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Didn't like that race, but I definitely remember it well
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are big Pharell fans!
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are big Pharell fans!
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!2004, was apparently the pinnacle of F1 performance. The lap record is held by Barrichello of 1.13.622 and the pole lap was 1.12.275. Back in the day when they had V10's. Unrestricted rubber designed for performance first, and four practice sessions to rubber in the track, plus qualifying, plus race day.
The fastest time in FP2 was 1.14.0, today's FP2 was 1.16.1 so roughly a 2.9% delta in speed between the height of F1 performance, and today's cars in Montreal, all while using 50% less fuel than the cars of that era would have used.
Not bad IMO.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
2004, was apparently the pinnacle of F1 performance. The lap record is held by Barrichello of 1.13.622 and the pole lap was 1.12.275. Back in the day when they had V10's. Unrestricted rubber designed for performance first, and four practice sessions to rubber in the track, plus qualifying, plus race day.
The fastest time in FP2 was 1.14.0, today's FP2 was 1.16.1 so roughly a 2.9% delta in speed between the height of F1 performance, and today's cars in Montreal, all while using 50% less fuel than the cars of that era would have used.
Not bad IMO.
Speaking of performance; the audio performance seems better in Montreal; the engine sound louder and higher revving... or is that just my imagination?
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. Speaking of performance; the audio performance seems better in Montreal; the engine sound louder and higher revving... or is that just my imagination?
Speaking of performance; the audio performance seems better in Montreal; the engine sound louder and higher revving... or is that just my imagination?
You big lummox... it's because they're in THIS continent. The sound from the engines has to travel a lot less distance to reach your television set, so it's obviously louder. Duh.
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!2004, was apparently the pinnacle of F1 performance. The lap record is held by Barrichello of 1.13.622 and the pole lap was 1.12.275. Back in the day when they had V10's. Unrestricted rubber designed for performance first, and four practice sessions to rubber in the track, plus qualifying, plus race day.
The fastest time in FP2 was 1.14.0, today's FP2 was 1.16.1 so roughly a 2.9% delta in speed between the height of F1 performance, and today's cars in Montreal, all while using 50% less fuel than the cars of that era would have used.
Not bad IMO.
It's a testament to the engineering pedigree in the sport. Nothing shouts performance more than these figures, and the sport should be advertizing some of these facts in a 'tastier' manner for the more thick headed out there to get it, and appreciate it.
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