2026 Motorsports Season

Ohtobbad said:
Folks should read this link, F-1 sustainable fuels,
I knew it was here, had no idea exactly what it meant.
this is ground break and can be transfered to road cars,
No crude oil is used in the making of this, wild if you aks me,
if it works, what does that do to EV"s?
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I'd think that the huge money spent on developing and improving EV's will keep them around regardless. It may take some time before sustainable fuels are developed enough to become mainstream, but it would keep internal combustion vehicles around for many more years. That would be perfect for me.. :)
 
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Ohtobbad said:
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It seems that these days the number on an F1 car is almost an afterthought. Here for example I only see #23 shown at one spot on the body and it's fairly small. I suppose modern electronic wizardry has removed the need for manual lap counters and timers. Seeing a car's number clearly, when it was out on the track was always very important for determining , it's position in the race, laps ran, pit stops, and even being given penalties..
Now the only ones second guessing at times, as to what car has what driver, is the audience, and occasionally even the broadcast announcers. The livery for team cars is virtually identical, (other than perhaps a small spot of color at the air intake), so a car flying past at 300kph, or spinning around in circles during an off, makes identifying it's driver quite challenging.

That wasn't always the case.
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Your right, but I do know, that with racing in Canada, We fall under ASN which falls under FIA
and we have specific rulles to Numbers, Min size, have to have on front each side and rear.
We are now also tracked electronically with transponders, but numbers are still important.
 
Ohtobbad said:
Your right, but I do know, that with racing in Canada, We fall under ASN which falls under FIA
and we have specific rulles to Numbers, Min size, have to have on front each side and rear.
We are now also tracked electronically with transponders, but numbers are still important.
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I suppose transponders takes some of the guesswork out of it for some racing. During a F1's VSC for example in keeping drivers honest. It removes the responsibility of a lap counter and timer always being 100% accurate as well I guess. I have witnessed some confusion by officials at stock car races on small oval tracks, usually when there were a lot of cars on the track at one time. Yellow flags red flags, multiple cars making pit stops, etc.

So are transponders supplied by the track, or club, for each event, or are you required to have your own unit?
Is the radio frequency universal for all tracks?
 
AC Bill said:
I suppose transponders takes some of the guesswork out of it for some racing. During a F1's VSC for example in keeping drivers honest. It removes the responsibility of a lap counter and timer always being 100% accurate as well I guess. I have witnessed some confusion by officials at stock car races on small oval tracks, usually when there were a lot of cars on the track at one time. Yellow flags red flags, multiple cars making pit stops, etc.

So are transponders supplied by the track, or club, for each event, or are you required to have your own unit?
Is the radio frequency universal for all tracks?
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they are supplied, at a rental cost per race,
you can buy them and if you do, also need a subscription,
not sure of cost difference, For us its $25 for rental for race weekend.
 
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