How much of a hand have the new Hollywood owners had in all of this? If none, then they sure would be questioning the buy in. If some, then I can see it as a play to drive down the value so as to pick the team up for a discount when it inevitably goes up for sale.

If you want to read something really ridiculous, look at any discussion over on Reddit about banning tire warmers. The people on the F1 subreddit act like F1 cars are so completely unique that the laws of physics drastically change and there's no way they could ever complete a lap without everybody crashing. Give me a fucking break.

The F1 subreddit is home to some of the most catastrophically stupid, hysterical opinions I've ever seen. I go on there from time and time, and am always left wondering why I did while my brain cells dribble out of my ears.

During the weekends its a wash, but there's occasionally the more techinical, highly policed, no low effort/meme analysis threads can be interesting

But I dunno, Reddit, Twitter, it's all dying soon isn't it?

At the end of time TBK Light will be the only motorsport forum left standing (and only because we got our rebrand/takeover done EARLY :P )

The problem with Reddit is the same as Discord and other chatroom formats: the discussion is not structured enough compared to a forum.

Regarding tyre warmers: I watched a video of a more serious French Youtuber on the topic. The problem isn't that they will crash, it's that it will take time to get to speed, so pit strategy and pit exit battles won't be as exciting as today. Or, you'd have to sacrify overall speed/aero grip of the cars, and go down to the level of Indycars or other series that manage to pull it off without tyre warmers. The energy that goes in an F1 tyre is way higher than an Indycar. Tyre warming from cold, and still have a tyre that works under F1 load and doesn't fall apart, is a real technical challenge.

So sure, the "cold tyres = death" internet crowd is stupid, but let's be better than that, and not use them as a strawman to avoid having a critical eye on the technical and sport aspect of it

when the car coming out of the pits gets out on track in front, it takes up to half a lap to get the heat in the tyres so there's always an extra bit of time of excitement as you wonder if the car behind is within range enough to pass as the car in front struggles around to warm up their tyres...

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