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To those who wonder why this would even matter, it's worth considering how narrow the margins are in any racing sport. You're talking about a 80-100km race whe
by mabbo 3y ago
To those who wonder why this would even matter, it's worth considering how narrow the margins are in any racing sport.
You're talking about a 80-100km race where winner is ahead by typically only a few seconds. If you can squeeze a 0.1% gain out of some key info, you'll do far better for it.
Your driver is about to try to pass the driver ahead if him. How hard should he try? Pushing hard uses up your tires and energy. If you know the guy ahead has tires that are getting a bit worn, you know he won't fight very hard. That's a big advantage.
- voisin 3y agoWhy don’t they just make all the info fully transparent to all teams? Seems like it would make the competition even more interesting.
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoPoker wouldn't be too interesting if all players saw each others' cards. Same with racing. Keeping your opponent(s) constantly guessing is increasing the challenge and the fun of the sport.
- oatmeal1 3y ago> Your driver is about to try to pass the driver ahead if him. How hard should he try? Pushing hard uses up your tires and energy. If you know the guy ahead has tires that are getting a bit worn, you know he won't fight very hard. That's a big advantage. It's not totally clear, but it seems like this would only gather data when the opponent car entered the pit lane. In that case, the knowledge gained would just be knowledge about competitors' tires during practice, since during the race the tires aren't changed. That could be extrapolated to what the competitors' tire setup for the race, and performance of tires during the race are.