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Old 08-04-2016, 02:44 PM
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+1 hell yes!
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beasts! Just need to add "Elf" on the car somewhere...

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Those + less downforce and more power...
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And a real motor that sounds like something other than a UPS truck
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Looks like a race car. Now if only they could get it to sound like a race car as well.
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That is some SERIOUS looking rubber, maybe if they put a Stuka horn on the darn things they would be fun to watch!
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Will they improve the racing?
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Will they improve the racing?
No because of fuel saving mandated by the FIA.
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And a real motor that sounds like something other than a UPS truck
UPS trucks sound better.
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No because of fuel saving mandated by the FIA.
All of whose executives and board members fly around the world in separate private jets. As do all F1 team principals and executives and drivers.

Eurotard hypocrisy at its finest.
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Go a little lower profile on the tires and simplify the aero and we might actually end up with drivers racing each other instead of wind-tunnel wars.
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These tires + mandated small wings + no DRS
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