"McMike" (mcmike)
09/16/2014 at 17:15 • Filed to: F1, fiveminutephotoshop
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"McMike" (mcmike)
09/16/2014 at 17:15 • Filed to: F1, fiveminutephotoshop | 1
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Effective immediately.
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Also not allowed - Pit board communication of the same nature.
WHAT IS ALLOWED
Acknowledgement that a driver message has been heard.
Lap or sector time detail.
Lap time detail of a competitor.
Gaps to a competitor during a practice session or race.
"Push hard", "push now", "you will be racing xx" or similar.
Helping with warning of traffic during a practice session or race.
Giving the gaps between cars in qualifying so as to better position the car for a clear lap.
Puncture warning.
Tyre choice at the next pit stop.
Number of laps a competitor has done on a set of tyres during a race.
Tyre specification of a competitor.
Indication of a potential problem with a competitor's car during a race.
Information concerning a competitors likely race strategy.
Yellow flags, blue flags, Safety Car deployment or other cautions.
WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED
Sector time detail of a competitor and where a competitor is faster or slower.
Adjustment of power unit settings.
Adjustment of power unit setting to de-rate the systems.
Adjustment of gearbox settings.
Learning of gears of the gearbox, allowing the ECU to record the position of the gears releative to each other for the seamless shift system (will only be enforced from the Japanese GP onwards).
Balancing the SOC [state-of-charge of batteries] or adjusting for performance.
Information on fuel flow settings (except if requested to do so by race control).
Information on level of fuel saving needed.
Information on tyre pressures or temperatures (will only be enforced from the Japanese GP onwards).
Information on differential settings.
Start maps related to clutch position, for race start and pit stops.
Information on clutch maps or settings, e.g. bite point.
Burn-outs prior to race starts.
Information on brake balance or BBW (brake-by-wire) settings.
Warning on brake wear or temperatures (will only be enforced from the Japanese GP onwards).
Selection of driver default settings (other than in the case of a clearly identified problem with the car).
Answering a direct question from a driver, e.g. "Am I using the right torque map"?
Any message that appears to be coded.
Edit - I have a few more ideas for getting information to the drivers or changing settings on the cars.
Here's the first...
Change the steering wheel at each pit stop. The new wheel will have the desired settings applied.
We've seen it before, it doesn't take long.
And the second:
Hire some of those !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to display the info just when the driver passes by a certain jumbo-tron.
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GhostZ
> McMike
09/16/2014 at 17:19 |
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Why? It seems to me to be somewhat arbitrary to prevent communication and would make for less dramatic racing.
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> McMike
09/16/2014 at 17:24 |
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Radio? I don't know what that means...
ttyymmnn
> GhostZ
09/16/2014 at 17:25 |
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The FIA has said that they want to put the emphasis back on driver skill. But with the ever-increasing complexity of the technology, this is ludicrous.
Dr_Watson
> GhostZ
09/16/2014 at 17:27 |
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They got complaints that fans don't think the drivers know how to drive anymore. So they want the team to shut up and see if they know what they're doing.
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ttyymmnn
> McMike
09/16/2014 at 17:27 |
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I read this earlier today and I think it's ludicrous. These cars have become so incredibly complex that it's asking way too much of the driver to monitor all these systems. How long before we have our first accident caused by driver inattention?
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GhostZ
> ttyymmnn
09/16/2014 at 17:27 |
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Completely agreed.
I wonder what would happen if they made a spec series at the same (or even higher) speeds than F1 without allowing for new tech or development, making it purely about driver skill...
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ttyymmnn
> GhostZ
09/16/2014 at 17:30 |
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IROC F1? Making a spec series would be the death of everything F1 purports to be. But with the draconian regulation of the last few years, we're not far from a mandated spec series as it is.
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McMike
> norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
09/16/2014 at 17:30 |
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Neither does Caterham
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norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> McMike
09/16/2014 at 17:48 |
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You did get my joke though, right?
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McMike
> norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
09/16/2014 at 17:55 |
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I think so, since those old cars didn't have radios. You were remembering a simpler time when things were more awesome and less complicated?
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norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> McMike
09/17/2014 at 15:23 |
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That and that I was talking about the "real" F1 and anything after 1980 wasn't F1.