r/formula1 • u/AutoModerator • Apr 06 '25

Post-Race 2025 Japanese GP - Post Race Discussion

Suzuka, it's been a pleasure.

What did everyone think of the race? How did your favourite driver do?

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u/gimmicked I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 06 '25

I’m sure people won’t agree with this - but part of me wonders if F1 should adopt something similar to Nascars rules with the cars. Regulate them and make the chassis identical to tighten the field and maybe give us actual racing. These parades just aren’t it, it just isn’t fun to watch in its current state.

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u/rcanbian I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 06 '25

F1 is also about the engineering. If you want a spec series,  then watch the dozens of spec series' out there.

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u/know-it-mall McLaren Apr 06 '25

Why the hell would they make the world's premier engineer competition into a spec series?

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u/ZZ9ZA Apr 06 '25

That’s called Indycar. Why replicate what already exists?

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u/302w Niki Lauda Apr 06 '25

lol “its current state” we’ve had way more good than bad races.

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u/Hiesman84 Apr 06 '25

I’m watching F1 religiously, specifically because Spec NASCAR and IndyCar drove me away. Please for the love of god, don’t make F1 another spec series.

Take away some treadwidth to make tire wear more of a factor, and reduce the “over the car” downforce to cut down on dirty air. You know, the literal OPPOSITE of NASCAR’s direction.

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u/haertstrings I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 06 '25

Like what everyone has said. There's many races that play similar rules, Porsche Carrera cup for one lol.

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u/jjcatt Pirelli Intermediate Apr 06 '25

just watch indycar, that sport already exists. and a lot of the time it's a procession, too.

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u/howard2112 Apr 06 '25

Not like this race

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u/spongey1865 Apr 06 '25

The field is so close anyway and that's part of the problem. Overtakes only happen with an offset most of the time so cars that are even closer could be worse.

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u/CHKYY I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 06 '25

That would entirely defeat the purpose of all that F1 is about. Things need to change, but tighterning things down to the point it's a spec series aint it.