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The Official Formula One 2022 Thread

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Welcome to the Official Formula One 2022 Thread

After 8 years of dominance by Mercedes and Hamilton, we have massive massive rule changes for this year which could drastically change the pecking order.
Originally, there was going to be a complete overhaul of the sport in 2021 in order to make it more affordable and cars able to race closer together however, COVID screwed it up. Whilst the cost cap was still retained for 2021, the new technical changes will come into effect this year.

The major changes area return to ground effect cars for the 1st time since 1982, in addition to a ban on the extravagent suspension, bargeboards and cutout floors from 2017-2020. Also F1 will finally be switching to 18 inch rims (up from their 13 inch rims) and a completely new compound of tyre after Pirelli was forced to use the 2019 tyres for 3 years in a row due to negative feedback about the original 2020 tyres...and COVID. more parts will be standardised and in an effort to even the playing field, the aerodynamic handicap system introduced in 2021 will be more severe in 2022, with each team gaining 5% extra time to design their car the lower they finished in the 2021 championship. This means mercedes will only be allowed 28 hours a week to design their car and the last placed team will be allowed 46 hours a week to design their car,

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quasa

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tense

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quasa

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shut up crofty

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quasa

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Leclerc wins!!!

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Andrew97

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Leclerc wins from max. Alonso got p10 in the end

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quasa

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mick finishes in 6th.

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quasa

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lando investigated for unsafe release.

Mercedes 3-4.

nando had a loose wheel or a puncture by the looks of it

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Andrew97

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Martin brundle saying it’s amazing merc have this many points when they are really struggling.

They are the 3rd best car and it’s reliable.

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quasa

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vettel given 5 second time penalty

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quasa

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max did indeed have fastest lap.

also rb still 1-2 in drivers and leading constructors

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quasa

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dunno why but I have a sneaky suspicion everyone will try and 2 stop (the front runners at least). undercut is working

this has aged well :lol:

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quasa

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Mick schumacher got driver of the day for finishing p6

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quasa

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watching wimbledon and I was wondering what would happen if we had someone like nick Kyrgios as a driver

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by quasa

watching wimbledon and I was wondering what would happen if we had someone like nick Kyrgios as a driver

Dan Ticktum vibes

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quasa

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Does anyone know think they should call t4 in Austria mercedes corner :lol:

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Andrew97

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The three podium scorers all summoned to the stewards for a parc ferme breach

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The three podium scorers all summoned to the stewards for a parc ferme breach

Top 3 handed suspended 10k euro fines due to physios entering parc ferme earlier than allowed

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mnot

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With all these track limit violations maybe an easier way of handling it is a speed penalty, maybe the FIA can trigger something in the ECU which prevents fuel injection for like 1-2 seconds the next time you cross the start/finish line or something, this way their is no formal penalty but every track limit breach has a penalty… (this is just kind what happens if you do online racing and on Gran Turismo)

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mnot

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Also apparently Mclaren are giving Herta an FP1 drive this year, that must be a bit of blow to O’Ward who is an actual Mclaren driver…

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Admit-One

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by mnot

With all these track limit violations maybe an easier way of handling it is a speed penalty, maybe the FIA can trigger something in the ECU which prevents fuel injection for like 1-2 seconds the next time you cross the start/finish line or something, this way their is no formal penalty but every track limit breach has a penalty… (this is just kind what happens if you do online racing and on Gran Turismo)

I wouldn't mind it being automatic, but potentially a bit dangerous if another car is following closely. (A bit like clipping, but more unexpected.)

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mnot

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I wouldn't mind it being automatic, but potentially a bit dangerous if another car is following closely. (A bit like clipping, but more unexpected.)

Yea, maybe out of a corner would be better. My thinking with giving the FIA control was that if a car was forced off the track they wouldn’t be unduly penalised but it would other then that defecto be automatically applied.

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