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re: 2022 Formula 1 Season Thread
Posted on 2/10/22 at 6:50 pm to MountainTiger
Posted on 2/10/22 at 6:50 pm to MountainTiger
What the heck is Formula 1?
Formula 1, or F1, bills itself as the pinnacle of motorsports and I think it pretty much lives up to that boast. F1 is what happens when you hand a team some specifications (the formula) and tell them to go build the fastest car they can...from scratch. Whereas most other classes of racing use commonly available chassis, production vehicles and/or off-the-shelf parts, nearly everything about an F1 car is bespoke. Many of the tools they use to work on the car are even custom-made for the purpose. Formula 1 is not only a competition between drivers and between teams. It's also a competition between engineering departments.
The Teams
Currently there are 10 teams. More are allowed, up to 12 or 13 I think, but at the moment there are only ten. Some of the teams are factory teams, meaning they are subsidized by a manufacturer. Others are freelancers. Each team is allowed to run two cars so there are currently 20 cars on the grid. There are only 4 companies that make engines for these cars: Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and for the moment Honda. Honda announced that they are discontinuing making these engines and that caused a panic because Ferrari and Merc don't have the capacity to supply engines for the rest of F1 and Red Bull had a big falling out with Renault a few years ago and couldn't go crawling back to them and asking to use their engines again. But Honda agreed to sell their intellectual property to Red Bull (their only customer). Now Red Bull is manufacturing their own engines.
The teams are: (and the engines they run)
Mercedes (Mercedes) - Merc have dominated in the hybrid era. Ferrari gave them a good fight a few years ago and Red Bull put up a very strong challenge last year but fell just short. Historically the AMG engines have had the most power and this has given Mercedes a tremendous advantage.
Ferrari (Ferrari) - They were best of the rest last year but never really threatened for the constructors championship. They were 2nd to Merc for a few years but got caught cheating and that set them back. So far this year it appears that they're a contender again.
Red Bull (Red Bull/Honda) - Very nearly won the constructors last year and one of their drivers (Max Verstappen) won the drivers championship. They have been in the mix throughout the hybrid era but were hampered by underpowered Renault engines for many years. They became much more competitive after switching to Honda a few years ago.
Aston Martin (Mercedes) - Aston has been involved in F1 on and off since the 50's. This incarnation evolved from the Force India team when it was purchased by Lawrence Stroll a few years ago. It was re-branded Racing Point and then Stroll also became a primary investor in Aston Martin and the team was re-re-branded.
McLaren (Mercedes) - McLaren is the 2nd oldest F1 team, behind Ferrari. In recent years they've been a very competitive mid-pack team but have won many constructors championships in the past. Through the 2010's they've struggled with engines. They ran Honda engines when Honda was underpowered and unreliable then switched to Renault which weren't much better. Now they're back running AMG engines and enjoying much more success although dealing with a number of issues early this season.
Alphatauri (Red Bull/Honda) - This is Red Bull's secondary team. They were formerly known as Toro Rosso (Italian for Red Bull) but changed names last year. Generally this is a place for up-and-coming drivers to earn their stripes. Drivers that perform well here can get bumped up to Red Bull and they can go in the other direction too. Have been quite competitive in the mid-pack recently.
Alpine (Renault)
Haas (Ferrari)
Alfa Romeo (Ferrari)
Williams (Mercedes)
The Cars
F1 cars are open wheel, open cockpit rear-engine cars. They are powered by 1.8L V6 dual turbo hybrid engines generating somewhere around 1000 HP. That power is delivered to an 8-speed, dual-clutch sequential gear box. The engine part of the formula limits the displacement of the engines, not the horsepower like most other racing series. So whoever builds or buys the fastest engines has a big advantage.
The steering wheels on these cars are essentially the brains of the car. There is a display that shows tons of info such as lap times, deltas, tire temps & pressures, brake temps, etc. There are also studded with switches and knobs that allow the driver to adjust things like engine maps, diff locking, brake bias, suspension stiffness and so forth.
