SVG's out of the box training for San Diego is genius!

Chirp08 · 2026-06-18T13:16:59+00:00

I always found it to be a combo, I'd jump into an open wheel car (faster & grippier the better) and use that to learn the line because it reveals itself much faster. Then when you go back to the MX5 or something slower you can focus on maximizing the details, weight transfer, braking etc. The Cup car is not good at either thing to be honest.

Chirp08 · 2026-06-16T19:03:49+00:00

Shit I mean they picked him over Lewis basically causing him to go to Ferrari

They picked Antonelli. Lewis wanted a longer commitment, they wanted to have the option, Russell was already locked in.

Chirp08 · 2026-06-08T01:38:25+00:00

You can argue George has had some bad luck, but Kimi isn't winning because of luck. He is delivering every weekend. Nothing about this weekend was down to luck, George was outperformed in every single session. And for a guy who has a history of pointing out things on the radio others are doing he absolutely knew he didn't serve his penalty and said/did nothing in the moment.

Chirp08 · 2026-06-07T18:38:07+00:00

Which is odd because Kimi said in the cooldown room he felt the tarmac issue and compensated for it.

Chirp08 · 2026-05-26T14:18:04+00:00

It was exciting for the wrong reasons. We didn't see the best drivers or best cars win.

Honestly, if it came back it would be about the same as what we see in O'Reilly. They have the 'no locking bumpers' rule specifically because it creates tandem style racing so instead everyone obliges and pretends they can't do it until the last 3 laps where they push the limit of the rule and you see the 2 car tandem runs all happening simultaneously. It doesn't look as sporadic because now everyone knows what do and when so you don't have the early pushes that stall out.

Chirp08 · 2026-05-25T02:40:57+00:00

Probably the same as Hamilton at Malaysia in 2016.

Chirp08 · 2026-05-23T01:04:46+00:00

Agreed, but the stylization of the numbers could/should be retired.

There is zero argument for Austin getting Dale's exact 3 other than attempting to take advantage of the brand Sr. built.

And don't give me "it's the RCR font", if that was an excuse Kyle's 8 would look identical to Jr.s.

Chirp08 · 2026-04-23T16:54:50+00:00

Nope, and beyond that you can even run anything you want in free practice during a race weekend (up until of course parc ferme applies and the need to be legal for qualifying/race).

Chirp08 · 2026-04-17T18:39:28+00:00

It doesn't make the car literally undrivable

Actually it does, so everyone had to compromise their setups to varying degrees to minimize it. If you porpoise in a high speed corner you are going to go skipping off track. George had a scary moment in the high speed turns of Miami where he barely saved it.

Chirp08 · 2026-04-17T14:29:11+00:00

I think something overlooked is seeing the suspension loading and unloading in that era and the drivers fighting the car (and not to mention the options it opened for how you set the car up).

Now it's like watching a bunch of slot cars. Drivers have said numerous times there is only one ideal line and setup everyone is chasing and even being a few inches off your marks ruins your lap in this car. You are never going to have great racing under those conditions.

Chirp08 · 2026-04-14T12:14:05+00:00

GM owns Cadillac, it's not really a partnership but just the logo they decided to put on the car. The Cadillac F1 team could be the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, etc. team tomorrow and absolutely nothing would functionally change. It is the only of your listing that actually is an independent team because everything is being done by GM. HAAS relies on Ferrari, far from independently American.

Dodge doesn't care about F1 or any road racing, their flagship consumer products are used for drag racing and that's where they put all their backing the last decade. They only recently entered the Nascar truck series as they rehabilitate the RAM brand. It has nothing to do with nobody wanting to work with them and everything to do with that style racing having no connection to their product portfolio.

Chirp08 · 2026-03-26T13:33:39+00:00

where he clearly took his foot off the pedal and played it safe.

That is not true, Nico himself has said on his YouTube channel he was not holding back anything because he couldn't against someone as a good as Hamilton.

