Yep, the road course races are actually pretty good. I don't think Ambrose has won Watkins Glen for several years and am not sure he's even in NASCAR anymore.
Better to have a flawed F1 but get to watch as each power unit manufacturer and race car constructor put their best efforts into making gains or losses in the full view of the world.
It's the major leagues.
+1. It's also interesting to note that drivers have left F1 and have become successful in other disciplines (i.e. NASCAR, Indy, IMSA, etc). There's a TON of ex-F1 drivers in Indy. Compare this to the number of drivers in these other disciplines transitioning to F1? Anyone...anyone.? I can't name one from NASCAR. The last driver I recall attempting this was Michael Andretti and we know how that ended.
Still...the preponderance of the talent flows from F1 to the other series and not the other way.
I have this, perhaps naïve, view about Honda and engines and I really don't think there is any group that understands gas engines better.
Maybe there's one element of the power unit that hasn't turned out right and Honda has a roomful of engineers working on it 24/7.
It may take 2-3 more races but I think the Honda unit will be competitive.
these are all valid facts and I'm as well aware of them as any non-F1 insider can be (only they know the real truth and extent of it). but the fact of the matter is Honda still had to turn down the juice on the internal combustion engine just to make it last the race distance.
I for one (of many) want to see McLaren Honda and Ferrari at the pointy end of the sport again.
but if they can't even make an engine go race distance with the full power they've got (which isn't as much as the others), you can forget about them being competitive in any way for a good while. they have massive problems of epic magnitude...
p.s. everyone knows Honda hasn't competed in F1 in a while, but when you have domination in your legacy and you jump in head first to the pinnacle of and most watched and scrutinised form of motorsports racing in the world, you should definitely get your homework done beforehand.
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https://youtu.be/E1Addq_NfOU
watch Kevin Magnussen's engine let go, that's definitely the non-electrical side going boom...
Red Bull has become the newest Cry Baby within F1.... McLaren a top team was last in last week's race, with a new Engine partner, an not a word about the regulation. Red Bull, have now become a mid-field team and they know it.
All of Renault engine development during the V8 years were to catered to Red Bull needs, now that all the other teams have moved on to another Engine manufacturer, they don't have the resources to develop the engine like before and Red Bull is now feeling the pain.
Bram
Red Bull has become the newest Cry Baby within F1.... McLaren a top team was last in last week's race, with a new Engine partner, an not a word about the regulation.