From: geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org   
      
   On 10/02/2026 9:45 pm, Edmund wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
      
   They are designed by engineers within the bounds of a specified FORMULA,   
   like Formula One, Formula Ford, etc, etc.   
      
   What you are suggesting is a totally open non-formula series, with huge   
   disparities possible/probable.   
      
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   geoff   
      
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