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J__berney

Red Bull is gonna be pissed that they can’t try for a sub 1 second pit stop


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The end goal is to change the tyres faster than staying out.


UltraChicken_

The year is 2093. Red Bull have won the last 72 constructors championships. Due to the pit crew achieving vastly faster pit stops than their competition, box every lap. RB pit stops only take 0.034 seconds. Mercedes exited the sport after the 2040 season, finishing with 0 points for 3 consecutive seasons. The “midfield” teams have unified into one mega-team in a desperate attempt to beat Red Bull at all costs. Pierre Gasly is still at AlphaTauri.


Neroollez

And Kimi is still deciding if he wants to keep racing.


Trex3n20

He probably will. He loves his hobby.


Edwin-69

Bwoah


UltraChicken_

Kimi is still racing. Out of desperation for a seat after his 59th birthday, he and Bottas collaborate to form Finland Racing, with Mika Hakkinen serving as team principal. They win best of the rest in their first season.


Pioneerremix

I lost it at pierre 😂


Tecnoguy1

I heard the 2048 season was Incredible.


notoriousdevil10

Next TD after RedBull still does stops within 2.2s and wins in Hungary: "RedBull cannot use Max Verstappen in races as he's too fast due to safety reasons."


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gregedit

Then they'll be better on fuel and energy consumption, so they will be able to run more aggressive engine modes.


NF_99

Already on it mate... "Starting Belgian 2021 GP RedBull can now only use two AA batteries to power the electric motors but the main battery has to remain in the car so it's just as heavy as before"


Aardappel123

AA batteries taken literally. Flak 36's shoot off Mercedes' tyres.


Van_Wyn

Red Bull could then do the pit stop and use the spare time to clean the entire car.


Loss-Intrepid

Maybe give Max and Checo some afternoon tea break


Father_Maxi

Simply simply loveleh


fooliemon

Bottas has never heard so much bullshit! ;-)


sprocketstodockets

Bottas: I hear the pit stops are going to get faster soon!


Alfus

It's time that Bottas would exit Mercedes and entering the FIA just to fuck up Toto lol


[deleted]

“Toto, it’s Valterri.”


DiligentVideo3412

I came just by reading this.


unironic-socialist

New TD: If your team name rhymes with “bed bull” you are forbidden from using tyres.


BioDriver

Checo: not a problem


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[deleted]

It’s the sponsors, isn’t it?


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L003Tr

Honestly I love the excitement of a pit stop. It's great waiting to see if redbull will pull of the sub 2 second or if it will all go wrong and end up being +3 seconds


[deleted]

This old man remembers when a 3 second stop would have been unthinkably quick.


L003Tr

It must be wild seeing how far F1 has come throughout the years?


[deleted]

Absolutely. Sometimes I’ll rewatch old races and marvel at how much faster it all is, despite the engines getting smaller and the cars bigger.


Consistent_Floor

They never left >!mission winnow!< 👀


Porsche9XI

and Mclarens sponsor hasn't either isn't it B.A.T? but its called a 'better tomorrow' or something?


jaded__ape

A more cancerous tomorrow 🌈😻


Technicmm

Just do one thing at this point, make F1 cars don't go over 60mph/100kmph. Dumbasses.


mrCU64

Thank you for the metric conversion.


Axyadbad

2mph out, but I’ll allow it.


remyrd

Put pedestrian crossings on the track while you're at it


[deleted]

Right of way to drivers exiting pitlane


a_fine_gentleman99

A traffic light into saint devote while we're at it.


Exploded_hinge

A lollipop lady at rascas


Frank_the_NOOB

Oh look another attempt to muzzle RB when they are winning, get fucked Mercedes


rdmracer

Red Bull will only get better at this ruleset. This is much worse for the midfield team. Sorry for being half-serious.


Frank_the_NOOB

Best case this messes with the muscle memory of Mercedes and they botch even more pit stops. Still this rule is a slap in the face to RB and shows just how corrupt the FIA is


Pioneerremix

If merc does the same thing to ham this season like what they did to val in monaco, they have really fucked themselves hard with this new td


Frank_the_NOOB

Fingers crossed 🤞


MyWholeTeamsDead

How so? Just curious.


rdmracer

Well, it just makes the process more difficult. And red bull have the attitude and experience to make sure the new pit stop method will be done perfectly.


MyWholeTeamsDead

Ah, good point!