The tires are the same for everybody. They are made by Pirelli and come in 5 dry weather compounds, C1-C5, C1 being the hardest. On any given race weekend, only 3 of those dry compounds are on offer, depending on the characteristics of the venue that week. For each race Pirelli will select what they think are the 3 most suitable compounds for that track and they will designate them soft, medium and hard. In addition, there are two wet-weather tires, intermediates for a wet but drying track and full wets for rain. Each team gets 20 sets of tires, 13 dry and 7 wet. Pirelli will make available a certain number of each compound on offer that weekend. Then it's up to the teams how they want to use those tires for practice, qualy and the race.
The Drivers
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton
George Russell
Red Bull
Max Verstappen
Sergio Perez
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
McLaren
Lando Norris
Daniel Riccardo
Alpine
Fernando Alonso
Esteban Ocon
Alphatauri
Pierre Gasly
Yuki Tsunoda
Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel
Lance Stroll
Williams
Alex Albon
Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo
Valteri Bottas
Nicholas Latifi
Haas
Kevin Magnussen
Mick Schumacher
Formula 1, or F1, bills itself as the pinnacle of motorsports and I think it pretty much lives up to that boast. F1 is what happens when you hand a team some specifications (the formula) and tell them to go build the fastest car they can...from scratch. Whereas most other classes of racing use commonly available chassis, production vehicles and/or off-the-shelf parts, nearly everything about an F1 car is bespoke. Many of the tools they use to work on the car are even custom-made for the purpose. Formula 1 is not only a competition between drivers and between teams. It's also a competition between engineering departments.
The Teams
Currently there are 10 teams. More are allowed, up to 12 or 13 I think, but at the moment there are only ten. Some of the teams are factory teams, meaning they are subsidized by a manufacturer. Others are freelancers. Each team is allowed to run two cars so there are currently 20 cars on the grid. There are only 4 companies that make engines for these cars: Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and for the moment Honda. Honda announced that they are discontinuing making these engines and that caused a panic because Ferrari and Merc don't have the capacity to supply engines for the rest of F1 and Red Bull had a big falling out with Renault a few years ago and couldn't go crawling back to them and asking to use their engines again. But Honda agreed to sell their intellectual property to Red Bull (their only customer). Now Red Bull is manufacturing their own engines.
The teams are: (and the engines they run)
Mercedes (Mercedes) - Merc have dominated in the hybrid era. Ferrari gave them a good fight a few years ago and Red Bull put up a very strong challenge last year but fell just short. Historically the AMG engines have had the most power and this has given Mercedes a tremendous advantage.
Ferrari (Ferrari) - They were best of the rest last year but never really threatened for the constructors championship. They were 2nd to Merc for a few years but got caught cheating and that set them back. So far this year it appears that they're a contender again.
Red Bull (Red Bull/Honda) - Very nearly won the constructors last year and one of their drivers (Max Verstappen) won the drivers championship. They have been in the mix throughout the hybrid era but were hampered by underpowered Renault engines for many years. They became much more competitive after switching to Honda a few years ago.
Aston Martin (Mercedes) - Aston has been involved in F1 on and off since the 50's. This incarnation evolved from the Force India team when it was purchased by Lawrence Stroll a few years ago. It was re-branded Racing Point and then Stroll also became a primary investor in Aston Martin and the team was re-re-branded.
McLaren (Mercedes) - McLaren is the 2nd oldest F1 team, behind Ferrari. In recent years they've been a very competitive mid-pack team but have won many constructors championships in the past. Through the 2010's they've struggled with engines. They ran Honda engines when Honda was underpowered and unreliable then switched to Renault which weren't much better. Now they're back running AMG engines and enjoying much more success although dealing with a number of issues early this season.
Alphatauri (Red Bull/Honda) - This is Red Bull's secondary team. They were formerly known as Toro Rosso (Italian for Red Bull) but changed names last year. Generally this is a place for up-and-coming drivers to earn their stripes. Drivers that perform well here can get bumped up to Red Bull and they can go in the other direction too. Have been quite competitive in the mid-pack recently.
