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Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch

178 points · 112 comments · llm_nerd

  1. boredatoms · · focus · HN ↗
    Time to go back to NA engines, the hybrids don't give the rock concert wall of sound
    1. rapidfl · · focus · HN ↗
      Lets all vent in one more place. How this kind of regs get forced is sad. All the casual fans want something fun to watch. All the serious fans want NA engines. The drivers hate these "power units".
      1. xeonmc · · focus · HN ↗

            Gentlemen, a short view back to the past. Thirty years ago, Niki Lauda told us ‘take a monkey, place him into the cockpit and he is able to drive the car.’ Thirty years later, Sebastian told us ‘I had to start my car like a computer, it’s very complicated.’ And Nico Rosberg said that during the race – I don’t remember what race - he pressed the wrong button on the wheel. Question for you both: is Formula One driving today too complicated with twenty and more buttons on the wheel, are you too much under effort, under pressure? What are your wishes for the future concerning the technical programme during the race? Less buttons, more? Or less and more communication with your engineers?
        1. Kd368 · · focus · HN ↗
          Can you repeat the question?
          1. yogiv88 · · focus · HN ↗
            I was reading the whole text in THAT tone
      2. alkonaut · · focus · HN ↗
        The F1 isn't just spectacle it's also something that should show real advancement in technology. They don't want to be seen as deliberately going back 20 years in tech.

        But yes, they completely made the powertrains to opaque for the viewer, and they definitely missed the ball on the sound aspect.

        I get that they need to look environmentally conscious but let's be honest: it's maybe one decade - two tops - until F1 is electric. Until then, why not just skip the hybrid bits and do loud and simple engines?

        I was at a GP in september, something you do very much for the noise and spectacle - the race you follow best from your couch. And it was astonishing just how much better F3 and F2 sounds, compared to F1. And that surely can't be good for FIA.

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