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  • Chain Bear is back!

    From ~misfit~@shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Mar 4 22:23:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnG8nJO_WQI>

    A quick explain of the new rules. "New for 2026! Straight Line Mode and Overtake Mode"
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville.

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  • From Phil Carmody@pc+usenet@asdf.org to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 14:54:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> writes:
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnG8nJO_WQI>

    A quick explain of the new rules. "New for 2026! Straight Line Mode and Overtake Mode"

    Thanks for that; and thanks Chainbear, that's exactly what I needed to
    answer my questions.

    I kinda felt it would mess up the racing a bit, and after a few laps of
    the first race I don't think I'm wrong. There was just a bit too much of
    just taking turns overtaking each other, so perhaps the trailing car's advantage is too high. Not by much though. Of course, everyone was just
    feeling things out this week, so no firm conclusions should be drawn.

    I'm happy that active aero is now a full-time thing, I've been asking
    for that for decades, the arguments against it never made much sense.

    Phil
    --
    We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
    -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/
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  • From Mark Jackson@mjackson@alumni.caltech.edu to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Mar 10 14:19:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 3/10/2026 8:54 AM, Phil Carmody wrote:
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> writes:
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnG8nJO_WQI>

    A quick explain of the new rules. "New for 2026! Straight Line
    Mode and Overtake Mode"

    Thanks for that; and thanks Chainbear, that's exactly what I needed
    to answer my questions.

    The FIA circuit maps this year provide interesting detail (and perhaps
    some clarification). See, for example, page 2 of

    https://www.fia.com/system/files/decision-document/2026_australian_grand_prix_-_competition_notes_-_circuit_map_pit_lane_drawing_emergency_exits_map_and_quarantine_zone.pdf
    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    The "i" in "LLM" stands for intelligence.
    - Daniel Stenberg
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