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[โ€“] krimson@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Well ofcourse its more fun when you can finally compete in the top 5 again.

I think the overtake yoyo-ing that lasts 2 minutes is pretty boring tbh. Because after that you see Mercedes take off to the horizon anyway. New rules changed nothing except for causing chaos. Team dominance is still here.

[โ€“] woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yoyo is such a bullshit term. Better drivers are better at strategicly deploying energy and are more successful at holding off competitors. It's a huge improvements over processional raced of previous rule cycles.

[โ€“] Danitos@reddthat.com 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Better drivers are better at strategicly deploying energy

The car behind gets an extra 0.5 MJ of battery recharge per lap, plus the team is the one that decides the battery usage mappings. Driver skill is far less important this year.

[โ€“] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Driver skill is far less important this year.

Guaranteed DRS passes required so much special skill. Sure, sure.

Leclerc has the same car, deployment programming, etc. as Hamilton but Leclerc got past Hamilton and hold him off (before the pit stop). It was a great battle between these two and the one who managed the situation better came out ahead. That's racing.

Ever since the very first F1 race, drivers relied on good cars. That a part of the overall package is engineering by the teams is nothing new. In fact, if you dislike that aspect, maybe F1 isn't for you.

There are plenty of spec / BoP'ed series around the world. I follow WEC and DTM, for example. Many people rave about the racing in IMSA's Mazda MX-5 Cup which streams for free on YouTube and IMSA.TV.

[โ€“] AltoCuddle@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

I fear a spec series is the only way to stop team dominance. Itโ€™s only been 1.5 races. I suspect even the yo-yo racing will stop as teams figure out how to optimise energy deployment. Then itโ€™ll just be the same F1 weโ€™ve had for years of qualifying then a parade only interrupted by idiotic Ferrari strategy.

Except qualifying will be less interesting because they canโ€™t even go all out for a single lap to get the best time. They have to lift in corners to recharge.

[โ€“] calamitycastle@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Starting to believe a win this season is possible for Lewis. I truly hope so! McLaren don't look far off this week, I expect them to be in with a chance to leapfrog Ferrari on pure pace when they bring upgrades. Seems like the Ferrari engine philosophy works very differently to Merc...

[โ€“] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Taking the first corner in Monaco then holding the race is possible for him

[โ€“] calamitycastle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah let's do that!