Formula 1 Thread

#1,501
#1,501
Nerd-Vol said:
Yeah. I think perhaps, make it so you have to use both compounds, but make the tires last a decent amount of time, but have their be a noticeable difference in speed.
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There you go. If you have to have this one tire manufacturer.
 
#1,502
#1,502
JL 103 said:
There you go. If you have to have this one tire manufacturer.
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I would be pumped if Pirelli left and Goodyear came back in. I know Pirelli can and would produce a great tire if asked, but I would love to have a big American company back in the sport.

One tire manufacture though. I hate the idea of a tire war. Very boring to see advancements made on the most boring part of the car.
 
#1,503
#1,503
Nerd-Vol said:
I would be pumped if Pirelli left and Goodyear came back in. I know Pirelli can and would produce a great tire if asked, but I would love to have a big American company back in the sport.

One tire manufacture though. I hate the idea of a tire war. Very boring to see advancements made on the most boring part of the car.
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I disagree, I enjoy tire wars. But I'm a tech nut.
 
#1,506
#1,506
JL 103 said:
Engine and Aero wars are better. But tire wars are good
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adrian newey wins all aero wars. i wouldn't mind seeing say, Force India, **** on Red Bulls lunch by making a different tire work better for their car, as long as the different tire manufacturers were close as far as degradation.
 
#1,507
#1,507
Fleetwood1104 said:
adrian newey wins all aero wars. i wouldn't mind seeing say, Force India, **** on Red Bulls lunch by making a different tire work better for their car, as long as the different tire manufacturers were close as far as degradation.
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Adrian Newey is the top dog. Braun is no slouch either. I just wish McLaren would pay those guys to stay.
 
#1,517
#1,517
The mid 80's to mid 90's were the best period in F1 and the drivers are an overrated part of that equation.
 
#1,521
#1,521
JL 103 said:
Didn't McLaren have a Puegot engine in the 89 MP4/9?
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Nope. That year was the mighty Honda V10 N/A. Honda stuck with McLaren through the 92 season. Then McLaren ran customer Ford engines in 1993, then the puegots in 94.
 
#1,522
#1,522
Nerd-Vol said:
Nope. That year was the mighty Honda V10 N/A. Honda stuck with McLaren through the 92 season. Then McLaren ran customer Ford engines in 1993, then the puegots in 94.
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Thanks. Sorry, still a noob on the older cars.
 
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#1,524
#1,524
Nerd-Vol said:
Don't sweat it. I'm just happy that there are folks in here chatting about f1.
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I love talking specs. I loved that lambo tried to put cylinders at 120° to make a compact engine. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the cam shafts.
 
#1,525
#1,525
JL 103 said:
I love talking specs. I loved that lambo tried to put cylinders at 120° to make a compact engine. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the cam shafts.
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Yeah, folks had some wild designs back in the day. There is an interesting documentary done back in the 1980's called "Equinox: Turbo, once around the block", part two is called qualifying boost, and there is a third part called made to measure. The documentary follows Cosworth and Ford in their efforts to develop a turbo engine for the 87 season, in the Haas Lola F1 car.

Pretty interesting and technical stuff.
 
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