Alpine (Renault)
Haas (Ferrari)
Alfa Romeo (Ferrari)
Williams (Mercedes)
The Cars
F1 cars are open wheel, open cockpit rear-engine cars. They are powered by 1.8L V6 dual turbo hybrid engines generating somewhere around 1000 HP. That power is delivered to an 8-speed, dual-clutch sequential gear box. The engine part of the formula limits the displacement of the engines, not the horsepower like most other racing series. So whoever builds or buys the fastest engines has a big advantage.
The steering wheels on these cars are essentially the brains of the car. There is a display that shows tons of info such as lap times, deltas, tire temps & pressures, brake temps, etc. There are also studded with switches and knobs that allow the driver to adjust things like engine maps, diff locking, brake bias, suspension stiffness and so forth.
The tires are the same for everybody. They are made by Pirelli and come in 5 dry weather compounds, C1-C5, C1 being the hardest. On any given race weekend, only 3 of those dry compounds are on offer, depending on the characteristics of the venue that week. For each race Pirelli will select what they think are the 3 most suitable compounds for that track and they will designate them soft, medium and hard. In addition, there are two wet-weather tires, intermediates for a wet but drying track and full wets for rain. Each team gets 20 sets of tires, 13 dry and 7 wet. Pirelli will make available a certain number of each compound on offer that weekend. Then it's up to the teams how they want to use those tires for practice, qualy and the race.
The Drivers
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton
George Russell
Red Bull
Max Verstappen
Sergio Perez
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc
Carlos Sainz
McLaren
Lando Norris
Daniel Riccardo
Alpine
Fernando Alonso
Esteban Ocon
Alphatauri
Pierre Gasly
Yuki Tsunoda
Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel
Lance Stroll
Williams
Alex Albon
Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo
Valteri Bottas
Nicholas Latifi
Haas
Kevin Magnussen
Mick Schumacher
This post was edited on 3/19/22 at 9:10 pm
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Posted on 2/10/22 at 6:50 pm to MountainTiger
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The Races
F1 is a worldwide racing series but is primarily based in Europe. Races are held at some of the most iconic and historic tracks in the world such as Spa, Monza, Interlagos, Catalunya and Suzuka.
The format of race weekends is as follows. There are two practice sessions on Friday, one hour each. On Saturday there is another one-hour practice in the morning with qualification in the afternoon. Qualy is knockout style where they start with the whole grid in Q1, everybody turns laps and they take the best times from each car. The slowest 5 cars get eliminated and they do another session with the 15 that are left. Again 5 more get knocked out and the final 10 vie for pole position.
To spice up the race, there is a requirement that 2 of the 3 compounds must be used for at least one lap. In other words there is a mandatory pit stop. Speaking of which, sadly there is no refueling during pit stops. Cars carry a full load of fuel that is expected to last the entire race. If you've never witnessed an F1 pit stop, prepare to be amazed. If a pit stop takes more than 3 seconds somebody on the pit crew is going to lose their job.
The number of laps vary depending on the track. Keeping in mind that there is no refueling, races can only last so long. Races generally run about an hour and a half. Points are awarded for the 1st ten places as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. These points are used to determine the drivers championship and the constructors championship at the end of the season. Prize money is paid after the season to the constructors based on their standing in the championship. The drivers don't win any prize money. They are paid by the team. All you get for winning the drivers championship is bragging rights. And probably a bunch of endorsements.
Sometimes new fans are bewildered by the lack of parity in F1. But that's what happens when teams are only iimited by how much money they are willing and able to spend. Sometimes F1 rules seems as if they're perversely designed to prevent parity. But this year, hopefully things change. This year many new rules have been implemented, the goal of which are to improve racing and increase parity. These changes are most welcome however I can also enjoy the sheer beauty and artistry of the fastest cars on Earth lapping around some of the most iconic racing tracks built by man. In addition, there are good races to be had farther back in the pack too. Through the course of a season the teams tend to stratify into 2 or 3 contenders, several mid-pack teams and the back markers. There are lots of good races among the mid-tier teams.
