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2018 Formula 1 Season Paddock

Discussion in 'Sports, Hobbies & Interests' started by OZ-T, Nov 28, 2017.

  1. May 18, 2018 at 12:37 PM
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  2. May 18, 2018 at 3:52 PM
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    Can we not use that name anymore please? Couldn't we just say "past F1 champ"...

    I'm so easily triggered
     
  3. May 18, 2018 at 4:01 PM
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    If we could just avoid discussing Formula E that would suit me. Cars with a top speed around 140 mph haven't been race cars since maybe the 1930s or 1940s. I watched about ten minutes of a Formula E race and it was painful.
     
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  4. May 18, 2018 at 4:47 PM
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  5. May 19, 2018 at 11:15 AM
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    I watched some of the longer video where Rosberg has the car on some kind of parking lot 'racetrack'. I like the E racing series well enough and certainly see the appeal of the powertrain, but gawd that car is weird looking. And I wasn't impressed with the in-car soundtrack; it made the car seem slower than it was. As for Rosberg's running commentary, well, I think I'll take Thumper's advice on that.
     
  6. May 19, 2018 at 4:05 PM
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    ...^^^... I have been in a Tesla P100D and that was like taking off in a rocket going up a small incline.

    Specs on that P110D are about 0-60 MPH in 2.30 secs ... Is an FE Car faster than that 0-60 ?
     
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  7. May 19, 2018 at 6:10 PM
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    IIRC the current spec FE cars hit 60 in a fraction under 3.0 so no. Not even worthy of being called race cars IMO.
    [​IMG]

    Sloooooooow.
     
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  8. May 20, 2018 at 3:10 PM
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    Costs or not, a top speed of 140 is just sad and isn't worth watching. A 1930s Duesenberg could hit 140.
     
  9. May 21, 2018 at 5:53 AM
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    Top speed is irrelevant to how exciting a race is. E racing is on street circuits. F1 cars at Monaco hit 160 or 170 and that isn't the exciting part.
     
  10. May 21, 2018 at 7:01 AM
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    Formula E cars sounds like slot cars. I'm used to the rock and roll of gas engines and Formula E is a synth band. I'm sure for the younger generation it will become the norm but for me it's not my bag, baby.
     
  11. May 21, 2018 at 7:16 AM
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    Agree.

    I remember going to my first bike race at the local velodrome. Walking up to a racetrack, while a race was going on, and the only sound was the spectators cheering. I haven't been to an e-race in person but I suspect I'd like the sounds of the bike race better.

    Still, good racing is good racing.
     
  12. May 21, 2018 at 7:19 AM
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    Its hard to keep an electric car going at top speed. Look at a Tesla...great acceleration and decent top end speed....but cant even go one full lap a at the Nürburgring...they can only make it ~2-3 minutes before it goes into reduced power mode. Im sure the same applies to a Formula E car and why the top end is "low".
     
  13. May 21, 2018 at 3:16 PM
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    Still, good racing is good racing.---well played sir
     
  14. May 22, 2018 at 6:55 AM
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    Yup the tech is interesting. Im sure those in Formula E are learning/developing plenty of stuff to improve production models
     
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  15. May 22, 2018 at 7:07 AM
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    Formula E has already progressed to the point that the Gen 2 car will go full race distance versus changing cars at mid race . The pace of development is pretty impressive .
     
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  16. May 22, 2018 at 7:14 AM
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    Full distance and a top speed of around 175 is a pretty big gain for only 4 years of exsistance
     
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  17. May 22, 2018 at 7:16 AM
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    Exactly
     
  18. May 22, 2018 at 7:19 AM
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    You have to keep in mind that current FE cars are only about 250 HP
     
  19. May 22, 2018 at 4:30 PM
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    I called the TV Lady today just so I could get some channels for Monaco and Indy this weekend
     
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