Good. Do it. They deserve healthcare and reasonable wages.
Absolutely love Formula 1, been a fan for 30 years, find the whole cutting edge technology and it’s public applications fascinating…
…but yeah lol fuck the circus. Formula 1 has gone from pure greed on the organisation front to unadulterated morally bankrupt and taking-the-piss greed. Saudi, Qatar, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi… yeah nah fuck that noise, a bit of fire under Liberty Media’s chair would do them good.
It runs the risk of fucking the Vegas fanbase off 2005-stylez, but hey it can’t have been too terrible if there’s now three US races on the calendar.
I agree, this GP need to be a catastrophe, it’s time Stefano get a reality check.
I find the fact that the racing fuel used contains lead to be absolute insanity. We know there are zero safe limits but car go faster so oh well, fuck every community around a race track i guess.
Yea, no. F1 cars don’t use leaded fuel.
“Zero safe limits” has a lot to do with the scale. While it can’t be good for those in attendance, between the relative infrequency of races, limited number of cars on the field, and general use of batteries even in the ICE leagues (let alone caring about emissions for efficiency purposes), it is probably perfectly fine. Or, more pointedly, all the OTHER emissions are likely a much bigger concern.
Also, the number of safety and societal dangers of F1 go WELL beyond just dangerous fuel. Like, I enjoy watching the occasional race. But holy shit does F1 make pro wrestling look “not THAT bad…”
Their point has validity on any scale though… I’m generally not a fan of “zero tolerance” in any context, but the context here is ostensibly an intentionally equalized playing field, meaning that a zero tolerance policy on any aspect is inherently fair… So there’s really no excuse for accepting environmental hazards…
The assertion that allowance of additives (any additives that pose environmental/spectator hazards) has no benefit other than “car go fast”, is a solid point.
The waste from the cars, the maintenance, transportation, and the event itself go above and beyond. Yes, everyone totally keeps the fancy kitty litter around to get every single leak and so forth. Sure…
Not to mention the increased exhaust.
As for scale: Yes, it really does matter.
Rough numbers time.
- According to chatgpt, an F1 car has a max fuel capacity of 110 kg per race. Obviously they try to avoid using all of that for a range of reasons, but sure. Not gonna bother to write the math, but that is about 39.29 gallons.
- Roughly 20 cars on the starting grid, and let’s assume for the sake of easy math that every car used a full tank for practice, both rounds of qualifiers, and the race itself.
So 4*39.29*20=3143gallons per race for the cars alone. - Still chatgpt because the window is open, but the average sedan has 12-18 gallons tanks.
3143 / 12 = 261cars. 261 cars use the amount of fuel used in a single F1 race in between trips to the gas station.- Still using chatgpt: average attendance numbers range from 10k to 100k spectators.
So yeah. The amount of fuel used in a given F1 race is a drop in the bucket relative to just how much is used by the cars that bring people to watch them. And I have intentionally not included the trucks used to transport the f1 cars or even the trains and boats.
And that is why, while it isn’t good and I am opposed to it, the lead that may or may not still be used in F1 fuel (chat gpt says no, random ass quora page says 5 mg/L. Whereas, if there were even trace amounts of lead in the gas that gets everyone else to the F1 race…
The environmental impact of an F1 race, let alone a season, is horrendous. Even if we are talking formula E or whatever the current pure electric league is. And fixating on older fuel composition in the light of that is, quite frankly, asinine and self defeating.
Hell, the dirt and dust around the more rural tracks probably has MUCH more lead than the fuel.
Yes the attendees are probably ‘mostly okay’ but the race track gets used all the time, in between races people practice on the track and there are smaller events. I do not believe that all that extra lead just magically goes away or becomes safe; we know for a fact that it doesn’t and it’s permanently toxic. And the only reason it’s being dumped into the atmosphere is car-go-faster. Fuck racing sports on that one point alone.
Not all series use the same fuel as formula 1, pretty much just formula 1&2
For Formula 1 cars it is 5mg/l. Old four star leaded has about 840mg/l but is now banned. In the UK low lead petrol is available from a small number of specialist garages for classic cars which cannot run on unleaded and contains about 75mg/l.
So while none is the best, this is a very small fraction in comparison as to what it used to be, and it also is to cover cross contamination purposes.
get those engines modified so they do take unleaded, shit is bad for anyone breathing it
edit: also, I’m not sure I completely buy it. Lead was only picked as an additive because it was the cheapest available. Before it was even picked, there were other economically and mechanically viable alternatives. The commercial aircraft industry switched to a different additive seamlessly once lead was legislated away. The studies about this are abundant and easily found; sounds like some old farts just managed to squeeze by with a bogus excuse that no-one scrutinized.
Formula One hasn’t used leaded gasoline since the 90’s.
The fuel they use is actually very similar to the gas that anyone can buy at the pump.
this article only states that their are restrictions on lead in the fuel which is true, they set a maximum allowable amount that varies on the year and host country.
Here’s something that you might find annoying:
According to the EPA 61 FR 3832 - Prohibition on Gasoline Containing Lead or Lead Additives for Highway Use
EPA has historically defined unleaded gasoline as gasoline that is produced without the use of any lead additive and that contains no more than 0.05 gram of lead per gallon. EPA interprets section 211(n) this way for the following reasons. The regulatory definition of ``unleaded gasoline’’ also contains a cap on the amount of phosphorus, see 40 CFR 80.2(g), but the phosphorus cap is not relevant to the discussion of section 211(n). Unleaded gasoline that was produced without lead additives may pick up trace amounts of lead as it passes through refinery and transport systems that had previously contained leaded gasoline.
This is the same limit Formula 1 has for its fuels. Formula 1 fuel is unleaded fuel.
It’s even like E10 now
Losing them tons of money is the only way to make the faceless corporates pay attention and take action. I hope they do it.
Sometimes this timeline isn’t so bad
The race is through the city, on main city roads. Shit is wild.
Vegas is just awful for formula 1. It’s going to be a shitshow
Yea there are some good street races, I have little faith vegas will be one of them
Isn’t that often the case for formula 1 races?
In the 2023 season, 7 out of 23 races are.
I was in Vegas last month. Uber/Lyft drivers are fed up too. One driver told me that he used to meet his goals by 11am. Because of F1 construction traffic, now he’s driving an extra 10-15 hours per day to meet those same goals. He’s gonna be out of town this F1 month, visiting a friend in another state to consider moving there.
Life is becoming worse for the residents, while the casinos get richer.
Can’t he just take the bus? SMH my head
An Uber driver can take the bus? Did you think about that before writing or just spewing shit
Whooosh
AWS reInvent starts in three weeks. Amazon doesn’t want any of their employees to be exposed to unions.
35k workers on strike? That’s like a monday in France.
Cars no go vroom?
I’ve been waiting for this race all fucking year, they better just give them what they’re asking for and not mess this up.
Hate to break the news mate but this race is probably gonna suck
The race will suck but at least the rich people putting it on will make a ton of money!
Edit: I couldn’t have been more wrong.
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Oh yea, I was 10000% wrong about how this race was going to turn out. It was fantastic.
Sorry, that was meant to be a response to a different comment.
Lol, best race of the season.
Delusional take, it was a decent race surrounded by cringe
Cars out of position, lots of fights, overtakes, re-overtakes, multiple lead changes, a podium position that came down to the wire… I’m not the one who’s delusional.
This race was everything it promised to be and more.
I totally agree, I was just making a joke because our or french friends are quite something when it comes to strikes and protest.
As my nephew would say, “hhnnnngh!!!”
