Please use this thread for daily F1 discussion and to ask questions that don’t warrant their own post.

  • itsmikeyd@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    What do we all think about Bridgestone coming back to F1 as a tyre manufacturer?

    • sweet_and_full_of_grace@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      I imagine that if they win the tender nothing much will change other than the logo.

      I wonder if it would be more interesting to dispose of the monopoly and grades and simply keep the requirements of having tyre changes - perhaps two changes required for some tracks?

      It would probably also require banning exclusive contracts with certain teams, like they had back in the day.

    • Ecksell@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I dont think a tyre competition would work in this era.

      On a side note, thanks for making this mikeyd, it was much needed. Can it be pinned at the top?

    • itsmikeyd@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Due to the size of the community and lack of bots, we currently run a race weekend thread which is pinned to the top currently.

      • Omgarm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I would suggest at least a seperate race thread. A full weekend one was kinda bothersome towards the end of the race last time.

  • hillbicks@feddit.deEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Where would be the right place to discuss the new rules that were just announced? The thread itself seems to be locked…

  • Morningcoffee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I noticed the c/Formula 1 on Lemmy.world is not on the list of partners.

    Is there any communication or coordination between those two? While this one seems more active, the other one has more members (strangely).

    • PriorProject@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      I posted early on in that sub about merging/coordinating with this one and the mod replied they weren’t closing the sub and removed my post. Note there is (or at least was at the time) nothing in the community or instance rules prohibiting discussion of other communities. And also… like… 90% of Lemmy is new users finding new communities (including that mod, whose account was like 4d old at the time). Prohibiting discussion of other communities is just… wildly against the spirit of what’s happening right now. Neither mod group seems to acknowledge the other in at-mentions either.

      Anyway, it’s a small data point but my somewhat speculative take is the mod over there is power tripping and I’ve avoided it since.

      While this one seems more active, the other one has more members (strangely).

      The sub numbers can be confusing to read. I believe when viewing the sub count of a remote community, you see only subscribers from your instance… But when viewing a local community you see all subscribers. At any rate, if you look at each community on its home server you see:

      • SpeexMEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        To my knowledge we do not have any rules against talking about other communities. I will bring it up with the other mods. With the way Lemmy works there will be other subs of the same name with cross subs. I’m going to be subbed to any F1 sub I can find.

      • LoganEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for making the effort to coordinate this and post your experience. It makes me feel more confident sticking with this community

    • Omgarm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It seems to have more people commenting though. At least a lot of different profiles.