The FIA on April 20 announced revisions to the F1 technical regulations, effective the May 3 Miami GP. What do they mean for fans? Will the cars be slower? And will some corners become great again? Mark Slade in this video addresses all these topics and more.
Mark Slade has been a race engineer at McLaren, Mercedes, Renault and Haas and has played a major role in two World Championships, 34 GP wins, 101 podiums and 40 pole positions.
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That’s why I love F1, the technologies are just so much amazing, now here we go again we have Super-Clipping. Compression ratio. Now this is advanced Mathematic calculations.
V10-v12 optional… see who wins, imagine the sounds and battles we would enjoy.
The problem with F1 is the engineers who are involved, they have too much thoughts in their brains, trying to out think each other. But that’s why the sports is interesting, who could come up with the cleverest of ideas.
They done lost me, I only followed it for 3 decades so no big deal.
Just get rid of electrics. It is ruinig the races period.
The FIA is trying to polish a turd. There is already an electric series, Formula E, bring back Formula 1 and the V10s
Needs to be 60/40 ICE:Battery, slower cars better racing.
Could we have an episode on Kimi (the First) mit Mark please? Please.
They put a Band-Aid on a mortal wound. If they don't change the rule set MASSIVELY for 2027 I am done with this miserable racing series. How on earth do you DESTROY your bread and butter like this? What amount of epic STUPIDITY is required? 🤔
You cannot polish a turd.
Super clipping should not be a term in F1. The problem is the ICE is just far too down on power. It's a joke that it's barely hitting what 500 horsepower? That's the problem.
Just listen to this conversation… 350 widgets here and 250 there, clipping, lift & coast, changes by track probably and trying to hide that the show is manipulated by removing any graphics etc. Can the FIA just publish who will win this yeah and we can save all the fuel to run the races. Disgusting! It's not F1.
Was there no feedback from teams based on their simulation results early in development to the regulatory committee/board regarding lap times? My guess is they were focused on “close racing”, “overtaking spectacle” and “simplify engine to attract new manufacturers” at the cost of performance. Looks like only the attract new manufacturers panned out. It’s boring to watch f1 now.
F1 going down hill
Congratulations to F1, you have out engineered your selves. Off to Indy car for me.
Nascar and Indycar and Indy 500 PLUS Motogp way more exciting . Let the clever Clowns fia act in their circus
How simply depressingly sad….This is simply a video game for engineers where the drivers cannot express their talent but can get hurt
What it means for me is that I will continue to watch the muppet show instead! The comedy is better 😂😂😂
By all means keep tweaking rules to maintain the fiction that F1 peteol or electric is in any way "sustainable" and that fans love watching electric cars that are ever more complicated and ridiculous. Spoiled wealthy cosmopolitans who run and own the sport will all get in their petrol powered Ferraris and Astons to go to the airport, shops, races, etc. This entire EV F1 nonsense is Kabuki for elites like Vettel to show how empathetic they are. F1 is a global waste carnival. Just admit it and move on so we can watch racing with real engines.
They should simply reduce the power of the electric motor down to a level where it could be charged fully by braking. This would also require the battery capacity to be sufficient to allow capture of enough energy at the main braking sections.
I will never watch F1 again. It's an absolute joke.
As the F1 is USA owned (these morons f*ck up anything they even glance at) I'm boycotting it, it's sad as I am a very big fan of F1 for decades.
I grew up thinking that the f1 series was measured and won by the bravest racers/teams in the world who were able to push the boundaries of mechanical and human possibilities. That was the key reason why I was so excited to wake up at crazy times to watch these incredible people perform at top levels.
Also, I have to congratulate Lando Norris /McLaren, for winning the last real
f1 championship. Job well done.
Nope, not buying Mark Slade reasoning. Sounds like excuses for poor power decisions. The drivers don't like it. If the drivers walk, there is no racing.
I watched my very first Formula One race in 1973 on ABC’s Wide World of Sports at Watkins Glen. Of course, that race had two tragedies, that being the death of Francois Cevert and Sir Jackie Stewart’s last race because of Cevert’s death. Being a Formula One fanatic for fifty-three years, and watching the FIA slowly kill F1, I am no longer a fan of F1. I am worn out with the utter stupidity of the incompetent people that call the shots behind the scenes. I still watch old F1 races on VCR and have purchased all of the Duke videos of the last 50 years of F1. I do not miss F1. It has become a joke. Life is too short. I now watch IMSA, World Rally and MotoGP. I am happy. F1 will and does not miss me. A mutually happy send-off.