From: nomail@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2/9/26 10:37 PM, Geoff wrote:   
   > On 10/02/2026 1:39 am, Edmund wrote:   
   >> On 2/9/26 12:52 AM, Geoff wrote:   
   >>> On 9/02/2026 1:06 am, Edmund wrote:   
   >>>> On 2/7/26 7:33 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2/7/2026 12:15 PM, scole wrote:   
   >>>>>> In article <10lieqp$24rpc$1@dont-email.me>, nomail@hotmail.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Regulations.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> What do you guys think of the regulations.   
   >>>>>>> Specifically, why would they care about compression ratio?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Regulations are regulations - it's formula racing. They care about   
   >>>>>> compression ratio because they've decided to use it as a defined   
   >>>>>> measurable as part of the racing formula.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It's not new for 2026.  A maximum of 18:1 was set sometime after   
   >>>>> 2014. The reduction to 16:1 this year is intended to reduce the   
   >>>>> peak power from the ICU.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Yeah and what is better for racing then reducing the power!   
   >>>> Listen, I don’t want to repeat myself over and over again so read   
   >>>> what I said about it before and then give your opinion.   
   >>>> Ask yourselves, what is the point of car/engine brands start racing   
   >>>> each other in the first place? Isn’t it to show which one is the   
   >>>> best or fastest, yes or no?   
   >>>> The elderly billionaire rule makers decided to “rule out” each and   
   >>>> every innovation or clever design and turn it into a renault clio race.   
   >>>> Everything they can think of must be exactly the same to the   
   >>>> minutest detail.   
   >>>> I call for a lot more freedom for the teams to make their own   
   >>>> decisions of their design,  4 cylinders 1 or 16, lets see what turns   
   >>>> out to be the best. If a team can make an engine run with a   
   >>>> compression ratio of 25, well done!   
   >>>> The regulations have not only have stopped major innovations, they   
   >>>> mostly took away the excitement.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Surely that would make more of a 'procession' and outcomes a totally   
   >>> forgone conclusion ?!   
   >>   
   >> Why?   
   >>>   
   >   
   > Because of the potential extreme disparity of car performance across the   
   > field.   
   >   
   Potential you say, right!   
   For starters, its kind of the whole idea of racing between different   
   manufacturers to show that their design is better/faster then the   
   others. Nothing wrong if the best will win.   
   I can imagine that different designs have both different advantages and   
   disadvantages, could be that one suits certain tracks better then others   
   and visa versa.   
   F1 should be the top of technical innovations and and be designed by   
   technicians instead of a bunch of elderly bureaucrats.   
   As we speak some road cars are in certain area’s way more advanced then F1.   
      
      
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