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F1 rules are completely ridiculous now.
They have a Boost Button, Overtake Mode and Recharge Controls now.
They can trim their aero surfaces to High Speed Mode only on specified parts of the track.
IMO they should just set some hard limits (engine displacement, battery capacity, fuel tank size, downforce), mandate safety standards, and otherwise let the teams go wild.
Sometimes I wonder if these decisions come from the EA boardroom. It sounds like the kind of crap you add to Mario Kart.
What's the problem. If that's the strategic way to go faster overall then by all means do so.
He doesn't want to strategically brake so he can go faster elsewhere, he just wants to go as fast as possible regardless.
he just wants to go as fast as possible regardless.
Every driver wants to drive a lonely race at the front, far away from the competition.
That's not what the audience wants.
Going all out on a straight? In motor sports?
PREPOSTEROUS!
That's what the "overall" meant.
Doesn't mean that's what drivers want. There was a time in basketball where the overall best strategy was to score a few points and then just stall by holding the ball and playing defensively. That led to the shot clock being introduced because the best strategy led to mindnumbingly boring games.
The overall best strategy doesn't mean it's the most fun strategy. I know you can say "that's the rules for you. deal with it" and that is an argument, but I think Verstappen leaving F1 because of the regs would be pretty damning of F1.
If Verstappen brakes on the straight to optimize overall lap time that means someone else can choose not to, pass him, and try to hold on for the rest of the lap.
Sounds good for racing.
If breaking on the straight is the way to go faster overall then someone passing Verstappen doesn't really matter because they'll be on an unoptimized strategy and Verstappen will take his place back. Not to mention if it's the optimized way to drive then everyone will be doing that.
I'm wondering why it would be faster to do this instead of just using less electric energy to drive fast on the straights.
Battery deployment is automatic, not controlled by the driver
Yeah but I mean the teams could surely adjust the deployment to be reduced at higher speeds so the power lasts for longer. Maybe with just cutting electric power like this it's more like the car is doing part of the braking before the corner.
I think the rules state precisely how much battery power must be deployed, at least that's the vibe I got from Komatsu's complaints