Rhys Lloyd

@jblank So, exactly what @dbradock said then. You can still catch it and pass it on. Albeit it’s a lower risk—but a risk nonetheless.

@balue who’s paying for it?

Just line the offending corners with water-filled barrels for the race. That’ll keep them on track.

@aussierod Add a wall of tyres or water filled barrels. Physical barrier; not permanent (keep circuit owners and MotoGP happy). Won’t want to touch it! Race-ending otherwise.

@paeschli most tracks aren’t used for F1 alone, so this is completely impractical.

A bit “Mario Kart”, but not the silliest of ideas. However expensive for the whole track, could probably just pick any corner with a runoff that could gain time.

@hotbottoms How about: If you go off track and your lap was faster than your previous full speed lap, it’s deleted.

Full speed is full lap, all green.

Probably need some of your caveats for the laps w […]

More power to them I say. These innovations are one of the reasons I follow F1.

@john-h I’m pretty sure it is, but how do you determine the amount of flex accurately?: static load testing.

@jeff1s I almost cried when he dropped that wheel in Korea. I knew right there that mistake lost him the championship. I was devastated; couldn’t believe my eyes.

This is one of the most ill-informed comments I’ve ever read on this site.

@slowmo yes, but that’s my point. The grey area is there to be exploited, and always has been. Maybe not explicitly, but we’ve been through this before. The flexing front wing was a grey area; legal as in it pas […]

@bascb So yes, a problem for the FIA to ensure their tests are sufficient. The teams will always exploit the grey area.

@slowmo sure they can change the tests, but if testing a part doesn’t make it “legal”, what *is* the test verify that a part is legal?

If it’s passing the test it has to be legal, otherwise what mechani […]

The bendy front wing was legal at the time. Until the rules are changed, it’s legal.

It’s the responsibility of the FIA to ensure the cars are compliant with the rules, if their tests aren’t sufficient that’ […]

@balue what? Not at all like Fan boost.

Fan boost is an artificial external influence on the race; a popularity contest.

FLAP can only be delivered by the driver and the team pulling everything together to […]

Will get shot down here, but I like the idea of a reverse grid for the sprint race—but reverse championship order.

That said, I enjoy the current qualifying format so don’t know how such a thing would log […]

@skipgamer I’m fairly sure he didn’t have anything to do with the PU; so doesn’t need to save face on that front.

@robbie yes, but the slipstream effect is much greater behind draggy cars. The DRS reduces the drag (literally its name) which reduces the advantage of a slipstream in turn making it harder to pass on the […]

@robbie the trouble with the “DRS for all”, is that it actually negates any normal slipstream. Reduced drag for the car in front reduces the effectiveness for a normal slipstream, which would make it much har […]

Quarter of a million digital simulations sounds impressive, but it’s just a number. The model of which the simulation is running and the optimiser driving it is (potentially) the impressive part.

I run 1000s o […]