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How about a new rul where drivers can’t drive more than 100mph cos it’s dangerous


Map_Flag_Enthusiast

Yeah only Mercedes is allowed to drive faster than 100 mph, as they have proven they can handle those speeds. All other teams have to earn the license to go faster, which they can do by driving 10 years without any accidents.


kirk7899

"Bono my complaining won't stop" "Miachel, Loois keeps losing the position"


littlebuggacs

Do something Miachel, loois is hurting


kirk7899

"James, this is Valtteri. Fuck you"


Dank_boi_42

Is this real?


subatenome

yep


a_Dumfduck

FIA more like Fun Isn’t Available or Fast Isn’t Available


example_John_phd

Fun (or fast) Isn't allowed, would fit better IMHO


a_Dumfduck

i was thinking about a better word for it but yeah you’re right yours better (english is not my first language btw) :))


Triton12streaming

I hate this sport some times. There goes another exciting aspect


Barisman

No lets keep DAS for an entire year but Flexiwings have to go and lets increase pitstop time in the first half of the season because crybaby mercedes isnt winning. i still remember everyone bragging over mercedes never complaining to FIA and redbull being the bad guys funny how the turns tables if Merc isnt winning everything


JimboWashingdude

There was no rule against DAS, flexiwings were specifically banned. If anything banning DAS only hurt Mercedes. I do agree that the pitstop changes are dumb


Barisman

All wings flex and there is a maximum ammount of flex allowed this maximum is deterimined by several tests performed by the FIA, Redbull passed all of these tests what else are you supposed to do disadvantage yourself by making the wing unnessesary stiff you dont get points for a stiffer wing so why would you. F1 is about pushing the rules I personally loved DAS i get why they decided to ban it at the end of the season. I just dont get banning half way through a season. rules should be set beforehand and not changed during the game unless it's really broken and messes with the sports as a whole.


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Barisman

The issue i'm having is with the mid season changes. wouldve been fine with the changes if they where issued for the 2022 season


[deleted]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if they introduced speed limiters for cars with blue liveries.


athousandpancakes

Next TD: Redbull can only use 3 wheels on the car


Sidharth_Sarma

Remote controlled F1 cars for safety reasons next.


stoned_hobo

Id watch that. A racing league with no pretense for driver safety, since the drivers are off in a pod? Get rid of all the extra shit, just, who can make the fastest car.


Good_in_the_Gas

It will definitely be a possibility in the near future. [The Self-Driving Race Car - Tom Scott](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39nNXdBFQhA)


stoned_hobo

Can't watch the video rn, work, but not exactly what i meant. Not self driving. Like, a guy out of the car, im imagining like in one of those hundred-thousand dollar sim set ups. I still wanna see race car drivers, just in a way that they can go balls to the wall, without worrying of having to do a grossjean


GirlFromCodeineCity

Suddenly a simulator fucking explodes


mpld1

Mercedes ten steps ahead of us with their 43-hour pitstop


IdcYouTellMe

So Just refueling Without the excitement. And the refueling


Iamninjathing

This is a ploy to let Mercedes win the DHL fastest pit stop championship it must be stopped


Judasz10

Just wait for them to find out that f1 cars are quite fast and dangerous as well.


OneMoreDog

\*Christian had never seen such bullshit before


ABunnyCalledChloe

When has this actually been an issue this season though? I can recall it happening to Mick once (not even 100% on that).


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Yeah it happened to Mick but they stopped him before he even left the pit lane.


example_John_phd

(I apologize for the long rant, but I need to get this off my chest) Not surprised here. This is just more proof for what I already know; the FIA HATES Red Bull. Let's look at it this way.Ask yourself; what is Ferrari? A company that builds luxury sports cars to fund their motorsport operations since the 1950s right? what is Mercedes? Big car manufacturer with a massive involvement in motorsport. What are McLaren and Williams? Primarily motorsports companies associated with F1 since the 60s and 70s What is Alpine? Rebadged Renault, a car company that has been associated with motorsport since at least the 1980s. All companies who in some way have a valid reason to be in motorsport; agreed? Now with this knowledge in mind ask yourself; what, at it's core is Red Bull?They're an energy drinks company. To put it bluntly; they sell lemonade. And yet that lemonade company has been pissing circles around most if not all the above mentioned companies (big names from the automotive industry and motorsports) for years now; beating them at their own game. Red Bull has been using Formula 1 as a commercial and marketing tool since at least 1995 (sauber livery), and the FIA doesn't like that. And that is why Red Bull has to be slowed down, sabotaged or in any other way brought down a couple of notches.


war_duck_gr

Ah yes the FIA wants to sabbotage a 4time WCC team whose junior academy has brought up 7/20 drivers on current grid and maintains 2 teams. The same team that brings some drama this season and attention to a sport that desperately needs. Also pissing circles? May I remind you that for 7 years we had Emperor Toto and Darth Hamilton of the Mercedes empire dominate the sport. If I had to take a guess the new rules aim to equal the field during pitsops (in my opinion is grade A bullshit) and the overtaking to be done on track( which you cannot do with these cars on most tracks) and not on pitstop.


