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[@McKluskie]

Suction down force is decades old it was banned in Formula One

[@TonyK3130]

This is a "run what you brung" competition. Not a set of "neutered" regulations put in place to keep people who are less creative competitive.

[@Nation-Of-Joe]

For anyone else, this is no longer banned, it was reintroduced back in 2022. I would actually recommend anyone to watch any of the free practice early in the season, it's funny watching the cars and drivers bob up and down as the ground effect stalls and is brought back in as the chassis changes it's floor level

[@webby724]

​@@TonyK3130 I'd love to go back to seeing new stuff from different minds again. Creative stuff and tech makes me not dread the future as much as the other BBC content

[@richardkent2014]

Watch this documentary everyone was called a conspiracy theorist when this first came out in 2006 Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Chris Paine that explores the creation, limited commercialization and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the mid-1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the federal government of the United States, the California government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology.

[@richardkent2014]

Your living with technology today we only saw on the sci-fi channel in the 80s travel and communication was very limited back then now you have the worlds information in your pocket and still not everyone in the world can get along 😂😂😂😊

[@quacker998]

Really great program- thanks for the report on a new generation of cool engineers!

[@tawhidibnesultan881]

From rahat's English care 17 batch

[@omicronflux]

Answer to your question: no.

[@UltraPerception]

good luck with it looks like u got some good stuff there

[@chris.m1404]

No way in hell

[@AliGates-t6k]

Formula number one,❤️🔥

[@abdirisakawes6544]

👍

[@GeorgeBill-s4f]

Wow that's amazing, Always interesting

[@jasqata3203]

you’ve stripped the joy out of my life since football introduced VAR, now you’re going to strip my soul if racing adopted electric cars🫣 pls give us some space to breath , stop destroying the tiny light of joy in my heart..

[@hayeonkim7838]

Thanks for so interesting and informative video as always

[@Mister.Unknown]

A comment on KZbin that is not offensively berating a news agency nor filled with the most vitriolic conspiracy theory ever heard??? The world is healing :)

[@oelruof5816]

You’re alright

[@caniconcananas7687]

Future? Have you written future of electric racing? So, you don't know the existence from 2014 of a speed car competition called Formula e with electric engines and some ex Formula 1 professional drivers and professional mechanics working. Ok, you are a science reporter, not a sport reporter.

[@wildandbarefoot]

Its all about taking part...😅

[@marcanthonyfranz]

More BBC Click videos please

[@tuco4386]

😮

[@aliston24]

Dear NASA Jesus wants me free man . I am hacked and rooted...

[@DariusShannon-c2s]

How come the lack of Color

[@MaryamAhmad-dz2rx]

انا اختك اليمنيه واعتبرني اختك والله ماتكلمت الا من جوع ومن ضيق الحال انا وكامل اسرتي تشردنا من بيوتنا بَسَبَبَ الَحَرَبَ نَحَنَ فَيَ حَالَهَ لَايَعَلَمَ بَهَا الَا الَلَهَ حَسَبَنَا الَلَهَ وًّنَعَمَ الَوكيَلَ فَيَ مَنَ اوًّصَلَنَا الَى هَاذا الَحَالَ وًّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ مَا كتَبَتَ هَذا الَمَنَاشَدَهَ غَيَرَ مَنَ الَضَيَقَ وّالَفَقَر يَاعَالَمَ حَسَوّا فَيَنَا ارَجَوّكمَ وّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ رَبَ الَعَرَشَ الَعَظَيَمَ انَه الَاكلَ مَا فَيَ عَنَدَيَ بَالَبَيَتَ وًّالَلَهَ يَا اخَوّانَيَ انَهَ اخَوًّنَيَ بَقَعَدَوًّ بَالَيَوًّمَيَنَ مَافَى اكلَ وًّالَلَهَ وًّضَعَنَا كثَيَرَ صَعَبَ نَحَنَ 4 نَفَرَ دَاخَلَ الَبَيَتَ وًّابَيَ مَتَوًّفَيَ وًّلَا يَوًّجَدَ مَنَ يَعَوًّلَ عَلَيَنَا وًّسَاكنَيَنَ فَيَ بَيَتَ اجَارَ لَانَسَتَطَيَعَ دَفَعَ الَاجَارَ الَلَيَ ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 20 الف يمني والان علينا 60 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه اخوتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو ب 500 ريال يمني مع تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم 00967717554797دريت وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خير&%^%؛"^"""

[@DestroyerofBubbles]

Hahahahaha

[@davecooper3238]

EV racing. Unfortunately a bit like an aerial display team without jets.

[@TonyK3130]

LOL!!! Have you ever watched Red Bull?

[@davecooper3238]

@@TonyK3130 Yep. Boring.

[@CharlieHarper-d4x]

Nobody is buying electric cars let alone watching the racing.

[@caniconcananas7687]

Some years ago the sales boss in a car dealer, looking at how the number of cars (with petrol and Diesel engines) being sold was decreasing said that the best thing of it was that he was only 5 years from retirement. Electric or petrol alike, in Europe the car industry has its decades numbered. And it is not because the engines or the cars are better or worse. It's because the qualified demand is disappearing. That is, people is getting poorer and poorer, so they have no money for the exclusive property of cars or even for getting the driving license. Enjoy the end of Consumerism.

[@CharlieHarper-d4x]

@@caniconcananas7687 there's more cars on the road year on year . Cars sales have always increased yearly except from the pandemic years .

