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    Maybe if they manage to get it working properly. The one that drives me insane tho is the fuel regulation systems - the one that keeps breaking, that is not 100% accurate. . . . It will cause a hell of a lot of problems soon

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wyvern View Post
    Maybe if they manage to get it working properly. The one that drives me insane tho is the fuel regulation systems - the one that keeps breaking, that is not 100% accurate. . . . It will cause a hell of a lot of problems soon
    That one I hate, I can't see any real life application for that when we and F1 teams already regulate fuel usage. That and faulty tech has no place in F1
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    I cant understand the fuel regulation... Surely If they regulate the amount of fuel per race, it should be up to the teams to determine how and when they use the fuel?

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    to me f1 should be the pinnacle of motorsport drivers are supposed to drive on the limit of themselves and what their cars are capable of, but atm its quite the opposite, really annoying to be honest

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dohc-WP View Post
    to me f1 should be the pinnacle of motorsport drivers are supposed to drive on the limit of themselves and what their cars are capable of, but atm its quite the opposite, really annoying to be honest
    I totally agree, it doesnt have the same feel, its boring and restrictive and the drivers look uninspired

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    Well we still have a long season of racing ahead, let's hope things pick up. Maybe the drivers just don't like driving around the track with a dildo strapped to their cars.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dohc-WP View Post
    to me f1 should be the pinnacle of motorsport drivers are supposed to drive on the limit of themselves and what their cars are capable of, but atm its quite the opposite, really annoying to be honest
    I agree. I used to also enjoy the boring format of quali where all the cars will remain in the pits and all come out in the last 15 mins and blitz laps with just enough fuel on the quali spec engines. Then rebuild the engine for race day, everything was at its pinnacle.
    And then?
    Grooved tyres, what a farce.
    Now we have economical cars trying to make us believe that it's the pinnacle of motorsport, I don't think so.

    FIA always limits the technology, I feel it would be better if the constructors make their own series.

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    Back to the future

    1st April 2014

    Truth is, Formula 1's finest never really went away.

    As one ex-team principal, newly returned to F1, opined many seasons ago, there are no prizes for the winter championship! Ron Dennis's prophetic words were as true then as they are now.

    Red Bull's well-documented pre-season troubles lulled many, bored with the complete and utter domination of the sport by the Milton Keynes-based crew, into a false sense of optimism, grinning with delight in anticipation of the four-times World Champions’ seemingly inevitable slide down the rankings.

    Well, ye of little faith, grin no more. Those reporting their demise, it seems, were misinformed.

    There has surely never been a Formula 1 team so utterly professional, driven and determined to get to the top and stay there as Dietrich Mateschitz's energy drink-fueled race team. Look at how they're constantly pushing the envelope and the authorities in pursuit of speed and success. Flexi-wings and off-throttle exhaust blowing are just two of their better-known rule-testers, and now the FIA's officially homologated fuel-flow meter is good enough for all teams except, of course, Red Bull.

    Post-Jerez and the subsequent Bahrain testing debacle I, like many both within and without the paddock, wondered, wondered how the Red Bull crew would deal with such a setback to the defence of their crown in the technology-driven 21st century F1 world.

    Sure there are many wise and experienced heads wearing the blue, red and silver apparel; men who've won, lost and won again. But it's also true that a lot of the guys working on the two RB10s have only ever known - until January 2014 - an ever-climbing upward curve and ultimately unrivalled success.

    Relaxed. Calm. Cool. Collected. That's how the men in the Sepang International Circuit's garage No.1 and 2 looked to me during Free Practice 1 last Friday morning. No dramas. No panic. No sweat. Every one of them getting on with their duties, focused and busy, all pulling for the greater good. No tense, bitter and divisive intra-team-mate rivalry - for Red Bull - this season, either. Ever-smiling Australian Daniel Ricciardo isn't about to upset his new team or four-times champion Sebastian Vettel any time soon. A buoyant and upbeat mood abounds as a result.

    Out on track there's a similar scene.

    "Darren, I've always said if a racing car looks good, it'll be good," said 1976 world champion James Hunt to me way back in 1990. James of course was spot-on with his opinion, and would I'm sure approve of Adrian Newey's latest design aesthetic.

    It not only looks good it appears to drive good, too. The way the RB10 smoothed out the bumps of the Malaysian track, magic carpet-like, was a sight Red Bull's rivals will not have liked to behold. Appearing to be very drivable, compliant to the drivers' inputs, high in rear-end downforce points and responsive to development, the RB10 has only one real shortcoming and it’s not within the team's control.

    A whisker off pole position, Vettel's stunning Sepang Q3 lap stunned many but surprised no one. The German maestro really is proving just how good we all - even the doubters - know he is...

    Renault's Energy F1-2014 is not quite where it should be on power right now, but rest assured the French company's Viry-Chatillon base is working flat-out to deliver a powertrain worthy of the RB10.

    When – not if – they do, be afraid, be very afraid because we'll be back to the future all over again...

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    Not a bad weekend for me on the F1 scene i caught up to you guys and i'm 170th overall for the round not bad for someone that missed the whole first round

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    LOL Grats AT :P

    I havent checked my results yet, but agree it was the best race of the season. I just feel bad for those ferrari's, they look ungainly and slow. Altho the redbulls are not much better at all.

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