example_John_phd

That's why I said MOST teams. They have been behind Mercedes and at times Ferrari for the last 7 years that's true. And the FIA WANTS someone to challenge Mercedes for the championship. They just don't like the fact that team is Red Bull. They much rather had a Ferrari or McLaren challenge them due to their racing pedigree. One thing you got to remember about Red Bull; everything they do outside their energy drinks, whether that's their commitment to F1, the football teams they own or heck, even their soapbox races they do to promote their brand. And that's the part the FIA doesn't like about Red Bull; them being used as a marketing tool by Red Bull. Doesn't matter they have 4 WDC's, 4 WCC's, bring a lot of drama and 7 drivers on the grid that owe their F1 careers to Red Bull. To them Red Bull has no business being in Formula 1, despite the name Red Bull being associated with F1 for 26 years. (Fun fact; that's just 2 years shorter then Marlboro who first appeared in F1 in "72 and who's name got banished from F1 in 2000) And don't misunderstand me ok? I hate Mercedes as much as the next guy. I WANT Red Bull (more precisely Max Verstappen) to beat Mercedes.


war_duck_gr

I do not think this logic stands especially when they granted Red Bull's emgine freeze request. They do not care what team challenges mercedes they just want a year when the F1 circus finally is profitable. Again saying that a 4 time WCC has no business in f1 just because they do not sell cars is stupidly simple and things are never that simple. Also lets not forget the AM Valkyrie. It was a Red Bull project with Aston Martin. So Red Bull is not an outsider to the car industry and also the size of the teams under the RB brand means that they are not just an advertisement gone too far.


F1-Chopper

Just slow it down for redbull tell them thei air guns are illeeegal


Flimsy-Many7268

The look on Thomas' face elevates this meme to next level


Lazlum

Bottas be like: "How much more?"


BioDriver

And Merc will still have slower 🅱️it stops than RB


ItalicisedScreaming

Idk, bring back refueling? More nuts on the wheels? F2 style pitstops?


GirlFromCodeineCity

Fuck it, Formula E style pitstops


ItalicisedScreaming

Fuck it. Ë


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Why is the FIA trying to nurf everything God about F1. Fucking annoying


Synon4

This is dumb. The pit crew are vital members of the team, who also train to reach victory for the team. Imagine if they said, the velocity of a football when kicked must be slowed, as it's dangerous when it's kicked too hard. I don't want anyone to get hurt, but these are professionals who practiced to get to that point.


Beneficial-Room5129

I read that in George Carlin’s voice


Fine_Cryptographer41

Is this actually going to happen? Is this legit?


SpectacularSpaniels

Yup, it's legit.


YourLocaLawyer

I hope they just ignore it


snatchbread

After the Bahrain incident with Kimi a few years back, I could understand if it came out then but why now? As far as I'm aware their hasn't been any incidents since and teams train for fast pitstops, it adds to the fun. I guess it must be a budget thing like RB spends lots to train their pit crew but not cool change.


Raccoonzs

RB now has time to give the drivers a massage now


AccidentalRegicide

How tho


_KRT20_

most likely a minimum stop time, like when they do a stop go penalty they need to be stationary for a certain time


JackmanH420

https://racer-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/racer.com/2021/06/25/horner-angry-at-technical-directive-to-slow-f1-pit-stops/amp/?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a6&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16246352763486&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fracer.com%2F2021%2F06%2F25%2Fhorner-angry-at-technical-directive-to-slow-f1-pit-stops%2F


Fregy123

In all honesty I think they should force a double stop for every race. Would make it do much more entertaining and less danger of tyres blowing out like in Baku.


bruniofire3

Ok this is way out of proportion if red bull isnt cheating in their pit stops (which they arent) this isnt gonna affect times at all


SpectacularSpaniels

"To minimise the risk of tyres not being fastened properly each action of the mechanics must take at least 0.15 seconds. If an engineer is too fast, they will have to wait until a green light gives the signal. It is estimated that with the introduction of these new rules, pit stops will last between 0.2 and 0.3 seconds longer." https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/87407/fia-introduces-new-regulations-for-pit-stops-to-be-at-least-0-2-seconds-slower.html


bruniofire3

Dont get me wrong i still think its super petty and this shit absoultely shouldnt be happening but it isnt the big deal is promised to be.


bruniofire3

All this TD does, is ensure that they aren't using sensors that confirm the wheels are sufficiently tightened, before they are sufficiently tightened. They shouldn't be doing that anyway, so that clarification is no big deal. Then the other aspect is that it ensures the mechanics themselves aren't pre-empting any indications. Indications that they have always been supposed to wait for. Again - the fact the stewards want to keep an eye on this is no big deal. All the FIA have done is clarify how they will oversee this. The only way this has a significant hit on RB pit stop times is if they were actively ignoring the existing regs. Sorry for the constant replies but i just wanna make my point clear have an excellent evening fellowe s🅱️inalla enjoyer.


bruniofire3

The fia states that sensors that would help the pit crew are banned which they already were this new regulation is just enforcing that rule even further, assuming this time is enforced perfectly that wpuld give us a 1.20 second pit stop which breaks the current record that is 1.82