately, it makes the sport/business vulnerable to the whims of the public's < rapt attention-span in a real way.
01-05-2018, 01:58 PM
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This is something I found this morning regarding the popularity of F1 last season.
I find it kinda surprising:
Formula 1 was the fastest growing sports brand across social media in 2017 while television and digital viewing figures also increased, the commercial rights holder reported on Friday.
Last season was the first under the ownership of U.S.-based Liberty Media, who are keen to develop the sport and attract new audiences.
Formula One said in a statement that the sport ended the year with a total of 11.9 million followers on its Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channels – a rise of 54.9 percent compared to 2016.
The figures also reflect how much ground the sport has had to make up.
Previous commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone, who was ousted at the start of last year, had little time for social media while Liberty have put considerable effort into exploiting such platforms.
Video content performed best on Twitter, with more than 64 million views representing a 165 percent year-on-year increase. Followers of Formula One’s Instagram feed almost doubled to 3.8 million.
To put that into perspective, Mercedes’ four times world champion Lewis Hamilton currently has 5.7 million followers on Instagram alone despite the Briton removing all posts at the end of last year and also wiping his Twitter account.
Formula One said the cumulative television audience for all F1 programmes broadcast through the year in the top 20 markets was 1.4 billion, a rise of 6.2 percent.
Italy showed the biggest rise, of 19.1 percent, out of the top four markets followed by Brazil with 13.4 percent. Britain (3.9) and Germany (0.9) also showed positive growth.
China, a key market that the sport has targeted for future growth, showed an increase of 42.2 percent.
The statement did not provide data for 2016 or numbers for individual countries’ previous audiences to illustrate the growth in the number of people watching.
Cumulative viewing of the 20 races, broadcast live and non-live, remained steady at about 603 million, although the live audience grew one percent in a season with one less grand prix than 2016.
“During 2017, 352.3 million unique viewers have tuned their TV set into F1 programming at least once. It’s the first time since 2010 that there was not a decrease in this specific number,” Formula One said.
Brazil remained the biggest television market in terms of unique viewers with more than 76 million, although that figure was down 1.8 percent on the previous year.
“Central to our efforts last season was to improve the fan experience across our platforms and it is encouraging to see the engagement that fans around the world have with Formula One media,” said commercial managing director Sean Bratches.
I find it kinda surprising:
Formula 1 was the fastest growing sports brand across social media in 2017 while television and digital viewing figures also increased, the commercial rights holder reported on Friday.
Last season was the first under the ownership of U.S.-based Liberty Media, who are keen to develop the sport and attract new audiences.
Formula One said in a statement that the sport ended the year with a total of 11.9 million followers on its Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channels – a rise of 54.9 percent compared to 2016.
The figures also reflect how much ground the sport has had to make up.
Previous commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone, who was ousted at the start of last year, had little time for social media while Liberty have put considerable effort into exploiting such platforms.
Video content performed best on Twitter, with more than 64 million views representing a 165 percent year-on-year increase. Followers of Formula One’s Instagram feed almost doubled to 3.8 million.
To put that into perspective, Mercedes’ four times world champion Lewis Hamilton currently has 5.7 million followers on Instagram alone despite the Briton removing all posts at the end of last year and also wiping his Twitter account.
Formula One said the cumulative television audience for all F1 programmes broadcast through the year in the top 20 markets was 1.4 billion, a rise of 6.2 percent.
Italy showed the biggest rise, of 19.1 percent, out of the top four markets followed by Brazil with 13.4 percent. Britain (3.9) and Germany (0.9) also showed positive growth.
China, a key market that the sport has targeted for future growth, showed an increase of 42.2 percent.
The statement did not provide data for 2016 or numbers for individual countries’ previous audiences to illustrate the growth in the number of people watching.
Cumulative viewing of the 20 races, broadcast live and non-live, remained steady at about 603 million, although the live audience grew one percent in a season with one less grand prix than 2016.
“During 2017, 352.3 million unique viewers have tuned their TV set into F1 programming at least once. It’s the first time since 2010 that there was not a decrease in this specific number,” Formula One said.
Brazil remained the biggest television market in terms of unique viewers with more than 76 million, although that figure was down 1.8 percent on the previous year.
“Central to our efforts last season was to improve the fan experience across our platforms and it is encouraging to see the engagement that fans around the world have with Formula One media,” said commercial managing director Sean Bratches.
01-07-2018, 01:15 PM
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Here are the results of the Practices at the ROAR of the 24 at Daytona this weekend:
https://sportscarchampionship.imsa.c...=83&sessid=556
Of course, the real interest is in how Alonso & Co. has fared.
Rather well, actually.
Although the Ligier LMP2 he is driving is not the class of the class (excuse the pun).
Unfortunately, the ORECA LMP2 seems to be a second up on it.
In spite of that, the Ligier seems to be the best of the rest.
Qualifying is this afternoon and I'll post the results later.
https://sportscarchampionship.imsa.c...=83&sessid=556
Of course, the real interest is in how Alonso & Co. has fared.
Rather well, actually.
Although the Ligier LMP2 he is driving is not the class of the class (excuse the pun).
Unfortunately, the ORECA LMP2 seems to be a second up on it.
In spite of that, the Ligier seems to be the best of the rest.
Qualifying is this afternoon and I'll post the results later.
01-07-2018, 03:19 PM
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You know you've arrived at the top when Ferrari invites you to drive one of these:
01-07-2018, 06:30 PM
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01-08-2018, 01:04 AM
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It is one of the cooler things about it.
At this time of year there isn't any big time racing happening anywhere.
IOW, very little scheduling conflicts.
This helps explain why the race attracts top drivers from around the world.
Here are the Qualifying results:
https://sportscarchampionship.imsa.c...=83&sessid=579
Notice Alonso's car made a big improvement in time from the Practice Sessions.
At this time of year there isn't any big time racing happening anywhere.
IOW, very little scheduling conflicts.
This helps explain why the race attracts top drivers from around the world.
Here are the Qualifying results:
https://sportscarchampionship.imsa.c...=83&sessid=579
Notice Alonso's car made a big improvement in time from the Practice Sessions.