From: nomail@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2/11/26 12:24 AM, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-10 15:06, 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.   
   >>   
   >   
   > And HUGE costs.   
      
   Explain!   
      
      
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