DRS. You'll see a lot of talk about DRS. It stands for drag reduction system and that's pretty much what it does. Because of the difficulty of overtaking due to "bad" air behind the leading car, an artificial means of helping the passing car was devised. It opens up a flap in the rear wing reducing the drag and giving a boost in speed to the trailing car. It can only be used when the car is a second or less behind the leading car and only in designated DRS Zones on the track.
Another term you'll hear is parc ferme. At the start of qualification the cars are placed under parc ferme conditions and this means that modifications to the car are extremely limited throughout qualification and until the end of the race. Pretty much the only things that can be changed are wing angles and tire pressures (apart from the multitude of changes the driver can make via the steering wheel). If there is a damaged component, they can replace it like-for-like.
The Races
F1 is a worldwide racing series but is primarily based in Europe. Races are held at some of the most iconic and historic tracks in the world such as Spa, Monza, Interlagos, Catalunya and Suzuka.
The format of race weekends is as follows. There are two practice sessions on Friday, one hour each. On Saturday there is another one-hour practice in the morning with qualification in the afternoon. Qualy is knockout style where they start with the whole grid in Q1, everybody turns laps and they take the best times from each car. The slowest 5 cars get eliminated and they do another session with the 15 that are left. Again 5 more get knocked out and the final 10 vie for pole position.
To spice up the race, there is a requirement that 2 of the 3 compounds must be used for at least one lap. In other words there is a mandatory pit stop. Speaking of which, sadly there is no refueling during pit stops. Cars carry a full load of fuel that is expected to last the entire race. If you've never witnessed an F1 pit stop, prepare to be amazed. If a pit stop takes more than 3 seconds somebody on the pit crew is going to lose their job.
The number of laps vary depending on the track. Keeping in mind that there is no refueling, races can only last so long. Races generally run about an hour and a half. Points are awarded for the 1st ten places as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. These points are used to determine the drivers championship and the constructors championship at the end of the season. Prize money is paid after the season to the constructors based on their standing in the championship. The drivers don't win any prize money. They are paid by the team. All you get for winning the drivers championship is bragging rights. And probably a bunch of endorsements.
Sometimes new fans are bewildered by the lack of parity in F1. But that's what happens when teams are only iimited by how much money they are willing and able to spend. Sometimes F1 rules seems as if they're perversely designed to prevent parity. But this year, hopefully things change. This year many new rules have been implemented, the goal of which are to improve racing and increase parity. These changes are most welcome however I can also enjoy the sheer beauty and artistry of the fastest cars on Earth lapping around some of the most iconic racing tracks built by man. In addition, there are good races to be had farther back in the pack too. Through the course of a season the teams tend to stratify into 2 or 3 contenders, several mid-pack teams and the back markers. There are lots of good races among the mid-tier teams.
DRS. You'll see a lot of talk about DRS. It stands for drag reduction system and that's pretty much what it does. Because of the difficulty of overtaking due to "bad" air behind the leading car, an artificial means of helping the passing car was devised. It opens up a flap in the rear wing reducing the drag and giving a boost in speed to the trailing car. It can only be used when the car is a second or less behind the leading car and only in designated DRS Zones on the track.
Another term you'll hear is parc ferme. At the start of qualification the cars are placed under parc ferme conditions and this means that modifications to the car are extremely limited throughout qualification and until the end of the race. Pretty much the only things that can be changed are wing angles and tire pressures (apart from the multitude of changes the driver can make via the steering wheel). If there is a damaged component, they can replace it like-for-like.
This post was edited on 3/19/22 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 3/27/22 at 12:03 pm to MountainTiger
That cruise ship is huge
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Absolute disaster tone-deaf screaming anthem
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Dammmm Daniel
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