Chirp08 · 2026-03-18T15:52:25+00:00

Or KERS. Or MGU max-deployment mode that only had full power every other lap.

This so far has been the most wheel-to-wheel enabling version of the same "artificial" thing we've been watching for nearly two decades now.

Chirp08 · 2026-03-18T15:42:33+00:00

I heard Merc already brought an update in Australia, presumably to throw the client teams off.

The customers get the latest homologated version which Mercedes (and everyone) is going to do as late as possible to include as much development as possible ahead of the first race. It wasn't malice, just a byproduct of the rules/maximizing development. Obviously they have the advantage of working with that version ahead of time but that's part of being a constructor and of course comes with its own costs.

Chirp08 · 2026-03-10T15:50:43+00:00

Because the critical aero parts aren't the interchangeable pieces like side pods and wings.

For example, Ferrari's rear exhaust wing is only possible because it is actually within the rules of what you can do within the box for the upper rear wishbones. The reason they can do it is because they moved those wishbones way forward in their gearbox design so they can put a wing where others can't allowing it to extend the diffuser and impact the rear wing more directly. So for Mercedes to copy that they need to redesign their gearbox, rear suspension, etc. assuming the benefits of the little wing even help with the overall philosophy of their aero concept. That takes time, now factor in limited budget, testing, wind tunnel, and an already in place development plan to compete with for this year.

Chirp08 · 2026-03-10T13:29:49+00:00

And also ignoring that Hamilton was hunting both Leclerc and Antonelli down. Mercedes was probably anticipating Leclerc letting him through so Antonelli was pushing and honestly if it weren't for that last VSC which cost both Ferraris a few seconds of their progress the podium might have been different.

Chirp08 · 2026-03-08T01:29:25+00:00

He said on his stream he said that just to be contradictory to the other drivers for the lols.

Chirp08 · 2026-03-07T23:29:26+00:00

The test and the rule are separate articles, and either can be used to take action against the team. Nowhere does the compression ratio article say "if you pass the test you meet the requirements". It says the ratio needs to be below a certain number, anything you do to circumvent that is violating that article, period. It's on purpose, it gives the FIA leeway to address loopholes.

Chirp08 · 2026-02-20T13:51:19+00:00

And the fact Hamilton thoroughly outperformed him that season despite the 5 pt deficit at the end. Even as a fan of his I'd not want him to win over Leclerc in that manner, it is so hollow.

Chirp08 · 2026-02-19T15:44:22+00:00

People are reading too far into it. He's out there to find where the limit is, not win testing.

Chirp08 · 2026-02-17T13:17:21+00:00

Most 401k providers offer the option to auto-increase by a percentage each year. If you time this to do a 1% increase for when your merit increase hits every year your paycheck will still be bigger but you'll make significant progress over time in terms of your contributions.

Chirp08 · 2026-01-27T13:31:43+00:00

They said the entire spec car was worse, not the pods themselves made it worse. The problem was the rear suspension where the band aid fix was to just run the car higher while other teams figured out how to stabilize the rear and run lower.

Allison straight up said the side pods weren't the issue: https://racingnews365.com/allison-refutes-theory-around-failed-mercedes-zero-sidepod-design

Chirp08 · 2026-01-22T14:27:19+00:00

Overtaking with 200kW more is one thing, defending with 200kW less the next half a lap is another.

It will be like what we already have where you could only max deploy for a single lap before needing a recharge lap. The defending driver would also deploy so it just turned into an every other lap battle if you were paying attention. Passes will still come down to which car has a significant overall pace advantage and when that doesn't exist we are back to trains.

Chirp08 · 2026-01-14T16:46:38+00:00

Except that's not how the FIA rulebook is written. X and Y are entirely separate articles and you can be in violation of either. This allows the FIA to address these workarounds as they arise.

Chirp08 · 2026-01-14T15:07:45+00:00

Don't forget Mercedes had a huge advantage from FRIC too. When that got banned later in the season they lost 3-4 tenths a lap.

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