While I have no idea where this comparsion came from or how it even all makes sense I must say that Fast Lane Daily put some humor in my day with this comparison on Snapshot. Here are 10 ways Formula 1 and Formula D are the same sport. Please keep in mind the views/thoughts expressed here of from Fast Lane Daily and not us.
10. The Dominant Teams Win
Button and Brawn in Formula 1 and the entire Falken Drift Team sweeping the New Jersey podium.
9. Stiff chassis setups that don’t work anymore
Old school drifters use to setup their car with a big spring and a big bar stiff but that is no longer considered the best way to drift. McLaren is also running a stiff chassis giving Lewis Hamilton time to catch up on his rest, reading, and twittering his PussyCat Dolls girlfriend during qualifying sessions two and three.
8. Compliant chassis setups do work
New school drifters tune their car for weight transfer and suspension movement to keep all four tires working. Brawn GP in Turkey proves that their design again is the best.
7. Tail Happy Cornering
Drifters get there car swinging side to side to negoiate the drift course for speed, style, and crowd appeal. Alonoso, Massa, and Kimi have developed the same kind of style with their bad handling Renault and Ferrari’s but without the speed, style, or crowd love.
6. Clutch Kicking
This is a technique used to get a car into a drift. In Formula 1 it is the apparent method Rubens Barrichello is using to badly start races.
5. The Grid Girls
4. Scrap the car and the car scraps
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Lewis Hamilton has said he wished McLaren had scraped the 09 design more than a few races ago. In drifting more than a few cars look like they were assembled from the scraps of other cars.
3. Big Toyota budgets yeild limited results
In drifting Toyota spends big for rear wheel drive Scion’s and Lexus race cars but no success. In Formula 1 I standby my position that Toyota will never win a championship let along a race.
2. Locking differentials to get the cars to work
Drifters depend on limited slip or fully locked difs to rotate the car and hold the drift. In Formula 1 adjustable limited slip differentials help the cars on corner entry rotation.
1. It’s not really racing
Drifting is like some automotive blaze of glory with juding and style points and the finish line is just a waste of paint. There is no racing in drifting, it is a dogshow on wheels and there is no racing in Formula 1 either. They never pass on the track. No matter how much faster they get these cars it prevents them from getting close, passing, and racing.
Source: http://www.vodcars.com/fastlanedaily/episode/fld_20090611
