• mhague@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    My initial thoughts are simply that active aero seems like a thing the pinnacle of motorsport should have. I hope they can make it safe and not eat up cost caps.

    The engines being so weak still feels bad though. With each team selfishly guarding their stake and turning a more straightforward profit can’t we afford to divorce F1 constructor development a bit from the real world? Like damn man they’re going to keep teams out, nerf the sport to make it cheap, make bigger and bigger profits, and everything needs to help their business outside F1? Can’t some stuff be about the racing and passion?

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      6 months ago

      why do you automatically equate ICE with passion? why can’t we be passionate about electric drivetrains too?

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        6 months ago

        I don’t. I prefer the sounds of the newer hybrids over v10s for example.

        I meant that we shouldn’t have to have so many regulations conducive to tech trickling down to consumers now that that cycle is less of the profit margin. They’re making more and more simply from occupying a grid slot, some of that should come back to fans in the form of rules for racing’s sake.