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7th January 2020, 18:19 #241
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7th January 2020, 19:11 #242
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7th January 2020, 19:37 #243
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That was not against you, sorry. I meant it as a general lamentation about a meaning of such discussion in the overall picture. Basically anything which attracts people creates some carbon footprint but while we are talking about marginal causes we completely avoid to talk about the major causes - overpopulation and overtransporting of goods in the hunt for profit. Nobody wants to hear that nothing will get better as long as the population will continue to grow.
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8th January 2020, 09:00 #244
With free practice and qualifying in F1 they often rack up 100 laps before race start, so they will at least cover 2 times the race distance (race included).
I agree with liasion's being quite long, at least the rally cars have road mode. Liasion's should still be optimized, wasn't it one rally where if they changed the order of the stages a new, better, transport route could be used?
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8th January 2020, 11:22 #245
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I also read that F1 cars are pretty efficient, converting 50% of fuel to power compared to 30% in a petrol road car.
Wonder what a WRC car does ? I know that the MPG in stage mode is very low.
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8th January 2020, 14:47 #246
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That is given mainly by the nature of the use. You don't drive the F1 car on 10% of power for 90% of time. If you do that it will be very inefficient because it is tuned to be fuel effective close to the peak power (unlike stock engines). You can't really compare that.
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9th January 2020, 18:00 #247
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Yves Matton spoke on the WRC future at ASI.
from around 6:15.0 in:
https://youtu.be/kUB4mmHeLwE
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9th January 2020, 18:07 #248
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9th January 2020, 19:18 #249
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He basically says there will not be any new manufacturer in 2022, because whichever they are discussing with don't have facilities or organization yet. He mentions that Hyundai could do it in two years and it's not impossible. But I have a feeling that they are just dreaming of having more of it without any real interest show even if hybrid really happens.
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9th January 2020, 22:06 #250
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The earlier interview with MSport's bosses was also interesting - as well as the car cost worries, it was also their concern that whatever direction is chosen the new cars could already be 'out of fashion' by the time they are introduced.
Its certain that the correct direction of engine/fuel will be crucial to the future of WRC.
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