Just a quick update on the active ships that people are writing for in 2024! Landoscar is right up there 👀
Also I have updated the fandom pull to the Motorsports RPF group (of which F1 is part of) to allow us to track other drivers better!
This is part of my F1 RPF Analysis based on a dataset of the almost 36k AO3 Motorsport Fics pulled on 24 Apr 2024. Fics were analysed based on date of last update.
Feel free to follow the tag #f1 rpf analysis for more, and let me know what else you’d like to see!
I find it so odd that Lewis fans go after George so much because that man is obsessed with Lewis Hamilton! He has spent his whole life idolizing Lewis. George has never once said a bad thing about Lewis even when the media has tried to pull it out of him. He consistently stands up for Lewis and when there are struggles he talks about how they are working together and how Lewis is the best teammate he could possibly have. He was the only driver to directly as soon as it happened call out AD21. Another thing being that Lewis is always preaching positivity and kindness so to see the people that call themselves his biggest fans attack his teammate the way they do is illogical.
I hope to god that if Adrian Newey is going to Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso doesn't revert to active war crimes.
This new grid isn't prepared for it. Like the whole world lost their minds when Lewis did a trick that others have been doing for years.
Could you imagine if Fernando "I knew he would move," Alonso was just terrorizing George, Lando, or Yuki?
Like I know Daniel Ricciardo woke up this morning, and after having a good laugh and being sad that he might not get to drive one of Newey's creations again, said a quick prayer because he remembers what Fernando was like.
And Lewis is probably like doing some meditation because he cannot handle this shit again.
little warning on this one, i am not an engineer or physicist or anything professionally related to f1, so this is my completely novice explanation based on my own research. it’s not supposed to be super technical, but if anything is way off please let me know!
drag reduction system
f1 cars pump out huge plumes of disturbed air in their wake, making it inherently difficult for driver behind to get into a position to make a pass.
introduced in 2011 as a way to increase overtaking, drs is a device fixed to the upper element of the rear wing of the car. usage has varied, but the current regulations allow drivers to activate the system in designated zones during the race.
when in these zones, drivers can lift the rear wing flap to reduce drag, increasing their top speed.
usage
drs can only be activated if a driver follows a rival through the preceding detection zone with a margin of less than one second.
drivers can activate drs one lap after the race begins. during yellow flags, a virtual safety car or a full safety car, use of the system is prohibited (read more about safety cars here), as well as in red flags.
drs is activated by pressing a button on the steering wheel, but this is only possible when the driver breaks a detection zone within one second of the previous car.
there is no limit on how often drivers can use this, soap long as they have met the requirements, they could use it in every zone of every lap.
on average, drs increases the top speed of the car by about 6 or 7 mph.
particularly in the midfield, a common phenomenon in races is what is known as a 'drs train'. this is a sequence of cars all within drs range of one another, which effectively negates the advantages of the system and can hinder overtaking.