quarta-feira, 22 de outubro de 2025

The Vibe of Formula 1

The Vibe of Formula 1

If you think there's no ego manipulation in Formula One, stop explaining things:

a) a complete model costs US$16 million;

b) each F1 engine costs US$8 million;

c) there are approximately 2,000 technicians and engineers.

So, let me explain with the laws of dynamic physics:

1 - every 0.001 minute of difference is 0.08 meters or eight centimeters of advantage;

2 - every 0.01 minute is 0.8 eighty centimeters;

3 - every 0.1 minute is eight meters;

4 - every second is eighty meters.

The average gap between pole position and twentieth has been within two seconds or 160 meters.

The gap between Piastri and Lewis has been 0.5 minutes or 40 meters, and between Leclerc and Hamilton less than a car length or 2.5 meters. Of course, for an F1 driver, that's a lot. It requires millimeter adjustments that are barely perceptible to an amateur like you. But for engineers accustomed to millimeters and over 740 setups, it's infinite. Ferrari's organizational culture has thousands of solutions and experience. They master the balance of tuning between the two drivers. That's why Vestapen was "tamed" by the team because he fought with boss Hornerda Bull, his enemy, and he knew he was tamed.

The FIA ​​will abolish points scoring; it's useless. Fans and journalists determine truth over numbers, according to their own whims. What's the point of points?

The best is what you say and choose, why a team?

The driver is the one who guarantees victory, the tires are just accessories, the engine is there to create a beautiful soundtrack for the crowd, everything is fine. Congratulations on your ignorance.

Ordinary people who haven't studied Mechanical Engineering, nor are familiar with Statistics, and don't even know how to argue, construct sophistic lists based on paralogies, creating a flaw in ad rem arguments based on a paralogical view of the facts, as in Plato's myth of the cave, which ends in a fallacy of begging the question, which relies on ad hoc and ad hominem arguments.


Roberto da Silva Rocha, professor universitário e cientista político

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