Next season

[Emmcee 0]

If next season is as much about aero everyone has been carrying on about, then redbull will be the team to beat followed by Mercedes and a close third between Ferrari and mclaren.

[Sakae 0]

Here we go again.

What to expect? More of the same, says Symonds.

Come March, we will be paying premium prices to watch cars that aren't ready to race. Some people of F1 must obviously think that their customers are bunch of village idiots, because we always come back for more.

[radical-one 0]

On 12/22/2016 at 3:20 PM, Emmcee said:

If next season is as much about aero everyone has been carrying on about, then redbull will be the team to beat followed by Mercedes and a close third between Ferrari and mclaren.

Hey Emm see this ?

Popular racing game developer Genki begins countdown, fans’ expectations build

[Emmcee 0]

Wtf is this? Ohh please tell me it's another shutokou game oh please tell me it is and this time for ps4 so I can use my wheel setup.

[radical-one 0]

You'll find out in 7 days 

[Emmcee 0]

better be a ps4 game and not for bloody smart phone or I'll loose my sh17 lol.

[Unknown? 0]

Quick yes or no.. Do you guys think the racing will be closer (therefore better) next year?

[Sakae 0]

Racing is already close, so there is no Yes or No to vote on. Next year it might be RBR instead Mercedes in the front. Ferrari will start as a team #3. I am not too optimistic that core issues related to difficulties with overtaking has been actually addressed by these new regulations. 

[Unknown? 0]

The racing isn't close.. Mercedes (as of right now) are capable of winning every single race. 2012 (I think?!) was close with 7 different winners in the first 7 gp! OK yes issues like reliability creep into it but compare that to what we have now.. I fear next season will provide us with one team who ace the regulations and leave us with a similar (if not as) one-sided championship as recent times.

I don't think the core issues have been addressed at all and I fear more processional races. Overtaking without DRS is so difficult even a class-of-the-field Mercedes struggles to fire passed a midfield team without much fresher tires and/or DRS.

I'm excited to see faster cars but worried we'll see much of the same of recent reg. changes which resulted in more reg. changes - poor racing, difficult overtaking.

Frustrating. 

[Sakae 0]

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[Sakae 0]

Yes, I agree that Mercedes is slightly ahead, but in a few months we will be talking aero, and not about delta in HP, at least I think so. Problem however remains, that cars cannot follow each other for too long. List of objections is long and boring. Other than FiA, FOM and Teams, rest of us we all know those well, as we repeating them again and again, year after year, and no one listens.

[Emmcee 0]

I think mclaren is a dark horse here.

[radical-one 0]

12 hours ago, Emmcee said:

better be a ps4 game and not for bloody smart phone or I'll loose my sh17 lol.

It's PS I heard 

[radical-one 0]

2017 pecking order is going to be close, very close. I wouldn't be surprised if Merc will not even win the crown....

[Emmcee 0]

17 minutes ago, radical-one said:

It's PS I heard 

You've got me scouring the net trying to find any info I can on this. I can't wait, this would just simply be awesome if it's a ps4 shutokou racer, I can't explain how happy I would be.

[Emmcee 0]

15 minutes ago, radical-one said:

2017 pecking order is going to be close, very close. I wouldn't be surprised if Merc will not even win the crown....

My predictions will be:

1- redbull

2-mercedes

3-Ferrari/mclaren

4-Renault/force India.

[radical-one 0]

1 hour ago, Emmcee said:

You've got me scouring the net trying to find any info I can on this. I can't wait, this would just simply be awesome if it's a ps4 shutokou racer, I can't explain how happy I would be.

You'll have a happy new year LOL

[radical-one 0]

1 hour ago, Emmcee said:

My predictions will be:

1- redbull

2-mercedes

3-Ferrari/mclaren

4-Renault/force India.

Where is Williams?

[Emmcee 0]

Behind FI and Renault.

[radical-one 0]

 

It’s time to ditch DRS

[Sakae 0]

Good start in 2017. HNY, and please continue with a few more of such lovely ideas.

[Unknown? 0]

Easy to say but let's not forget the reason we have DRS in the first place.. it's nearly impossible to overtake without it.. The cars need to be able to follow each other.

[Sakae 0]

Not only I am doubtful that DRS system has improved the show, but I also think mere existence of such system is indirectly responsible for lazy thinking in direction of finding better solutions.

[radical-one 0]

It's lame "overtaking" and makes the driver lazy to race properly. 

[radical-one 0]

2 hours ago, Unknown? said:

Easy to say but let's not forget the reason we have DRS in the first place.. it's nearly impossible to overtake without it.. The cars need to be able to follow each other.

Which is what real racing is all about, pure over taking without stupid DRS aid....