Formula 1 Racing

Commenters discuss Formula 1 racing, including driverless F1 cars as a potential competition, the sport's evolution and team aspects, comparisons to other motorsports like Formula E and NASCAR, and analogies distinguishing race cars from everyday or autonomous driving.

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sambeau Aug 18, 2019 View on HN

I assume the comment refers to Formula One racing cars

bobbles May 8, 2014 View on HN

Driverless F1 cars in a race... now that would be an interesting competition

catoc Oct 22, 2025 View on HN

Reinventing the wheel for Formula 1 driving…

rascul Sep 2, 2025 View on HN

F1 racing used to be so much better.

dlp211 Jul 16, 2020 View on HN

Yes, in racing, not in everyday driving.

cthalupa Dec 29, 2023 View on HN

Verstappen has more than $6m in street legal high-end cars. He has spent a significant amount of time driving cars with performance quite similar to that Mercedes.Even if this wasn't publicly available information, isn't it quite bizarre to act as if you have some better understanding of the difference between F1 cars and sports cars than one of the best F1 drivers in the world? I would bet you quite significant sums of money that he has spent more time driving cars with performance

karlshea Apr 14, 2015 View on HN

I had heard it was happening but nothing more, and after this article I looked around and found race footage to jump around in and get a feel for what it's like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJZS0QhPmhsIt seems like the race has similar energy but definitely a different sound than F1, and the whole battery life/pit dynamics add something interesting.

secondcoming Oct 5, 2020 View on HN

There are karting videos on youtube and that's actually far more entertaining than modern F1

causi Jun 27, 2022 View on HN

An F-1 race with no rules other than "go around the track the fastest without wrecking other drivers" might actually be worth watching.

sporkologist Nov 27, 2017 View on HN

That's like comparing a Ford Fiesta to a Formula One car.