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Originally Posted by headlikeahole
Fuel and tires have always been a deciding factor in F1. With the cars now having almost no downforce (+more torque), its more about driver skill then before. It isn't just me saying this, most of the drivers have been saying the same thing. Look for a lot of guys to be spinning out and losing control this season. People with raw driving skill like kimi, Hamilton and Alonso will have a huge advantage.
All this talk about cars being slower isn't really true either. Considering the format and engine is brand new, the cars have been going quite quick. They'll only get faster over the years so expect them to out perform the V8 units someday.
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They're slower. Apples and oranges comparing V-10's to batteries but Alonso makes it sound like they're fun to drive at their lower limits, something like his kart. I'm not sure if it'll come down to better car control, most of the grid is pretty good there, rain seeming to be the biggest variable in the past. I think it'll level the field more due to lower physical demands that even got to Hamilton and Button at times last year:
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Alonso remarked that today’s cars are ten seconds off the pace of those he drove earlier in his Formula One career.
“The cars are slower, nothing more than that I think,” he said, pointing out he lapped Jerez in 1’16 with the V10-engined cars in 2004 and 2005. “I ran today 1’26 so I was ten seconds slower than ten years ago.”
Alonso said the demands of driving Formula One cars have changed: “When you go ten seconds slower it’s not the same in physical point of view as well. These cars are a lot easier than what Formula One has been. There are less G-forces, less speed into the corner.
“But on the other hand there are more parameters to control, there are more buttons on the steering wheel, more criticality in terms of driving or in terms of having control of the car in high speed corners and also in traction. So just different.”
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/01/3...rent-less-fun/
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Originally Posted by serialk11r
The cars should have well over 1200hp though, which is WAY more than the NA engines (they are allowed to ingest 2x the air!). Maybe a little slower in the corners but the speeds they hit should be higher. I know the tires are a controversy, but fuel makes sense; If you had less power and weren't capable of burning through your fuel tank, your fuel tank is too big and you should carry less fuel, which makes fuel management relevant. The engines don't sound as good but the cars should be faster in some respects.
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I'd only heard of high 700 hp outputs total. Considering that fuel is limited to 100 kg per race, down from 160 kg last year, I wonder how they'll be able to produce well over 1,200 hp for long or at all?
http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/141011.html