re: Formula 1 2020 Season Thread

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Carlos Slim doesn't want an Indy champ, he wants an F1 champ.

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Yup

IMO, Checo in a top tier car in Indy will be damn good... while he would struggle at some ovals, his talents would shine on the road courses

Hell, you could argue that Dixon and Power should get a shot at F1... but it seems Indy drivers are going to WEC instead (Bourdais, Kanaan, Pagenaud and Dixon)

Speaking of Bourdais, he made the jump and ran for Toro Rosso for what, 2 years? Then came back to America

Hell, Sato ran F1 for a while, then came to Indy and has had some wins... 2 Indy 500

Let’s go! Max looks competitive in the FP, but we will see if Mercedes is sandbagging....

Nvmd

Max has the pace apparently and has been superior with tire management. Could challenge Mercedes tomorrow if the cards fall right

Had a weird thought watching a few of the quail laps. What if they removed the edges of the corners. While Mugello isn’t In the normal rotation, these guys are flat out for the end of S1 and all of S2 and the final turn of S3 into the straight. What if they took out the run corner run offs and forced the drivers to ease up and not run off the black top track. While this would slow them down incrementally do you think this would have any impact on the standings?

I say this after reading a lot of the Indy chat and majority of the tracks don’t have the run off corners. It’s black top then grass (see below for pic)

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What if they took out the run corner run offs and forced the drivers to ease up and not run off the black top track. While this would slow them down incrementally do you think this would have any impact on the standings?

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Changes nothing except the width of the drivable surface... how would a narrow corner vs a wider corner have impact on the standings?

The whole philosophy of cornering is to carry as much speed into and out of the corner... if the usable driving surface is the same for everybody (regardless of curbs) how can that possibly change anything?

I said taking out runoff corners similar to the picture along all corners.
My point is guys are going flat out through 75% of this track, if you take off the corners that they are clearly running 50% of their car over they’d have to let up and turn harder. Point being, how would that impact each car/team. How would that impact cars with significant downforce (Merc) and their tire wear as compared to cars with more straight line speed. Just a thought after watching these guys eat majority of the curbs flat out.

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if you take off the corners that they are clearly running 50% of their car over they’d have to let up and turn harder. Point being, how would that impact each car/team. How would that impact cars with significant downforce (Merc) and their tire wear as compared to cars with more straight line speed. Just a thought after watching these guys eat majority of the curbs flat out.

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Watch this Indy race at Mid-Ohio... some guys using the run offs, some guys not

My thought is that it would be equal for all, therefore the only teams who would have an advantage are the ones who have a superior rotating car without scrubbing speed... RB & Merc first come to mind

Would tire deg be an issue?? Between car setup and tire management by the driver... probably not that much, although last years Merc's rear tires would say different

Issue with max's car cutting it close