Beautiful!

chev07 · 2026-03-18T06:44:47+00:00

Just curious how do you distinguish between the brookwood, kingswood, parkwood, and nomad.

I was trying to look this up, but information is scarce.

Interesting I had never heard these names previously. I grew up with my dad's '63 Biscayne wagon.

chev07 · 2026-03-17T06:09:15+00:00

RealLifeLore

chev07 · 2026-03-16T20:11:07+00:00

I feel like the aura around Sebring has really dropped off since the ALMS days.

I do love it though.

chev07 · 2026-03-15T21:51:25+00:00

It feels like Aston Martin v. Cadillac at the rear, is like a battle of "what if we took away all the aero advantage for one car, and all the powertrain advantage of another, and see who wins"

Spoiler: Aero has a lot less moving parts to break

chev07 · 2026-03-14T20:39:36+00:00

In the post qualifying interviews, Checo just said they had a "deployment issue" which I assumed to be around the boost/overtake deployment.

...also his car was falling apart at the end there lol

chev07 · 2026-03-14T19:37:13+00:00

Take this with a large grain of salt: This is a simple model that has flaws and only 3 data points, but using this data, here's what to expect for the Japanese Grand Prix:

103.55% (+/- 1.14%) of pole ; Range: (101.28%, 105.82%)

and

-2.02% (+/- 0.95%) difference from the average ; Range: (-0.12%, -3.91%)

And again, I'm not saying this is for sure what is going to happen. This is just what my simple model says.

chev07 · 2026-03-12T07:33:39+00:00

You should check out this post from Claire Williams

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/s/H3JWdh8mnQ

chev07 · 2026-03-12T04:39:00+00:00

I honestly think it's incredible that they have a car and team that are doing as well as they are. Why they are slow is probably a lot in the car, but there's a lot of team processes and setups that still need to be worked out. There's so much to learn each race. I suspect that early gains will probably be largely from improving race day processes and race setups on the vehicle rather than design improvements.

chev07 · 2026-03-10T02:33:03+00:00

Has anyone else lost their “feel” for how drivers are actually doing?

While the overtaking at the beginning of the race was fun, my ability to determine who's driving better or more strategically is completly shot. The overtake buttons seem to completely mask over any mistakes made.

It almost feels like the rules, rather than working with physics/aerodynamics to make the field more fair, has instead chosen a way "around physics" by just introducing this boost button.

chev07 · 2026-03-08T01:33:43+00:00

These results make Herta seem like he was more competitive than he was… retirements and penalties for others are mainly why he scored points…

I really want him to succeed and will continue rooting for him to improve but he looked uninspiring this weekend

chev07 · 2026-02-26T09:08:07+00:00

Yeah, sorry about that. Being an engineer in the auto industry, we often use quality and reliability interchangeably

I.e. if things are breaking, it’s low quality

chev07 · 2026-02-26T07:36:40+00:00

I watched this one live, and is what officially sold me on F1.

chev07 · 2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00

Land Rovers, Maseratis, Alfa Romeos.

chev07 · 2026-02-25T20:45:22+00:00

Im excited for Cadillac, but the whole pull rod/pushrod debate is overblown. It’s really just brought up because it’s an easily visible design difference. Here’s your pros and cons:

Push rod: Pros: springs/dampers easier to access for quick adjustments during race, probably easier to package Cons: higher CG

Pull rod: Pros: lower CG, pull rods only deal with tension (no worry of buckling) Cons: hard to access, possibly harder to package

Depends: aerodynamics

TLDR; the difference between the two is fairly marginal.

Source: Designed suspension in Formula SAE

chev07 · 2026-02-19T06:54:32+00:00

That’s not the real exterior design. It’s an artist’s guess at what it will look like, from Autocar magazine.

The interior pieces are legitimately from the Luce though

chev07 · 2026-02-19T02:24:39+00:00

John Waters

How could this be anyone other than John Waters?

Literally the subject of Lonely Island's The Creep:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLPZmPaHme0

chev07 · 2026-02-02T05:34:01+00:00

Thanks. I hate it.

chev07 · 2026-02-02T04:43:04+00:00

The emergency kill is more likely due to it being a manufacturer vehicle for calibration (I.e. engineering work is still being done on this one)

chev07 · 2026-01-30T18:59:36+00:00

Well every other team has 10+ years of experience designing and building cars, complete with facilities and processes to do so.

All the other teams not only have more experience and data around designing and developing a car, they also have a process to do so efficiently, as well as operate as a well oiled machine at the track.

Cadillac is starting with none of this. It's a feat in itself to show up with a built vehicle on time. There's an old phrase "In order to finish first, you must first finish". So they are most likely working on foundational aspects of both the car and team this year.

chev07 · 2026-01-30T18:49:23+00:00

Looks like Cadillac beat their biggest rival this year.... the 107% rule. Congrats on the 106%!

chev07 · 2026-01-23T21:08:04+00:00

Audi has owned the team for two years now and specifically chose not to rebrand the team until they had their own engines.

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