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F1 viewership has plunged since move from ESPN to Apple TV (www.usatoday.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 days ago (1 child)

Everything you describe was adapted from common use in aviation decades before F1. Carbon fiber, turbos, aluminum monocoque, all of it.

regenerative braking tech

Toyota Prius, 1997. 12 years before F1, original patent: Detroit 1965.

Enjoy the Koolaid. Stop being educated by Netflix.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    So... those examples were not used in ground vehicles before F1? I genuinely don't know but it doesn't sound like you're really disagreeing.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    It also doesn't matter where it "started", F1 invested heavily in advancing these technologies before they became available in commuter cars and the tech either would have been delayed or never brought to the consumer market without that investment by F1. I'm hoping we see the same thing with FormulaE and electric vehicle technology though I think they need to scale back the regs and give producers more leeway to experiment there

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