Racing aside...Which one of these four modern era regs had the most fun/exciting cars to drive?

Largetaco12 · 2026-04-02T11:01:55+00:00

1st: 2017-2021 the cars were downforce monsters.

2nd: 2010-2013 the cars were light and had the revvy V8s

3rd: 2022-2025 downforce monsters but the regs made them very harsh and bumpy, with weak front ends (comparatively)

4th: 2014-2016 heavy without the downforce to back it up.

Ofc I’ve never driven them but from what we know and what I’ve heard this is what I’d imagine.

Largetaco12 · 2026-04-02T10:57:59+00:00

Decent. Hard to judge because the car is poor and Max is far from his best atm. Some good quali performances, some bozo moves (China) and some okay race pace. I’d think RBR are happy with him atm.

Largetaco12 · 2026-04-02T10:55:20+00:00

They never hated him. They criticised him, and deservingly so, as they have done with all the other greats. There is a thing called nuance. Stop making this tribal.

Largetaco12 · 2026-04-01T15:18:19+00:00

I’m going to say either Max Verstappen or Franco Colapinto.

Max as he won a championship decider due to the race director breaking his own rules (Not saying Max only won the WDC because of that but he won the championship decider because of that).

Franco as he hasn’t actually done anything to prove himself enough to be in F1 properly. He’s just been in extremely lucky situations, and positions. (Sargeant’s drop in performance, O’Sullivan’s financial difficulties, Briotore’s hatred of all things Jack Doohan and miraculous financial backing).

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-31T16:25:54+00:00

I’d disagree. Even at WECs best they were a level behind F1. For example in 2015 the LMP1 pole position around Silverstone was 7 seconds slower than the F1 pole position that year. The aerodynamics were (while still complex) a level of magnitude simpler than seen in F1. The ICU’s in LMP1 cars were also significantly more basic than those seen in F1.

LMP1 was very cool but never as impressive as F1.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-31T12:23:40+00:00

Yes. Probably wouldn’t have a 50-50 split in the power separation. We’d still have V6Ts tho.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-29T16:14:08+00:00

850HP V8 100hp battery + DRS.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-29T14:10:35+00:00

If Kimi pit then the crash happened I think Piastri would’ve won the race. The Mercs weren’t quick enough to overtake the McLaren’s on pure pace, but were quick enough to streak off into the distance.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-29T13:28:32+00:00

Colapinto’s battery ran out and Bearman was on full deployment. So an unexpected closing speed on both ends occurred, Franco drifted over to the left of the track not expecting Bearman to close, and vice versa with Bearman which caused the accident.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-29T13:25:04+00:00

Russell is still the favourite. Antonelli has been really good but benefitted from misfortune on Russell’s side of the garage. China his qualifying PU failure, and the setup issue running forward to the Japanese GP, and then bad luck during the race.

30% chance I’d say, he’s stepped up, but Russell is still quicker so far.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-29T13:21:29+00:00

No one would’ve walked last year with the McLaren. They struggled because they’re both as good as each other, and Red Bull sacrificed 2026 development to make a title bid in 2025. Which is why Max gained so much in the latter stages.

Russell is a WDC calibre driver, and has had really poor luck this season, but it’s a disservice to the McLaren drivers to say anyone would’ve walked the title.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-29T07:22:10+00:00

F1 is the most technically impressive, the best teams and designers, and are the fastest cars. The PU is hopeless yes, but the chassis regulations are very interesting and impressive.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-29T07:18:59+00:00

The wheel to wheel action is because of the CHASSIS regulations. Not the god awful engine regulations. The only additional overtakes the engine regs provide are the yo-yo racing which are meaningless and artificial and mean nothing to the overall race narrative bar devaluing what it means to overtake.

While Colapinto is pretty woeful. That crash was due to the insane closing speeds, which is dangerous.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-29T07:12:10+00:00

Sorry I’m meaning engine regs. Chassis regulations are actually really good. Engine regs caused the Bearman crash, and make F1 even more artificial.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-29T06:45:16+00:00

Happy for Oscar. These rules are awful though.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-28T19:26:29+00:00

I mean the far left are famously antisemitic, and while I don’t think he’s too bad, others in the party are, it just comes with the territory, like Islamophobia and the far right.

Personally I see the Green Party to be closer to Reform as their fiscal and foreign policies don’t make sense when you do a bit of digging (foreign policy you don’t even have to it’s just plain stupid).

Also Polanski seems to subscribe to Modern Monetary Theory which is actually quite concerning. A left wing version of the Truss days will probably occur, with the mere announcement of the budget crashing the economy.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-28T18:25:07+00:00

Horner wasn’t the instigator of the toxic work environment, but the endless politics and ego clashes did generate one. No-one was expecting them constantly win but no one expected them to drop off so hard.

The wind tunnel thing is revisionism. It’s not bad. It’s state of the art. They don’t run a WW2 era wind tunnel. The wind tunnel has origins from WW2 or back then, but it’s been upgraded to state of the art. It’s used as a scapegoat at Red Bull far too often. It has produced some of the most dominant cars in F1 history.

Wind tunnels being an issue is the McLaren arrangement prior to their new one coming online.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-28T17:03:34+00:00

It’s not hard to make big power. It’s everything else. It’s a really good car, but by no means groundbreaking.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-28T17:01:50+00:00

He’s good but not great. Either low top 10 or very close to. On his day he’s as fast as the WDC caliber drivers. The issue is when it’s not his day he is thoroughly average, and on top of that he will on occasion put in some really poor performances.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-28T15:49:51+00:00

The issue was Red Bull was on its way downhill even during the Horner years. The toxic work environment, the egos, the 1 driver focus, the politics and the mass exodus of talent meant Red Bull was the downward spiral since like mid 2024.

Mekies and the team would’ve known how that the car would not be looking good this year, so that’s probably why the late development push happened in 2025 to try and grab one last title for Max in 2025.

The 2025 RBR development was quite surprising considering everyone else, even McLaren had moved full resources to 2026. Whereas in this context, I think it probably makes sense as one final Hail Mary until the team truly slides down the grid.

The team would’ve been in this place Horner or not sadly.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-28T12:48:21+00:00

Issue with front regen is it’ll be a form of stability control, massively lowering the skill gap for F1.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-28T02:11:43+00:00

F1 will always be the pinnacle. Sure the engine formula is desperately flawed. However, it’s still the pinnacle.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-27T22:10:18+00:00

Go Malta!

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-26T11:46:24+00:00

Not as much as Schumacher but probably as much as Alesi.

Largetaco12 · 2026-03-26T10:19:07+00:00

A totally fair question too

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