Microw
Fred Vasseur about the start procedure rules
Mar 18 at 4:57pmWeb
Show threadCMLVIMar 18

I’m loathe to agree with Ferrari, but I agree to a point. You can’t change it now, that messes with the entire design philosophy Ferrari made, and they can’t well change it. And regulating the other cars to be more competitive out of their own performance deficits while giving Ferrari no way to cover their own (under supposed new start procedures) is a huge slap in the face, especially with them raising this exact concern.

Sucks to suck I guess. I was very much of the “wait and see” persuasion with the new regs, but I think I’ve seen enough. Clipping is stupid, the back and forth passing off of basically “push to overtake”, it just isn’t good. It could probably be salvaged, but who knows what we’ll end up with.

Show threadHSR🏴‍☠️Mar 18

I have some words of wisdom for non-Ferrari teams

Show threadStreetKidMar 18
OOTL. What is the context?
Show threadGoodeye8Mar 18
Poor race starts. Pretty much everyone not using a Ferrari engine is struggling with the start of a race. A year ago Ferrari mentioned this will be an issue and wanted a rules change. Other teams told Ferrari “those are the regs, deal with it”. So Ferrari dealt with it while other engine manufacturers didn’t. Now others want to change the rules and Ferrari is telling them “those are the regs, deal with it”.
Show threadohulancutashMar 18

The cars now heavily rely on a turbo for starts. They now have several seconds of warning to spin up before lights out. Ferrari engines have a much smaller turbo than the others so they spin up to maximum much faster giving them an advantage off the line at the expense of maximum power.

Changes to start procedure must be unanimously ratified by all the teams, and Ferrari engined teams have rejected changes.

Show threadMicrowMar 18
In order to simplify the engine building process, they removed an electrical part of the engine that was used at the start of the race. Now it is harder to start the engines, and Ferrari were the only manufacturer/team to raise this concern in advance.
Show threadFrostyTrichsMar 19
I like Fred. He’s undoubtedly trying to protect an advantage that his team is enjoying, but he goes about it in a more open and honest way than what we often see from a TP.