10-01-2023, 03:54 AM
With the fact we are between seasons this seems to be the question that is up front in the sport.
Straightaway I am going to say the more the merrier. Current regulations allow for up to 26 cars per race so that is absolutely not an issue. There are as always two sides (at least) to every story.
Liberty want to add more teams to the sport and what is particular relevant in this instance is it is an American team with the potential of an American engine manufacturer. I do have some experience of American engines. They are big, brash, virtually untuned and I have to say super reliable. The V8 in many trucks and SUV vehicles are as good as bullet proof. There is a trend here of moving to smaller more efficient engines and tuning them more and in many cases adding a turbo. Naturally this is all regular car market stuff and does not apply to the sports car market. Talking of which there are so few American made sports cars. Yes there are plenty of so called muscle cars but compared to their European counterparts they are crude and simply powerful hard to control beasts.
That said GM makes the Corvette which you either love or hate and they have produced an engine for the Corvette with over 1300 BHP so one would assume they are perfectly capable of producing an F1 engine. That said obviously any similarity of that Corvette engine and a current specification F1 engine is literally Apples and Oranges.
The other side of the equation are the F1 teams. One is going to assume their main protest is it will further divide the revenue they currently share. I do not think it is much of anything beyond that.
Personally I think they are determined to increase the Americanism of the sport. A theme I have been banging on about for a long time here in the Banter. I would not be shocked to see more teams from the USA in the future just as we are seeing more races in the USA. I guess I should love that but I do not the venues are garbage. COTA is awesome Miami is laughable and Las Vegas is just a gimmick.
Lets hear your guys thoughts on this subject.
Straightaway I am going to say the more the merrier. Current regulations allow for up to 26 cars per race so that is absolutely not an issue. There are as always two sides (at least) to every story.
Liberty want to add more teams to the sport and what is particular relevant in this instance is it is an American team with the potential of an American engine manufacturer. I do have some experience of American engines. They are big, brash, virtually untuned and I have to say super reliable. The V8 in many trucks and SUV vehicles are as good as bullet proof. There is a trend here of moving to smaller more efficient engines and tuning them more and in many cases adding a turbo. Naturally this is all regular car market stuff and does not apply to the sports car market. Talking of which there are so few American made sports cars. Yes there are plenty of so called muscle cars but compared to their European counterparts they are crude and simply powerful hard to control beasts.
That said GM makes the Corvette which you either love or hate and they have produced an engine for the Corvette with over 1300 BHP so one would assume they are perfectly capable of producing an F1 engine. That said obviously any similarity of that Corvette engine and a current specification F1 engine is literally Apples and Oranges.
The other side of the equation are the F1 teams. One is going to assume their main protest is it will further divide the revenue they currently share. I do not think it is much of anything beyond that.
Personally I think they are determined to increase the Americanism of the sport. A theme I have been banging on about for a long time here in the Banter. I would not be shocked to see more teams from the USA in the future just as we are seeing more races in the USA. I guess I should love that but I do not the venues are garbage. COTA is awesome Miami is laughable and Las Vegas is just a gimmick.
Lets hear your guys thoughts on this subject.