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RE: Grand Prix Driver on Amazon Prime Canada – It absolutely is available. I watched it using my Canadian account.
And yeah, total bummer that the F1TV package is not available here yet, but there are ways around that if you want it bad enough…
You’re an “enterprising” young man, Barry. ;)
Finally a fashion award to someone who looks normal. Stay warm, the sun is out today.
Yes, Susie is charming and her baby is too cute.
RE: engine mapping for customer teams. I was listening to another F1 podcast (I’m sorry man, I never said we were exclusive) last year, and they had Matthew Carter on (ex Lotus F1 boss). He was talking about when he was running Lotus and they were at a GP (I forget which one now) but they were in a position were it would have been advantages for Mercedes, if Grosjean were to speed up a bit, so they got a recommendation to try a specific engine mapping setting during the race and low and behold, the Lotus was now an… Read more »
No worries, there are a lot of good casts out there ran by good folk. :)
As everything else in life there are good quality much educated and informed podcasts and the more extremely popular and more populated podcasts. The later standings are mostly aided in no small way by ex-drop-outs or dropped-outs joining the likes of mister/s know it all/been there/done that/seen it all/all others are razzmatazz JOE’S. they go on air or in-print and start telling what their favorite nicker color used to be, some even go as far as to state what it used to smell like. That stuff gathers for the vast majority because unfortunately the vast majority likes to hear/see/ or… Read more »
Off topic but Latest interesting news as regards Vijay Mallya google “Maltatoday 7march, 2018, 8:57am”. are you reading JAKO?.
Sounds like Vijay’s in a whole heap of trouble!
If he can’t even keep up the pay to the staff on his super yacht.
I didn’t know he was being accused of money laundering.
Hopefully his problems won’t take the team down with him, and some super clean oligarch or billionaire can step in to save the day.
By yesterday evening it was reported that the compliment on board were somehow paid one half of what they were owned which amounts to just over one million Euros, but the payment wasn’t by VJ himself, in fact it is stated that he has “Abandoned the thing he owns”. The princess is majestically moored at the same place I last was involved with her equally impressive big V20 diesels when more water then bunkering fuel was pumped into her holds and her diesels started complaining.
I hope you got paid for your work.
Since Vijay can’t leave the UK, maybe he will sell his yacht, pay the crew, and split the rest between lawyers and Force India.
With Grosjean, a bit of driver coaching to get him out of braking so late would probably be more effective in getting his pace up than an extra engine mode.
I can totally see the rat with a black robe giving the order! “imgur.com/ vozsbtd” 3rd from top click to enlarge.
“PU parity of supply hogwash” The manufacturers phenomenal combustion efficiency achievements in collaboration with their respective oil/fuel suppliers was only possible to be used for any length of running time by the development of highly critical measuring sensors and self-regulatory capability software. The combustion produces such high and critical “on the limit” pressure and heat that highly critical and sophisticated “in cylinder” knock, pressure and heat sensors had to be developed. These in-cylinder sensors sniffs the critical point at which the all destructive knock/detonation is due to happen “in-cylinder critical limits of pressure and heat”. Just one knock in any… Read more »
Further to “PU parity of supply hogwash” some more notes that might interest some on the phenomenal combustion achievements of the present PU and the enormous efforts and costs entailed in every further performance improvement. The electric power and time per lap assist to the ICE crankshaft is a fixed maximum of power and time per lap by the rules. Those that still cannot make full use of these fixed maximums is because of their ICE still unresolved reliability problems. For those that have no such problems their combustion process is an ongoing development program. Here is just a sniff… Read more »
It makes sense that every component of these p.u’s would have to be optimised to the nth degree to extract the next kw of power when they’re already so powerful and efficient. It makes it really tough for anyone who’s not Mercedes.
I just want to test my understanding of the last bit of your post, are the turbos run independent of the I.c.e, and are fed by gasses generated to match the exhaust from an I.c.e, and that is circulated in a closed loop system?
Yes, the very expensive test rig and process generates exhaust gasses in a closed loop system that allows the turbo to be run/developed with exact and proper hot exhaust gasses. that’s what proper simulation is all about.
So if a fuel / oil suppliers sponsorship isn’t covering at least that dyno tuning cost, and delivering better than manufacturer team power and drivability, the team should ditch them, and run what the manufacturer does.
As I said, the manufacturer cannot but supply his customer with the same PU, OIL, FUEL and CONTROL SOFTWARE. Some customers will have their own oil/fuel supplier-sponsor. There might be some customers and oil/fuel sponsors that will be content to just stick a plastic sticker on the car and let water settle there. But some sponsors might want their products to be actually used, in which case the manufacturer will have to dyno tune the PU to the limits of that product. Considering the great effort and expense involved in developing these type of combustions I don’t see a chance… Read more »
What you say sounds reasonable, Sunny, but it has the brutal implication that at most 4 fuel and oil companies will be involved in F1.
Another sponsorship avenue closing for the smaller teams.
