No kidding... It's one thing to have a pay-driver as a backmarker, but I was really hoping they would get serious about their driver lineup now that they have a competitive car.
I was extremely disappointed to see Stroll all the way at the back of the grid. He's really holding AM back.
I know he only got one FP, but he's an F1 veteran at this point (7th season). I don't buy missing out on FP as an excuse, especially at this type of circuit. AM isn't suited for Monza, but he was a whole .800 off Alonso in Q1 for Pete's sake.
I am not going to oppose anything that gets more support to single parents and children who lose a parent.
Being opposed to this because of what it's called is a ridiculously short sighted view to take. I don't care what this is called, but it is not gross, and it is not stupid.
You're completely right. People just want to keep their blinders on and hate on this because it's Texas. They don't want to think critically and acknowledge a state that often does the wrong thing can also do the right thing.
I guarantee there wouldn't be as many critical comments if this were New York or California.
Indignity of receiving child support? Are you kidding?
We're talking about a child/children's parent being killed, and you think it's somehow unjust that they're receiving the smallest amount of financial restitution from the person who killed them. I'd love to hear you explain how this is somehow stupid or insulting to a single parent and the surviving children.
The identification of the driver behaviours is obtained thanks to a correlation analysis of the driverโs demands and the characteristics of specific sections of the circuit.
Sounds like the battery charge and mode isn't actually being directly measured. Seems like they're just inferring with a model.
Either way, I'm not really a fan of this. It's kinda cool for fans, but I think this is giving too much valuable information to other teams. There will be less uncertainty and risk in strategy.
It's because the FIA don't actually care about F1 developing technology for road-cars. If they cared there wouldn't be huge engine and ERS restrictions, a tire monopoly, and limits on aero innovations (as you pointed out). They use the road-car excuse to either slow the cars down or for commercial/financial gain.
They definitely were with the "no-pod" spec cars, but it think it's gotten quite a bit better since they've moved away from that concept.