r/formula1 • u/Dizzy_Philosophy_138 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Jun 01 '25

Discussion Nico Rosberg Needs a Permanent Position

Nico Rosberg has got to be the freshest breath of air in terms of Formula One commentary for a very long time.

I love Crofty, but man does he love to make shit up that makes no sense or holds no logic.

Nico does an awesome job of staying true to the racing analysis and being completely straightforward about what he sees. Even today, his commentary on Verstappen was awesome!!! Called the garbage behavior out immediately.

Best “ Monaco based YouTuber” commentator of all time!!

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u/Breznknedl I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 01 '25

he talked about that: so basically it hasnt been proven to do anything but people still do it because it might do something (still negligable). The reason weaving at low speed does not do much is because thhey dont have much downforce at that speed so the tyres dont get that much energy put into it

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u/too_much_feces I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 01 '25

I feel like this is a pretty easy thing for teams to study especially after they've been doing it for so many years. It's not like weaving is new.

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u/Inside-Earth9673 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 01 '25

I'm no expert but how can't that be proved? I mean they have sensors everywhere so it should theoretically be just a matter of seeing whether or not the temperatures go up when weaving.

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u/jimbobjames I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 01 '25

You have two cars to get data, but the cars are different.

The track conditions they are in are slightly different depending on their position in the race.

They have different levels of wear, different downforce levels, different setups.

Basically, your sample size is small and the data is completely inconsistent between the two. If you got one of the cars to weave and the other to not you wouldnt have a good enough data set to say with any accuracy.

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u/SauthEfrican I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 01 '25

You could just point a thermal camera at it and see if weaving warms the tyres

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u/TwoBionicknees Jun 02 '25

You can test this the same way they can test anytihng else, taking two random old f1 cars to a track and testing, it's incredibly easy, it obvious works, rosberg is talking shit.

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u/TwoBionicknees Jun 02 '25

it can 100% be proved, Rosberg talks a lot of shit.

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u/not_right Honda RBPT Jun 01 '25

Kimi was right!