Unfortunately you are spot on
Red Bull already go against this trend by using their own fuel / oil supplier (different from Renault specification). It is probably more work to do this but less so than manufacturing the engine as well. It is definitely possible to be successful at it. Sometimes you need a third set of eyes to push the boundaries a bit more than say the manufacturer would. I wonder if Red Bull flow their findings back through Renault for possible modifications to the PU? I’m guessing they would like to keep any found advantage though. I’m surprised more teams do not do… Read more »
“PU Customer teams/Red Bull doing their own dyno work???”. This F1 PU supply to customers is not like you going out and buy an off the shelve brand new engine of your chose and taking it back home and kiss it up with a sledge hammer if you so wish. In F1 you pay for the engine, you use that engine/race that engine but the engine is not yours/you don’t own it. Read again what I said re equality of supply how and why plus what’s technically possible. AND also read (just out this minute) “Wolff:-red bull missing out with… Read more »
I think you misread my post as the article you reference supports what I typed. Red Bull are using different fuel supply than Renault. Red Bulls’ Christian Horner also provided a rebuttal this morning refuting Wolfs’ claim. Also as I alluded to yesterday, Horner confirms “Obviously there are additional burdens involved in that as it’s a different supplier than what the works team have, it just means they’ve got to run more engines on the dynos which we have to cover the cost for.” Red Bull reject Toto Wolff claim over Renault fuel difference – Red Bull and suppliers Renault… Read more »
I did not misread you post/what you said/wrote. you should have stated what article I referenced that supports what you typed. as to Horner, he can rebut all he likes, technically speaking he is out of order, politically speaking he is as usual the number one fomenting discontent in F1 as they at red bull has been since the start of the new engine formula after at the very start of the new formula the fell flat on their face and had to lick back all they had spit out.
Those articles were not yet out when I opined originally. I read the information last year when the change was happening from Total to Exxon. I was surprised then that Renault would allow a customer to Dyno their engine with another fuel supplier, whether Renault did the actual testing or not.
My surprise today is why is Toto only now making a big deal of this 1 year later?
“toto” because of the fomenting discontent started by the red bullies. as i said, no manufacturer will allow his engine to be dyno tested by others and not even Repaired or adjusted in any way.
When talking about F1 pubs, I was very puzzled about why you obviously left off F1 RACING. I subscribe and think its a terrific magazine about the sport, the tech and the drivers. Plus the photos are excellent. I read about F1 online but I prefer to have a monthly magazine and this one is excellent. Maybe I haven’t been listening long enough to TPF to know if you have dismissed F1 RACING.
I used to get F1 Racing and for me, it started declining. I had a sub for years but it had an editor that took it down a certain path that I didn’t find appealing. I then discovered Motorsport Magazine and replaced F1R with it. Also, I used to spend $350/year on hardcopy of Autosport but that became too expensive and they couldn’t deliver it with regularity here in the US. In fairness, I haven’t given F1 Racing a look in years so you could very well be correct. I’ll have to pick up a copy.
Know exactly what you talking about, like most, been through all that money throwing down the drain rush of younger years, but surprised you tempted to try again. There is no need for that stuff anymore now-a-day.
Jeez Todd …….so you are impressed by the new Indy bodywork, and think it might lead to closer racing, then you wish someone could find a way to eliminate the need for DRS, and the next question is about considering closed bodywork, and you don’t make a connection? Maybe you were tired.
Perhaps its time to develop an open mind on closed bodywork? As Grace says, if it leads to closer racing why not? It’s not as if you can actually watch sportscars 21 weekends a year.
BTW, You’re doing great with the name, perfect ;-)
I think it is either open-wheel or it isn’t. Closing up open-wheel with canopy, fenders and the like isn’t appealing to me. What I am interested in with regards to Indycar is more under-side aero rather than top-down aero. I am interested in F1 reducing top-down aero for grip and creating as much disturbed air as possible so cars can’t follow.
Cheers Todd, I know alot of people are traditional in their adherence to ‘open wheels and open cockpits’, I’m more laissez faire. That formula comes from a long way back, when low weight and low drag were necessary to maximise performance from low powered engines. We’ve come a long way since then. I’m confused by your statement – “I am interested in F1 reducing top-down aero for grip and creating as much disturbed air as possible so cars can’t follow.” I don’t think that is likely to lead to closer racing, perhaps you mis-typed? With regards to your desire for… Read more »
Paddy would know far better than I would but that’s why I say I am intrigued to see what Indycar discovers with this. If it works, it could be an option for F1. It’s conjecture but from what I have heard in the pitlane, teams know that disrupted air prevents following and some say they design for that purpose. Just conjecture, as I said.
And would you check this out, even sports cars are open wheel these days ;-)
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/news/sports-cars/rebellion-releases-images-new-wec-lmp1
LOL, just put a hole on the top of the cockpit -> open cockpit, problem solved! ;p
Simples! :-)
Re: the halo, I don’t think it’s necessarily attractive, but I really think the response is too strong. Granted, I have not watched a race with it yet, but from pre-season testing photos, it does not look nearly as bad as I feared. Overall, with the shark fins gone, I think the cars are a net gain aesthetically in 2018 versus 2017. At the end of the day, the halo is meant to enhance the safety for the drivers. If that device presents a serious injury or death – or even the reasonable chance it could – far trumps any… Read more »
No, we can’t secede: (1) Unconstitutional, and (2) we don’t have nukes.
Ask Daytona how it felt about “character”.
….and Todd says I’m verbose.
It’s Formula 1, not World Rally Championships.
….and then there’s folks like me who watch NASCAR.
I could die in my sleep, in my bed, and all I did was sleep. My life could end at any time. I can’t live being afraid of dying that much. I’m not a fan of dying, but that’s life.
Then it must grind your teeth if I go full Texas Drawl and say “Th’ Park Firmy”. :D