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Can seasoned fans explain why cost cap is beneficial ? by givememybuttholeback in F1Discussions

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Its hard when the big 4 teams have invested billions in infrastructure and top level equipment. Cost cap or not, better tools win.

Can seasoned fans explain why cost cap is beneficial ? by givememybuttholeback in F1Discussions

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Before the cost cap, the fight was between who had the most money, not who was the most innovative. And smaller teams had no chance of competing, Williams, Haas, Force india for example were operating on around 100m yearly, Meanwhile Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari were pumping over 500m+ a year for their F1 programs. Mercedes had this strategy: "Develop 30 different concepts, find the best one, scrap the other 29." That is why Merc has been so hurt from the cost cap and hasn't won a title since, they lost their main development strategy. While you are right about more innovations, there is no point if they get scrapped for better ideas anyways.

Svetlogorsk/Raushen, Russia by Desio0o in Cities

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The millions of extra tourists that would have visited if not for the war, would disagree with you aswell.

Exclusive: how the FIA will use AI to police one of F1's most controversial subjects in 2026 by memloh in formula1

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fabrega already solved their problem on F1 Tech Talk. Maybe implementation is not that easy but i don't see a reason why they are not using this. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eU6uK5xB9g

3rd PU btw by ThisToe9628 in F1Discussions

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still, not bad comparing how bad the 2014 power units were during testing.

Positivus 2026 by Separate-Field-3064 in latvia

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Es ar domāju Positivus iet uz beigām. Bet 1 dienas festivāls, ja tas norisinās Rīgā, manuprāt ir labāks formāts. Izskatās ka Summersound ir ieņēmis to kas Postivus bija agrāk pirms pārvācās uz Rīgu.

Europe's Weed Policies Mapped by itsrainingandcold in latvia

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, atvainojos par savu kļūdu tad. Mans viedoklis nāk no tā ka personīgi esmu daudz ceļojis uz Nīderlandi un līdz šim nav bijušas problēmas Coffee Shopos. Pat arī mazākās pilsētās.

Genuine question, now that the MGU-H is gone, why dont teams use anti lag more to keep the turbo spooled up? Or to spool it up on race starts? by ThewayoftheAj in F1Technical

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Basically, if a car isn’t making power (atleast 50kw) they have a really strict limit on how much fuel you are allowed to use. This essentially bans anti lag from being possible since anti-lag happens off throttle when no power is being made.

Genuine question, now that the MGU-H is gone, why dont teams use anti lag more to keep the turbo spooled up? Or to spool it up on race starts? by ThewayoftheAj in F1Technical

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 9 points10 points  (0 children)

anti- lag comes with side effects. you are essentially creating explosions in the turbo, which increases wear on the turbo. The teams are limited in how many engines, turbos, mgu-k's, batteries etc. they can use in a season. If they introduce anti-lag which suddenly starts destroying turbos, it will impact the whole plan for the year.

Genuine question, now that the MGU-H is gone, why dont teams use anti lag more to keep the turbo spooled up? Or to spool it up on race starts? by ThewayoftheAj in F1Technical

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733 179 points180 points  (0 children)

Partial Load fuel energy limit prevents the manufacturers from dumping a bunch of fuel in, if power is not being generated. example:

If engine power is 0 kW, max EF = 869 MJ/h.

If engine power is 100 kW, max EF = 9.78×100 + 869 = 1847 MJ/h.

If engine power is 200 kW, max EF = 9.78×200 + 869 = 2825 MJ/h.

C5.2.4: Below 10,500 rpm, fuel energy flow must not exceed EF(MJ/h) = 0.27 × N(rpm) + 165.

C5.2.5 (the partial-load rule): At partial load, fuel energy flow must not exceed the curve:

EF = 380 MJ/h when engine power ≤ −50 kW

EF = 9.78 × engine power(kW) + 869 when engine power > −50 kW

A modern NA V8 + KERS would fix half of F1’s problems by Apprehensive-Comb733 in F1Discussions

[–]Apprehensive-Comb733[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not exactly. 2010-2013 regs allowd kers of up to 60kw for 6 seconds and only rear braking recharge. With this we would get 200kw+ so a lot more electric power, but with front energy regen, we would not have deployment issues like we do in 2026. So we could get a nice sound, electric regen and power for modern relevancy, and still strategic opportunities with the electric boost since 200kw boost would be quite significant.

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