From: nomail@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2/11/26 12:06 AM, Geoff wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   No it is not, not even close.   
      
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