F1 - GP (General Purpose)

Chode ^ | 8/5/2009 | Chode

[Chode]

This will be a general purpose thread for F1 news and pings that really don't require a thread of their own.

[ColdOne]

What the heck is that on that car?

[Chode]

F1 set for new elimination-style qualifying format

24 Feb 2016

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Formula One racing will implement a new elimination-style qualifying format, potentially in time for the 2016 season, after it was unanimously approved by the F1 Commission following a meeting in Geneva.

The exact structure, and the date of introduction, will now be analysed and evaluated ahead of a vote by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council next week.

In a statement, the FIA confirmed that: “The new system is being evaluated for introduction, potentially as soon as the beginning of the 2016 season.”
How the proposed new qualifying format would work:

The new elimination system will retain the current idea of three separate qualifying segments to decide the grid, albeit under a changed format as set out below:

Q1

- 16 minutes
- After 7 minutes, slowest driver eliminated
- Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag
- 7 drivers eliminated, 15 progress to Q2

Q2

- 15 minutes
- After 6 minutes, slowest driver eliminated
- Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag
- 7 drivers eliminated, 8 progress to Q3

Q3

- 14 minutes
- Ater 5 minutes, slowest driver eliminated
- Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag
- 2 drivers left in final 1 minute 30 seconds

In each session, the final elimination will occur at the chequered flag, rather than when the time is up.

[Chode]

my best guess is airflow sensors measuring the directional flow/force from the front wing and tires

[ColdOne]

Thanks.

[Lockbox]

Leave it to F1 to come up with high tech curb feelers.... :)

[Chode]

you'd sure feel it if ya hit one with those

[nascarnation]

Reminds me of the grids they use on armored vehicles to “pre-explode” RPGs.

[Chode]

right??? the first pic i saw was at a kinda odd angle and that's almost what it looked like!

[nascarnation]

Maybe they’re worried about Islamic terrorism? ;-)

[doorgunner69]

Next big thing will be bits of yarn taped in strategic spots..............

[Chode]

that's just crazy talk... 8^)

[ROCKLOBSTER]

What’s that...a giant mass air flow sensor?

[Chode]

that's my best guess

[Seaplaner]

So, I’m guessing that their WiFi reception is pretty good?

[Chode]

yeah, it's the new 200mph receiver pack

[Doogle]

Guess he don’t have to worry about people dinging his doors at Walmart

[Chode]

i heard that, keeps them apart in the turns too i bet

[Chode]

not F1 but interesting...

Every Lamborghini in Daytona 24 Penalized for Alleged Sandbagging

From Road & Track
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/every-lamborghini-daytona-24-penalized-185154435.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Though they may not have finished well in the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Lamborghini Huracans in the GTD class were way faster than anything else in the class by a wide margin. In fact, the fastest race lap set by a Huracan (1:45.873) was less than two seconds slower than the fastest lap in the GT LM class.

This didn’t go unnoticed by other teams, and it definitely didn’t go unnoticed by IMSA, which just penalized all five Huracans in the race by adding a pitstop and five more minutes to their overall time. This is after IMSA took the engines from the Huracans and dyno tested them after the race.

IMSA alleges that the Lamborghinis were sandbagging through practice and qualifying, and only showed their true speed in the race, hence the penalty under the rules establishing a balance of performance (BoP) from car-to-car in class.

Our man Marshall Pruett reports that the air restrictor is to blame:

Although IMSA elected to omit the specific reason for the penalties, Lamborghini is known to have supplied a highly advantageous air restrictor for the V10 engine that powers its cars, and Audi’s R8 LMS and R8 LMS GT3 models.The restrictor was the same unit previously used by Audi on the last-generation R8 LMS. After IMSA performed baseline engine dyno testing on its GTD cars at the conclusion of the 2014 season, a number of discrepancies were found, and among them, air restrictors of different shapes were identified as the cause for power and torque outputs that did not match the series’ BoP data.With the discrepancy identified on the R8 LMS, IMSA and the German brand agreed to discontinue the use of the optimized restrictor which delivered more power than expected and, starting in 2015, the series had its GTD field working from a corrected BoP table.

Additionally, all of Lamborghini’s championship points from Daytona have been taken away and they have been fined $25,000.

There was a rumor at the race that everyone knew that the Lamborghinis were way faster than they let on beforehand and their intention was to win by so much that the penalties wouldn’t make them lose the race. That obviously didn’t pan out.

The results are yet to be updated, but the Lamborghinis ended up not doing too well in the final results, with their own cars crashing into each other overnight and another car running out of fuel right before the race ended.

[doorgunner69]

What is that NASCAR saying?

If ya ain't cheatin', ya ain't tryin'

or something.

Some pictures of these "restrictors" would be interesting. Obviously they do not restrict much of anything............

[Chode]

yup, NASCAR supplies the plates to the teams then takes them back after the race, guess IMSA dint want to goto the expense

if you say the plate has to restrict X amount of flow, the teams will see it as a grey area as to the shape of the orifice and act accordingly

and i too would like to see the plate designs