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^ The best way I can describe it is a cheap thrill boy racer electric boost soon to run out and then heading back to daddy's nearest wall socket to charge up for six hours when the dash indicator reads 0 charge on the lipo that will give a 'free of petrol' ride when fully charged for a whole 30 miles on only its electric, then back home again for another 6 hour charge :lol:
I have a MGU-k in my IS300.

oh wait nvm, it's called a boost scramble button where I up the boost pressure 7-10psi for at max 1 second for that extra oomf on corner exit...































then I blew my motor.
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3798j wrote
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So now we will know the reason why Cadillac has four cars on the grid... ;)
Killed by Death wrote
Completely disagree, being passed because you run out of battery power is not racing.
Being passed because you've out-smarted your opponent on WHEN to deploy extra power is a HIGHER form of racing. Some drivers were quicker on figuring it out (mostly younger ones) then the others (e.g.: Verstappen).

Maximizing the equipment at your disposal is racing.
Battery power gives another level of tools for drivers to maximize. If they have the mental capacity to do so.

Isn't it interesting that none of Verstappen fans were complaining about electric "overtake mode" ERS/MGU-K boost in previous generation cars ... when VER was winning ... with all that "artificial" battery power and DRS.
Now that VER is mired in mid-field and complaining, they suddenly have issues with it?

Hypocrisy much!?

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///M Power-Belgium wrote
Won't speak about the 2026 active aero ..(BUT)!
The thing (active rear wing) almost killed MAX during the Austrian qualifications in QF3.
Rear wing was closed, as expected, in the corner where Verstappen crashed during qualifying.
Verstappen has made numerous driver errors this season. In all likelihood, this was another one of them.
Red Bull had subtly confirmed that by apologizing to the driver, but not identifying any particular issue that was actually wrong with the car's rear downforce. Anything to placate their whinny Primadonna in the middle of contract renegotiation...
Car-Addicted wrote
But enjoy you racing if you can call it that.
I do and I do, thanks.
Same to you.
If F1 is not to your liking, there are other, simpler, forms of racing out there to partake.
Car-Addicted wrote
Do you really think the globalists that are forcing people to do with out AC in a heat wave are going to allow Formula One to not turn into Formula E?
No idea why you want to inject politics into this thread, but I've never heard of anyone complaining about AC around where I live.
Is something up in Central PA?!?

And we do live in a global economy, in case you haven't noticed.
40% of US public companies revenue comes from overseas. 69% of BMW revenue comes from overseas (17% from the US), which is the car brand of choice for many of us here.

Nothing wrong with that.
Scr*wing with that revenue would crash the US economy, the stock market, and all of our retirement portfolios!

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afadeev wrote
Killed by Death wrote
Completely disagree, being passed because you run out of battery power is not racing.
Being passed because you've out-smarted your opponent on WHEN to deploy extra power is a HIGHER form of racing. Some drivers were quicker on figuring it out (mostly younger ones) then the others (e.g.: Verstappen).

Maximizing the equipment at your disposal is racing.
Battery power gives another level of tools for drivers to maximize. If they have the mental capacity to do so.

Isn't it interesting that none of Verstappen fans were complaining about electric "overtake mode" ERS/MGU-K boost in previous generation cars ... when VER was winning ... with all that "artificial" battery power and DRS.
Now that VER is mired in mid-field and complaining, they suddenly have issues with it?

Hypocrisy much!?

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First, I like Max but I'm a Ferrari LEC fan and I'lll stick with my original statement. I don't care for electric BS in racing. It's that simple, real racing doesn't need an explanation.
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that's the beauty of data logging, it can expose mechanical failure not caused by the driver, but people will dismiss it.

I had my front splitter break off on track once and completely lost front grip during a turn in event. that was a weird sensation.
omgzirra_exe wrote
that's the beauty of data logging, it can expose mechanical failure not caused by the driver, but people will dismiss it.

I had my front splitter break off on track once and completely lost front grip during a turn in event. that was a weird sensation.
Furthermore I read that the mechanism from MAX's rear wing showed significant delay (according to the data analysis)
And that is enough to lose the car completely and crash at T9.
M5Rick wrote
Gross lmao. I’m a firm believer that if a splitter is properly chassis-mounted, it shouldn’t need those ugly support rods. I have professional awesome quick release mounts.

Mine broke off because I didn’t latch the quick release properly. I noticed it was hanging just slightly off to one side, but then I took a corner a little too aggressively and dropped into the dirt where there’s a huge hole. Pretty sure it caught a hard edge and ripped it off.

That corner exits into a 95-100 mph right-hand sweeper too, so it was definitely a code brown moment once I realized what happened.

I’ve also seen rear wings get blown off on long straights. Still amazes me that car did immediately spin after that.
omgzirra_exe wrote
Gross lmao. I’m a firm believer that if a splitter is properly chassis-mounted, it shouldn’t need those ugly support rods. I have professional awesome quick release mounts.

Mine broke off because I didn’t latch the quick release properly. I noticed it was hanging just slightly off to one side, but then I took a corner a little too aggressively and dropped into the dirt where there’s a huge hole. Pretty sure it caught a hard edge and ripped it off.

That corner exits into a 95-100 mph right-hand sweeper too, so it was definitely a code brown moment once I realized what happened.

I’ve also seen rear wings get blown off on long straights. Still amazes me that car did immediately spin after that.
Haven't seen quick release mounts on splitters yet, I think those rods look cool actually.
M5Rick wrote
Haven't seen quick release mounts on splitters yet, I think those rods look cool actually.
here some examples.

not mine in particular, mine was made from perch lmao.
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Not only are we yanks allowed to use our AC but we have the coolest liveries :D
Cadillac reveal their special livery for the British Grand Prix, paying tribute to their American roots over fourth of July weekend!

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Cadillac may not be fast yet but they look fast and that's all that counts right now. :D
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omgzirra_exe wrote
here some examples.

not mine in particular, mine was made from perch lmao.
We can have our dinners off that one :D
Car-Addicted wrote
Not only are we yanks allowed to use our AC but we have the coolest liveries :D
Cadillac reveal their special livery for the British Grand Prix, paying tribute to their American roots over fourth of July weekend!

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Cadillac may not be fast yet but they look fast and that's all that counts right now. :D
Sure hope one of them at least finishes on Sunday, two of them would be a bonus :cool!:
afadeev wrote
Being passed because you've out-smarted your opponent on WHEN to deploy extra power is a HIGHER form of racing. Some drivers were quicker on figuring it out (mostly younger ones) then the others (e.g.: Verstappen).

Maximizing the equipment at your disposal is racing.
Battery power gives another level of tools for drivers to maximize. If they have the mental capacity to do so.

Isn't it interesting that none of Verstappen fans were complaining about electric "overtake mode" ERS/MGU-K boost in previous generation cars ... when VER was winning ... with all that "artificial" battery power and DRS.
Now that VER is mired in mid-field and complaining, they suddenly have issues with it?

Hypocrisy much!?

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It’s Typical. I thought he was leaving the series?? Bu buy homie. You will be replaced before you hand in your helmet. There will be a week or 2 of talk and then you will be forgotten and only talked about when people are crying about the next thing.