you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

All this bitching about innovation. Do you want F1 to be the pinnacle of motorsport or A1GP? All the history of every era has its unique or monster cars and the only way that happened was with the grey in the rules. Competition is one thing but you can’t have both and be mad when one happens and not the other.

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    All this bitching about innovation.

    Maybe the rules shouldn't place so many restrictions but the compression ratio is capped at 16:1 and the rules also spell it out black and white that the cars must comply at all times.

    Also, combustion engines are the antithesis of innovation.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    16:1 measured at ambient temps

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child)

    16:1 measured at ambient temps

    That sentence was added last year very late in the development cycle – too late for Mercedes' competition to adapt. It was not present in earlier versions of the 2026 rulebook.

    See https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/fia_2026_formula_1_technical_regulations_issue_8_-_2024-06-24.pdf if you don’t believe me.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment