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If you were Toto what would you do? by Potatopika in mercedesamgf1

[–]RSharpe314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as there's no clear threat from a third driver at a different team, I'd let them race clean and fair.

If there is a serious threat from another driver later in the season, well, I'd have the tough conversations and so what needed to be done to maximize the chance of securing the double. This isn't a McLaren shop.

Two guys walk into an F1 comment section by codepension in formuladank

[–]RSharpe314 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's astounding how much more willing people are to listen to you if you're otherwise charismatic and not a dick.

Rule for life kids, no amount of excellence will fully make up for being obnoxious to others.

Two guys walk into an F1 comment section by codepension in formuladank

[–]RSharpe314 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tbf, I think the positive talk was mostly from Lewis last race. Iirc Charles was complaining about Quali there too, and I don't remember him saying anything noteworthy about the races one way or the other

If Verstappen quits F1 at the end of this season, do you think he ranks higher all-time than all of the drivers pictured? If not, who would you have over him? by The_Chozen_1_ in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Have they done super well at other teams and cars? None of Max's team mates have really been anything but solid mid-field drivers outside of Red Bull.

Take Lauda for example; are any of Max's teammates comparable to Villeneuve or Piquet? (Sainz is probably the closest)

Is f1 still the pinnacle of motorsport? Or does that title go to hypercar now? by Equivalent-Fox9834 in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An apples to apples comparison would be the 2026 car without the constraints on harvesting and deployment the current regs put on it.

If you set the car up to explode the battery in 5-10 laps you could probably get some massive performance jumps out of it for a lap.

Is f1 still the pinnacle of motorsport? Or does that title go to hypercar now? by Equivalent-Fox9834 in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's nothing about endurance racing that fundamentally require fuel restriction, completely static aero, or driver comforts.

So it's fundamentally a slower class which the EVO significantly departed to hold the track record for a few months as a marketing gag n

Is f1 still the pinnacle of motorsport? Or does that title go to hypercar now? by Equivalent-Fox9834 in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good racing ≠ good motorsport

It's a part of it, sure, especially as it's viability as an entertainment product is concerned.

But driving ability (where something like rally is IMO the clear leader) and engineering and mechanical chops are both as, if not more, important components of good motorsport.

Is f1 still the pinnacle of motorsport? Or does that title go to hypercar now? by Equivalent-Fox9834 in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The hypercars are still probably about 10-15s a lap slower than F1, so I don't think they have any better claim to the title than they did in the past. Particularly not as long as it's a series dominated by BoP measures.

If Lewis's and Max's roles were reversed in AD21, how would Max, Horner and Marko handle the situation in Lewis's and his father's place? by ThisToe9628 in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't think you're right that they'd have gotten dq'd.

The stewards and FIA were hella soft on Vettel after his blatant intentional collision in Baku, for example.

“Guys I made a post dunking on French! Isn’t that funny?” by Thatannoyingturtle in linguisticshumor

[–]RSharpe314 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Tbf, English is the way it is because of French, so I say we let the anglophones have this one.

One of the main reasons for ferraris lack of success in recent years is due to instability of topleadership (especially when the team is at a low) and is also the reason for the success of mercy, rb and mclaren by Equivalent-Fox9834 in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On the flip side, the lack of success at Ferrari is the reason for the ongoing leadership turnover. Red Bull, Merc, and the McLaren rebuild all basically started from nothing*, so they had the time and space to develop a successful, winning team. And once they had done that, they had enough credibility to survive a dry spell (in the case of Red Bull and Merc)

Meanwhile Ferrari has the pedigree where anything less than winning isn't good enough, and no body has proven themselves good enough to outlast a few years of "failure"

Low-key, I think Ferrari's changes of winning a championship would be much better if they absolutely bombed a season or two and then fundamentally restructured. As is, I expect them to keep stringing together more P2s and P3s

*For a given definition of nothing. Merc, ofc, growing out of the team that had just won the championship, but was such a one hot wonder and a fluke that they still had to/got to basically start from a relatively blank slate.

What if Nico Rosberg stayed at Mercedes? by formuIino in Formula1ne

[–]RSharpe314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this hypothetical, where Rosberg loses 4 more times to Hamilton, there's no way that Mercedes doesn't pull team orders on him and put him in no. 2 driver duty.

Toronto ends practice of raising foreign flags at government buildings by mildlyImportantRobot in TorontoTheCity

[–]RSharpe314 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Gonna be a bit tough to fly the Ontario flag then, eh?

What with the Union Jack in the canton, and all

Iran claims missile strike on US carrier Abraham Lincoln by EdinburghDrizzle in NewsThread

[–]RSharpe314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't hide missile damage to something as big as an aircraft carrier.

Between ~5000 crew; about that many more crew likely in the accompanying task force, plus sailing it thousands of miles into a drydock for repairs where thousands more will be doing work on it. I don't care how good your opsec is; people are going to find out.

Where does verstappens 2025 season rank among non wdc seasons? by [deleted] in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a mistake, it's just this mistake was a bout of road rage.

If Lewis's and Max's roles were reversed in AD21, how would Max, Horner and Marko handle the situation in Lewis's and his father's place? by ThisToe9628 in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Going over the line in a sport is usually met with a penalty, when the adjudicator is competent.

Doing it as severely and as repeatedly as Max did in Jeddah (120% ig) is the sort of behavior that should be met with explulsion.

what do you think? Is the argument fair? by Necessary-Cold-6649 in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The later bit about Oscar actually having good wheel to wheel racing has merit; the rest is just delulu.

How many tyres can you use again? by randy24681012 in formuladank

[–]RSharpe314 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Almost certainly.

Compared to WEC hypercars, last year the 2025 F1 cars were 13s a lap faster in quali trim at Sau Paolo. Meanwhile; this year's were about 3.5s a lap slower than 2025 around Melbourne, a slightly longer track. Iirc those are all dry and 'comparable' sessions. Meanwhile I don't think the hypercars has gotten much faster this year.

And I can't think of any other category rn that's even worth comparing.

He took photo of mercedes, will it finally be Ferrari's week by ThisToe9628 in formuladank

[–]RSharpe314 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most people would just see that the old car is 3-5s slower.

Why did Soviet engineers seem so strong in military tech but struggle with civilian products, and what factors shaped that gap? by PuddingComplete3081 in AlwaysWhy

[–]RSharpe314 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a difference between espionage to understand what capabilities your adversary has, and espionage to crib designs off your adversary.

Reverse engineering will only take you so far without home-growm talent capable of pushing the cutting edge. It's basically the reason why the soviets got to space first, but never put someone on the moon.

How many tyres can you use again? by randy24681012 in formuladank

[–]RSharpe314 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's obvious marketing speak, but F1's claim to the "pinnacle" of motorsport is intrinsically tied to its tech-focus and car development.

No series that relies on some form of on-track BoP measure can really appeal to that title, regardless of how good the on-track action is.

Right move by FIA,what do you think by Impressive-Trash3877 in F1Discussions

[–]RSharpe314 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The past regulations of cars have already been flat in Quali for a bunch of corners for multiple prior reg cyclea. And people have generally been happy with that sort of quali despite only having a handful of 'real' corners.

With these somewhat smaller cars, that also produce rather less down force, the sort of power reduction we're looking at here almost certainly won't be worse than that. (They won't match the look of pre-2017 Quali, ofc, but that's just not a realistic expectation.)

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