/hob/ - Hobbies

>>70742
this is the worst season of F1 that I can remember, stopped watching and don't plan on coming back. It's bread and circus anyway and i can't bother with that anymore, at least in previous seasons it was entertaining to see drivers taking their cars to the limiit, that element has disappeared completely with the new ecogay regulations, they want to make the cars easy to drive so that they can get in celebrities or pretty faces that are great for their PR and marketing.

>>70748
The FiA will always put profit first before the competition, that's nothing new. My hope is that the switch to V8 engines by 2030 will shake things up a bit. And that Max Verstappen drops Red Bull.

I watched the first race of this season and have had zero desire to watch any more. The new aero regs are interesting, but the current hybrid powertrain setup leads to bullshit yo-yo overtaking where drivers are just swapping positions based on battery charge. The FIA think that viewers will be impressed solely by the sheer quantity of overtakes, and unfortunately they seem to be correct based on the number of fans defending the current regulations.

>>70749
It would be interesting to see Verstappen at another team, but I'm not sure who could take him. The other top teams already have solid driver lineups, and Verstappen would only leave RBR for a better car so I don't see him going for the midfield teams.

>>70773
I've never thought about it that way, but it makes sense. But I don't think I've ever seen anyone defending ERS superclipping. They should make the engine/battery split at least 60/40. I'm personally liking this season, but maybe that's because I'm new.

I had heard a rumor that Max was going to make the switch to Mercedes, since his contract permits him to switch teams next year, but now that I dwelled on it more it seems very improbable that a better team would take him in.

>>70786
The ICE/electric split being 50/50 would be fine if the cars had an additional source of battery recharge. IIRC, the current situation is the result of the FIA dropping the MGU-H to entice Audi to join in (since Audi would be at a disadvantage compared to the existing teams and manufacturers in developing that tech), then the existing teams torpedoing front axle regen (because Audi have a lot of experience with that tech from endurance racing). So now the MGU-K is doing all of the recharging, hence the super clipping. To be fair, apparently they made some reg changes a few races ago that improved the situation, but I haven't watched any of the recent races myself to compare.

>>70773
>I watched the first race of this season and have had zero desire to watch any more.
If you don't find something stimulating you should stop watching it.

>>70791
Silverstone GP yesterday with it's high speed corners and straights immediately showed how bad the battery situation is. Hamilton slowed to a crawl and lost his position to Antonelli on the Sprint and the GP. Later, Max went into the wall from a rear wing issue which gave him massive understeer. Whatever difference the regulations changes made seems marginal to me.

I'd like to see the cars relying more on the engines than the ERS. Not just because they'd sound cooler. I feel that it would allow for cleaner racing & less back and forth positions due to ERS deployment. And I think most drivers would agree with this.

I don't know anything about f1 but

My neighbor was a driver and became a paraplegic

His son then was a driver and is now a paraplegic

They live together in a mansion

I've never spoken to them

>>70825
By driver you mean racing driver or regular driver?

Racing