Chris @Locoblade

Joined March 2009

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Chris @Locoblade

a month ago

@daylightlando Qualifying is timed over 4 laps, and each driver has the track to themselves for that 4 lap run to ensure there's no unfair advantage/disadvantage from slipstreaming other cars. The qualifying draw is simply to decide the order of who goes first/last etc.

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Chris @Locoblade

2 months ago

@wearetherace I've previously considered Stefano a reasonable man, and as CEO of F1 I can understand him being defensive of the product, but having endured the podcast this morning, its clear he's a master gaslighter, someone simply incapable of listening to anyone who doesn't agree with him.

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Chris @Locoblade

3 months ago

@owen_deyoung @adamcooperF1 We want cars that reward DRIVING skill as the differentiator, not ones where the most highly skilled multi tasking, plate spinning, energy manager wins.

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Chris @Locoblade

4 months ago

@NobleF1 Jon, do you know if we'll see the wing mirror hazard lights flashing on real race starts? I really hope we don't, it's not a good look for F1

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Chris @Locoblade

5 months ago

@SkySportsF1 @tedkravitz @SkySportsF1 Please get the sound engineers to sort your audio for tomorrow. Tonight and last night's program both sound like they're being broadcast on long wave radio.

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Chris @Locoblade

5 months ago

@privatehireguy @agile_phil @donlinch @mikeasharp Theyre not excluding EVs from overnight per se, only if you request a large charge over ~44kw that takes over 6 hours to fulfill will hour 7+ be at peak, regardless of what time of day. If you request a smaller charge, some/all will happen overnight and still cheap rate.

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Chris @Locoblade

6 months ago

@hypervolt @agile_phil Overnight charge targets are still achieved by the target time though, so the IOG algorithm clearly takes these reduced output charge sessions into account when assigning slots. This is OK at the moment but not when the new 6 hour charge limits apply.

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Chris @Locoblade

6 months ago

@hypervolt @agile_phil I've seen a post by Ohme mentioning upcoming fixes for OIG users seeing throttled charges on IOG, but nothing about Hypervolt, will this be fixed for us too? An IOG charge NEVER sees more than ~6.8kw peak and throttles many 30min slots.

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@agile_phil @amywenn @benbradbury

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@agile_phil @amywenn @benbradbury Phil, here's my Hypervolt Home 3 Pro behaviour overnight on Wednesday. Theres a clear 30 minute step down in output, on the hour to the second exactly when dispatch slots start/finish. If this was supply load related it wouldn't follow this pattern or be as consistently throttled

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@autosport Autosport used to be the gold standard for motorsport journalism, how far it's fallen! This is one of all least 3 posts this evening that somehow puts shade on Lando's race result / championship. Posts like this feed the toxic nature of social media, do better!

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@agile_phil @DaveLunt97 @roger_farley Phil, has it been acknowledged that this is NOT restricted to Ohme? Hypervolt for one is also definitely affected, here's quite an extreme example from earlier in the week that my Hypervolt logged via Home Assistant. Every change in output coincides exactly with a 30min timeslot

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@aleksan30409461 @autosport This isn't a scenario where a decision is needed. Lando is 16 points ahead of Oscar so if they're 1-2 then Lando wins the title regardless. If Oscar is leading, Max can't win regardless but Lando would need to be 6th or lower for Oscar to take the title

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@vikalpjain007 @MattP1Gallagher @redbullracing Oscar: "I'm leaving Mclaren and joining Red Bull because I'm sick of being treated like a No2 driver" 🤣

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@MattP1Gallagher Or here's an alternative more entertaining hypothesis. George is told to drop behind Lando as they want a Merc engine to win the title for Brixworth. Toto's ultimate Abu Dhabi revenge😂

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@denkmit 8 out of 10 team principals in F1 come from an engineering background so they must be doing something right. Toto and Flav are the true exceptions and perhaps you could argue Fred Vasseur, who has an engineering background but has run his own and other teams for nearly 30 years.

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@RoelPeulen @wearetherace @NobleF1 Minimum weight is measured without fuel so if the car is under weight, it won't be due to lack of fuel.

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Chris @Locoblade

7 months ago

@adamcooperF1 If the team thought it was so marginal, couldn't they have told him to park it after the chequered flag? I don't think there's a technical requirement to finish the cool down lap is there?