re: 2022 Formula 1 Season Thread

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the two compound rule

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Why do they have this rule? I don’t understand

No longer F1, but the Mazepin's have 114 million in properties seized in Italy. Thinking Haas dodged a bullet on this one.

Welcome to the sport, we are all novices. Albert Park has always been tricky and the new layout made it more flow-y with less braking zones for chicanes, which means less chance to attack. I think they tried to counter this with more DRS zones.

Ferrari is THAT GOOD this year but you will see as the season goes on, certain teams will be better on different tracks. Some races will favor those better at low downforce, high speed while other tracks will favor high downforce, low end performance. You will see jockeying among the mid-field teams, which is exciting.

Imola is next, Scuderia Ferrari's home race (more so than Monza later in year), so be prepared for red-fatigue like Bama football, UK basketball, etc. People you didn't even knew liked racing will suddenly be wearing red prancing horses shirt. I'm not an expert, but I believe Imola is very narrow, 1 DRS, and 1 passing opportunity. So likely a straight chalk race with qualifying being all the excitement again.

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Why do they have this rule? I don’t understand

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IndyCar does the same thing. I think this started when these series both went back to a single tire supplier. IIRC, Firestone drove Goodyear out of IndyCar, and Michelin drove Goodyear out of F1. Michelin then had an epic battle with Bridgestone in F1. But then they both pulled out and it was a dark day when Pirelli signed up to be the single tire supplier of F1. They sucked when they became the sole supplier for World Superbike, and they suck as the sole supplier of F1.

Anyway, the idea of requiring two compounds is to bring attention to the tires in a series with a sole supplier. Otherwise, what's the benefit of supplying a series when the only attention you get is when something goes wrong?

If you want to see a major improvement in F1, bring back refueling and bring back Michelin and Bridgestone, the two best racing tire companies in the world, competing against each other.

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C WC and D WC!

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WCC and WDC**

For those that listen to Missed Apex(which should be all of you ) they have an interview with Will Buxton today, it'll be broadcast live on their Youtube channel at 2:10pm CT but I'm sure they'll upload to Spotify/wherever later on.


Missed Apex Youtube

I've started listening to a few other pods that posters have recommended here, but Missed Apex was the first and is still easily my favorite.

It's a great mix of regular folks just shootin' the shite, but also in depth analysis, technical discussion, interviews etc.

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Some races will favor those better at low downforce, high speed while other tracks will favor high downforce, low end performance.

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I figured I would take a stab at defining each track on the 2022 calendar in terms of the power vs downforce needs. I will use: extreme power power balanced downforce maximum downforce

Hopefully is useful for our new friend, when I started watching back in the dark ages it was one thing that mystified me as a kid. This are my opinions some go against conventional wisdom a bit.

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Bahrain GP
Bahrain International Circuit Power track

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Saudi Arabian GP
Jeddah Street Circuit Balanced with a lean toward power

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Australian GP
Albert Park The old circuit was balanced this year it moved toward power but as it raced I would still say balanced due to the long sector 3 and the removal of the 4th DRS zone

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Emilia Romagna GP
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari High Downforce GTrack

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Miami GP
Miami International Autodrome Downforce Track

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Spanish GP
Circuit de Catalunya High Downforce Track
Watch who is fast in sector 3, they will likely be fast at Monaco

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Monaco GP
Circuit de Monaco Extreme Downforce Track

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Azerbaijan GP
Baku City Circuit Power Track

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Canadian GP
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Power Track

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British GP
Circuit Silverstone Downforce Track

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Austrian GP
Red Bull Ring Balanced Track

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French GP
Circuit Paul Ricard Balanced Track

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Hungarian GP
Hungaroring Downforce Track

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Belgian GP
Spa-Francorchamps Power Track

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Dutch GP
Circuit Zandvoort Power Track

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Italian GP
Autodromo Nazionale Monza Mother of all Power Tracks roughly 75% of the lap is full throttle

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This was supposed to be Russia (Sochi) which is a Downforce Track but it may get replaced with Istanbul in Turkey which is also a downforce track partly due to temperatures making it hard to get tires up to temp at least that was an issue in the past


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Singapore GP
Marina Bay Street Circuit Maximum Downforce

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Japanese GP
Suzuka Circuit Balanced Track

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United States GP
Circuit of the Americas Balanced Track

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Mexican GP
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Downforce Track

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Brazilian GP
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace Interlagos Downforce Track

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Abu Dhabi GP
Yas Marina Circuit Balanced Track


Keep in mind that this type of single metric evaluation gives an idea of which cars will be good at what tracks and how cars will be set up in general but it doesn't mean a high downforce track won't have a primary passing zone that doesn't favor significant power etc.

Would love to get your take on 2023 Vegas circuit, my initial guess is Monza type power. Already making plans for a balcony at Cosmo overlooking Blvd straight away

Ever seen a Countach with a standard police lightbar?



Past F1 safety cars.