[@caniconcananas7687]

@@CharlieHarper-d4x Public numbers from the carmakers: Sept 19 (Reuters) - New car sales in the European Union fell 18.3% in August to their lowest in three years, dragged down by double-digit losses in major markets Germany, France and Italy.

[@CharlieHarper-d4x]

@@caniconcananas7687 because of the current EV sales disaster pulling down the percentage. Since 2013 car new sales in Europe have been increasing every year untill the pandemic and the semiconductor shortage.

[@caniconcananas7687]

@@CharlieHarper-d4x Breaking down the sales by engine technology, only two types grew in August: Hybrids and LP gas. The rest decreased. A car for every person is not possible anymore. Young people is too poor and can't afford buying a car. Some, even cannot pay the rent of a house. So... Good luck with your job selling cars, but my advice is to search a different job.

[@alexsilent5603]

Computer controlling each wheel separately for more traction - this is basically ABS, right? Also I assume that these cars have no gearbox. It means that there is a very little area where pilots can show their skills.

[@napolean_ragland]

ABS is braking without lock, how is it like this?

[@alexsilent5603]

@@napolean_ragland Sorry, I'm not an expert in car systems. I just think that computer operated systems make competition meaningless.

[@drunkenhobo5039]

You could also argue that it allows the racers to focus entirely on the fundamentals of car racing - corner speed, braking points and throttle application. No longer need to worry about locking a wheel, sudden changes in traction or when to shift. There are fewer skills, but that doesn't mean it's less skilled.

[@alexsilent5603]

@@drunkenhobo5039 Isn't it what makes great pilots so different from simply good ones?

[@soulfulsinger]

Usa should re access its stratergy of becoming superpower by fighting war on others shoulders or he must pay a loss impossible to re think because russia is not japan 10 lakh japan constitute russia🎉

[@BejTjubu]

Money sport.🤭

[@barnigranero5882]

Electric isn't the future. Sustainable fuels are.

[@guybeingaguy]

You’re not understanding the main point. You’re already losing when you spend ANY energy producing energy. Sustainable energy requires energy to produce it. Solar or wind is free. It’s already winning right from its conception. Not advocating for anything just saying you can expend energy to make energy, it’s long proven to fail. There is zero friction or loss of any power in an electric engine vs. an ICE. It’s already winning right from conception alone.

[@drunkenhobo5039]

Sustainable fuels are a marketing gimmick. They use far too much energy to be viable.

[@barnigranero5882]

@@drunkenhobo5039 Sebastian Vettel is doing a lot of good work proving you wrong.

[@barnigranero5882]

@@guybeingaguy Except that they require rare materials that have to be mined and that mining uses more energy and pollutes more than sustainable fuels that can be used in existing cars including ones from the 1930s!

[@guybeingaguy]

@@barnigranero5882 If that’s what you believe 👍

[@guppygrease9767]

Future was no place for stupid autocratic way of life setting pace, true. Look at parasitic infestation oozing in pathetic futility over hard work people are doing.

[@aliston24]

Dear NASA. Gilmax is chor from small he cannot competate with me..Jesus showed my Alferbate A in the sky.Gilmax is just traping me in sorrowful life....

[@YusukeYamamoto-d5q]

My status is too close to human when jus soli topics. For example, about war orphan.

[@HartleyHare-p4d]

No.

[@sanjayzala2191]

🦏 The _ Wish You A Very Happy Rhinos 02ward Of A _ 'Day' 🦏

[@هناءيحيى-ش6ه]

انا اختك اليمنيه واعتبرني اختك والله ماتكلمت الا من جوع ومن ضيق الحال انا وكامل اسرتي تشردنا من بيوتنا بَسَبَبَ الَحَرَبَ نَحَنَ فَيَ حَالَهَ لَايَعَلَمَ بَهَا الَا الَلَهَ حَسَبَنَا الَلَهَ وًّنَعَمَ الَوكيَلَ فَيَ مَنَ اوًّصَلَنَا الَى هَاذا الَحَالَ وًّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ مَا كتَبَتَ هَذا الَمَنَاشَدَهَ غَيَرَ مَنَ الَضَيَقَ وّالَفَقَر يَاعَالَمَ حَسَوّا فَيَنَا ارَجَوّكمَ وّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ رَبَ الَعَرَشَ الَعَظَيَمَ انَه الَاكلَ مَا فَيَ عَنَدَيَ بَالَبَيَتَ وًّالَلَهَ يَا اخَوّانَيَ انَهَ اخَوًّنَيَ بَقَعَدَوًّ بَالَيَوًّمَيَنَ مَافَى اكلَ وًّالَلَهَ وًّضَعَنَا كثَيَرَ صَعَبَ نَحَنَ 4 نَفَرَ دَاخَلَ الَبَيَتَ وًّابَيَ مَتَوًّفَيَ وًّلَا يَوًّجَدَ مَنَ يَعَوًّلَ عَلَيَنَا وًّسَاكنَيَنَ فَيَ بَيَتَ اجَارَ لَانَسَتَطَيَعَ دَفَعَ الَاجَارَ الَلَيَ ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 20 الف يمني والان علينا 60 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه اخوتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو ب 500 ريال يمني مع تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم 00967713342392 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خير..÷~^π~÷~π~÷~ππ~√~π~π~√√