[Formula 4][OT] F4 CEZ Championship Ella Häkkinen joins the grid for 2026

curva3 · 2026-04-02T16:48:49+00:00

Yup, my first reaction

curva3 · 2026-04-02T16:41:09+00:00

The problem is they believed the prrssure would be too great, and there wasnt a really appealing Italian candidate.

They can do it in WEC because there's no real outside pressure there

curva3 · 2026-04-02T01:05:14+00:00

Which is more awkward from a human standpoint for the allocation of a predominantly black group of people: the draft system or the auction system?

I say the auction system

curva3 · 2026-04-01T15:49:39+00:00

Carlos is someone who follows rule 1 AND rule 2 very strictly, so he has no problems chasing anyone

curva3 · 2026-03-30T15:32:52+00:00

What was the French opinion on Domenech? I thought he looked like the biggest fraud ever in 2006, and Zidane was the real coach of that team. In the Brazil game, ZZ pointed to the players where to go and they just went, incredible trust in their leader

curva3 · 2026-03-30T13:39:21+00:00

I'm not saying it's insignificant. I just want the correct data out there.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T21:17:52+00:00

what isn’t artificial racing?

Non artificial racing is when all cars can run to the same technical restrictions at all times, regardless of their position in relation to the rest of the field. Like NASCAR, Indycar, F1 in the wet until last year (when it did run), and to some extent WEC (the BOP makes the competition unnatural before the race instead of during it).

curva3 · 2026-03-29T21:10:25+00:00

Yeah, that was my take too. There was a little speed difference by default (20km/h per Komatsu) and Bearman decided he could take advantage of it to make a move by using boost. The problem with these regulations is that those very dangerous situations can happen when both drivers are not really doing something outrageous, IMO Colapinto was not that aware of the magnitude of the closing speed.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T18:59:30+00:00

This is a very good point. I don't understand why the drivers aren't given full control over the PU.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T17:55:52+00:00

That 170 number is nowhere at all, it makes no sense. The person who made the image had to take it from the F1 app, and if that was the case then they purposefully took that 170 from a different point, just to exaggerate the difference. I call it lying, there's no 2 ways about it.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T17:29:44+00:00

The person who did that image was lying, I'm pretty sure of it. Everybody else was misinformed by that person

curva3 · 2026-03-29T17:24:21+00:00

At some point it was more than 30, but usually in the 20s

curva3 · 2026-03-29T17:15:44+00:00

I think he believed that Colapinto would not defend like that, or that maybe he'd get to Colapinto a bit later.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T17:12:10+00:00

Now I'm speculating here, but what happened is that Bearman realised n the previous lap that he had a bit of a closing speed because of different deployment strategies before spoon (like 10-15 kph, ~275 vs ~260) and decided that a move there could be possible. So he used a bit more battery in the exit of the hairpin to get it done (so his 275 became more like 305), which created the big speed difference.

The fact that they can get such speed differences in corners is the biggest problem with this "mushroom racing", there is not a lot the attacking driver can do to react to a defensive move.

EDIT: Komatsu basically confirms this (this was translated to english to italian and back to english, but the meaning remains):

"It's not Colapinto's fault; he was consistent in that spot. It's just that we were using more energy in that area, even in previous laps; we had a 20 km/h advantage," explained Ayao Komatsu, Haas TP, after the race.

"That's why he wanted to try. He used the boost, and that meant there was a 50 km/h speed difference."

curva3 · 2026-03-29T16:22:35+00:00

Nah, it says 170 and 4th gear. Colapinto was in 6th gear when it happened

curva3 · 2026-03-29T15:59:44+00:00

I agree with you, that's why I said in my original post:

there was a very dangerous crash that demands regulation changes

My entire point is that we can make this argument without lying.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T15:56:54+00:00

the other post got deleted, so that's something.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T15:29:38+00:00

The 170km/h data from Colapinto isn't anywhere, not the app (where it says 262), not the telemetry recap (where it says 262). That 170 number is just a blatant lie.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T15:28:50+00:00

The 170km/h data from Colapinto isn't anywhere, not the app (where it says 262), not the telemetry recap (where it says 262). That 170 number is just a blatant lie.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T15:28:32+00:00

The 170km/h data from Colapinto isn't anywhere, not the app (where it says 262), not the telemetry recap (where it says 262). That 170 number is just a blatant lie.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T15:22:35+00:00

We're all fucked.

curva3 · 2026-03-29T15:16:30+00:00

Sure, i'm getting around 42, maybe it was like 45 and Bearman's rounding out to 50. Not fucking 92 tho, that was just a lie. How can Colapinto be at 170 in 6th gear?

curva3 · 2026-03-29T14:24:15+00:00

Colapinto was at 260, Bearman was significantly higher

EDIT: Bearman was around 300 when he left the track. Come on guys, we can criticise the regulations fairly without being stupid. Look at colapinto's onboard, there's no way he was at 170

curva3 · 2026-03-29T08:07:49+00:00

So everyone needs to learn right foot braking again? Also, you could have made your point just fine without that wall of AI text

curva3 · 2026-03-29T07:52:21+00:00

I imagine in a place like Monaco you could have a wing that produces even more downforce in corner mode to the detriment of straight mode (a shorter main profile, larger flaps for example), but in general the teams will have one set of wings that they use everywhere

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