The Formula One Thread

Richard is on about 20 teams in open wheel racing,,,must be a nice watch..

 

Looks like the same layout

http://ea80e97cace747c2c244-5483548c70a81fe49af7816b21fff1c8.r64.cf1.rackcdn.com/INDY-MAP-V2.jpg

Got that straight from the COTA website

 

A local (Indy) news crew was there yesterday and claimed the layout was different than the normal layout. They did say there was a lot more media there than normal.

 

Their Tourbillons sell for anywhere between $500K to over $ 2 Million.

I don't think they have anything under $ 100K.

 

And I have no idea why. I understand they use exotic materials and have crazy movements/complications, but they're damn ugly.

 

Comparing a Formula 1 race car lap time to an Indy car lap time is like comparing MotoGp to MA Superbikes. Yeah they're both motorcycles with two wheels but that's about it. There's no way to compare the technology that is present in Formula 1 to Indy car. All that technology makes for boring ass racing though. Indy car is way more interesting with way more passing for the lead on the track, not in the pits.

 

On The Racer Channel interview with Sebastien Bourdais he said Indycar time compared to the F1 race time is a 4 second gap. No mention of anything different about the layout.

He also mentioned you're comparing cars that have DRS and whatnot vs a "stone age" race car in comparison.

 

Ferrari is claiming their matte finish for 2019 is worth 1/2 kph in extra speed over gloss and saves several hundred grams. While I'll won't contest the weight savings, my thought is if matte finish allows for extra speed, they would have used it before. I know Red Bull went matte at least a season or two ago, but matte finishes have been around long before that, to include in the road car segment.

I know in water, they went to a microscopically dimpled surface for submarines and such, mirroring the surface of the skin of both sharks and dolphins, as it "traps" a thin layer of water around the vessel, which then glides through water better as water on water than just a smooth surface against/in water. Maybe that is the same concept as matte finish?

 

How long til we see golf ball dimples all over the cars

 

I'm not sure it's allowed, if it is there must be a reason they haven't done something like that by now.

 

This is a good read on it:

http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/dimpled_surface_finish.html

 

So now hail damage will be in demand!!

 

Trying to keep the costs down.

 

Nice find!

 

I just finished the Mexico City Formula E race that I recorded on Saturday evening. It is embarrassingly better than any F1 race I remember from last year. What's happening to me?!

 

You want to be entertained, and if it means watching a series with slightly less money and technology, so be it.
That's why I think IndyCar has become popular again, they put on a good show. It's a fun series to be around.

 

Do you guys think "any" driver is worth paying 40 to 50 million dollars a year to drive a race car?

 

Yes.

What I don't think is that anybody is worth that to pitch a ball.

 

When the team spends $300 million a year on the team, and doesn't go bankrupt in a year spending that, yeah the driver is worth it.
But that's also rare, and I don't think any drivers make that per year from the team anymore.

 

Since Schumi is gone, nobody rates that kind of pay.