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I'm still surprised that "the computer knows where on the track you are, and alters the behavior of the car" is allowed. This is the sport which outlaws ABS bec

I'm still surprised that "the computer knows where on the track you are, and alters the behavior of the car" is allowed. This is the sport which outlaws ABS because the driver is supposed to do the work, not the car.

unfunco 9y ago
It sounds as if the computer knows because of throttle though, which is rudimentary, and likely purposefully rudimentary to steer around rules about GPS/track mapping?
serf 9y ago
>This is the sport which outlaws ABS because the driver is supposed to do the work, not the car. That's been a silly distinction to bring up ever since the introduction of automated gearboxes and the end of clutch management.
- lqdc13 9y ago
  It's still manual transmission and they don't have traction control or launch control or automatic suspension adjustment. I think they added the boost tech so that cars pass each other more frequently.
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TheCondor 9y ago
in 2014 vettel fell off a bit and Christian Horner said it was due to a loss of brake feeling with the new formula. Now most of the tricks are completely secret and it's all about tricks to comply with the regulations but circumvent them and racing drivers have a lot of excuses that aren't to be believed but I could sort of see this. If you want to have more natural braking in some corners and recover less energy and then maybe deploy the energy at more optimal places on the track then this sort of thing makes a little sense, especially if you can make it work. I would think it highly prone to being confused though. It would be interesting to see some data on the differences between this type of algorithm when it works and the Prius algorithm.