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The sound of the Honda 2026 PU, https://x.com/HondaRacingF1/status/1999426305750638690
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It's not a V8/V10/V12 but it sounds decent .
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That's the sound of victory
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Horner supposedly is leading an investment group to take over Alpine. And put himself in charge..
I'm torn here. I liked that team as an underdog in the Alonso era, they're not doing great now but could come back with a better engine in 26, cannot stand Horner's smugness, but he is undeniably a decent team manager based on Arden and Redbull, so we'll see... Also if he replaces Briatore, it'll be like watching a boxing match between Khamenei and kim jong un, so why not, at least one of them will be gone.. |
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Wondering out loud about the active aero in '26...after hearing more about it in a podcast...
So front and rear wings will now move to reduce drag on straights..apparently that can be hydraulic or electric in operation... So now, if the system fails, the car is useless as it will be stuck either way (slow on corners or on straights depending how it failed). If there is mild contact, the thing can jam possibly on one side or on the front only (dangerously so). If it breaks altogether, what happens for wing changes in the pits? presumably a hydraulic system will be harder to unplug-replug so guessing electrical connectors, adding complexity to the wing change time? will the stewards black flag a car with broken aero, or not active enough ? I'm sure the clever folks in F1 will think of all that and bring solutions, but it's a lot of gimmickry that can affect races IMO.. That and all the new modes, straight mode, boost mode, man.... I guess we'll see.. |
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Chaparral 2E had the high downforce configuration be the default. IIRC it used a pedal to trim out the high-mounted rear wing for low drag on straightaways. Then, for corners, the driver would take the foot off the trim pedal (dropping the wing back into high downforce config). If something broke in the linkage, the wing would be stuck in the theoretically safer high downforce setting, but at least the car wouldn't be hurtling through a corner with low downforce.
Of course, making it a rule to satisfy that would probably be beyond the FIA.
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