F1 teams look set to give the go-ahead to plans for a rookie sprint race after the Abu Dhabi season finale

  • jimbolauski
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    4 days ago

    You should read up on super license requirements, they are renewed annually drivers need 100km in an F1 car in a practice session. Further all qualifications expire after 3 years so all drivers need practice laps to renew their license.

    These rookies will not be driving the current iteration of a F1 car.

    Do you have a source for that? The young drivers test, which this is replacing, teams used the current car.

    But, the difference between an F2 car and last year’s iteration of a F1 car is not that great, except perhaps the braking.

    Except for 40% more HP, tons more downforce, F1 cars are 10 seconds faster on just about any f1 circuit many circuits it’s 20 seconds.

    Hell, I really don’t care if they run them, I’m just calling it what it is - a gimmick

    You clearly do as evidence by your responses. Is it a gimmick when they run the young drivers test?

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      4 days ago

      You should read up on super license

      I actually held an FIA license, though not a Super license for a hand full of years. Let it lapse.

      Do you have a source for that?

      Logic. You don’t spend money on a hundred million dollar car so a rookie can put it into a wall without the ability to make hundreds of millions more in return.

      Except for 40% more HP…

      You’d be amazed what little difference that makes. Used to know a guy that raced a Formula Ford and a CanAm car on a race weekend. He switched between them like there was no difference

      You clearly do as evidence by your responses

      I find this tedious.

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        3 days ago

        I actually held an FIA license, though not a Super license for a hand full of years. Let it lapse.

        So you don’t know about the requirements for a superlicense, that was all ready evident.

        Logic. You don’t spend money on a hundred million dollar car so a rookie can put it into a wall without the ability to make hundreds of millions more in return.

        So no evidence to support that claim, add to that the young drivers tests since they were enacted have used the the car from the season that just ended.

        You’d be amazed what little difference that makes. Used to know a guy that raced a Formula Ford and a CanAm car on a race weekend. He switched between them like there was no difference

        So you heard from a friend … Guess we know why your racing career didn’t progress, you can’t feel the difference in a huge power increase.