F1 2024: US GP - Austin (Oct 20)

[fs1977]

If you wanted to cheat, why is the component involved mentioned in the open source component document? As always, it's all about interpretation of the rules. I think it has zero impact on track performance and might be more a tool to make the life of the mechanics a bit easier during testing and FP's.

And to be fair, there wasn't really any trackperformance to begin with the last couple of months

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by G30M

Schumacher - Benetton engineers gave him traction control when traction control was illegal to the dismay of Senna

Brawn was more than amazing. He bought the team for $1 in preseason, did the double diffuser, Jensen Button won something like 10 races in a row before it got banned, then Jensen didn't win another race but did enough damage to be world champion. I think since then teams realized if they don't stop their competitors early it will be too late once they run away with the points. Unless you're McLaren and you don't know who you're racing.

With just a wagging finger pre race from FIA is it any wonder that teams push the boundaries. FIA sanctioned stewards can't strip a car down to the last nut and bolt to check if it's running some sort of flap even after a race if the measurements are positive ? McLaren themselves were visibly cheating and nothing happened keeping their points.

[M5Rick]

As far as Bottas is concerned I'm thinking that he should remain partnering HUL for '25 even though he hasn't scored a single point so far this season. Mick S vying for the drive is just too much of a wild card with his recent history and Collapinto is just a flash in the pan too early, the car itself is the rogue that can't be pushed far. Binotto should go for experience and long standing know how than getting in youngsters that could likely push up crash bills.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...91bAcHTEVsOlBX

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by CMW33

Right. The teams at the front are the ones who are innovating and pushing the boundaries, or sometimes exceeding them:

BrawnGP - double diffuser
Red Bull - exhaust blown diffuser
Ferrari - fuel flow
Mercedes - DAS
McLaren - mini-DRS

The list goes on...

Yeah . The list goes on ... Mercedes ?

DAS - The Party-Mode - The Smoking Brake Magic - Flexible wings - ect...

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

As far as Bottas is concerned I'm thinking that he should remain partnering HUL for '25 even though he hasn't scored a single point so far this season. Mick S vying for the drive is just too much of a wild card with his recent history and Collapinto is just a flash in the pan too early, the car itself is the rogue that can't be pushed far. Binotto should go for experience and long standing know how than getting in youngsters that could likely push up crash bills.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...91bAcHTEVsOlBX

LEW in cowboy look at COTA ...

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yeah . The list goes on ... Mercedes ?

DAS - The Party-Mode - The Smoking Brake Magic - Flexible wings - ect...

If RB did have some sort of party mode of their own on, and lets remember that Merc were allowed to keep their party mode on for many races then FIA could always put cameras on the 20 ( Like they did on a few wings to check bendiness but only in an advising way) to check if there's any disparity in the ride height between quali and race...in an advising way only. Even Stevens my friend.