Why NASCAR is HARDER than F1 (and also a brief look into a NASCAR Vocabulary)
When you take F1 champions and put them into a bigger and heavier stock car you would expect them to do better job than most drivers in that sport… right? Well, Looking from Juan Pablo Montoya’s (who won 1 F1 world drivers title) short NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career, I’d say you’d best have better plans in order to do well in the sport. Here’s a few reasons why I think the top-tier NASCAR series is harder than just turning left (and right, because of Sonoma and Watkins Glen (also been raced by F1 in the past))
- it’s all about “driver comfort”
In F1 if a driver has an issue with the way his car is handling, he could just change a setting on his steering wheel to make it more comfortable, or just choose to ride it out. In NASCAR, This is on the driver to communicate he is either loose (oversteer) or tight (understeer) to his Crew chief, which will then choose to make an adjustment during the driver’s next pit stop. In this case it could be poor communication with the Crew Chief or an unknown problem creating an issue. in the case of Juan Pablo, the greatest incident of him being “loose” is him crashing into a Jet dryer in the 2012 Daytona 500. The reason he became loose in the end was because the part that holds the rear axle into place snapped, causing an accident (even so, he was still a lap down at that point in the race anyway). A reason why this happens so often in NASCAR is because the Car is heavier and the tires (tyres for you non-Canadian/American folk) aren’t preheated to ensure maximum grip.
- More competition between drivers/manufacturers
Just for conviences sake, this section is going to be photos from this most recent F1 and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Sorted by wins, pulled Nov 30th of NASCAR website
- To win in Nascar, you really have to beat “the man”
just gonna embed a past post, take a read
Anyway… that all I’m going to say for today on this blog. Please, don’t feel disrespected by this, as I’m sure to do one the other way next, and then follow it up by doing Indycar being the best of both worlds afterwards. However, if you want to help me with the F1 harder than Nascar blog, put a reason below. I’m probably sure to meet you down in the comments too. Stay Fresh Guys.
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I wouldn’t say that either one is easier than the other, they just require different kind of skills. F1 driver wont automatically win in Nascar, nor will a Nascar driver automatically win in F1.
This is a perfect explanation, but good blog post none the less! Just one tip: higher res pictures next time!
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I agree, that’s why i’m going to do one the other way. plus if it’s not covered on here, i might do an ROC recap.
NASCAR FTW!!!
Really!?!?!? as a fan of both, it’s really hard to pick one over the other.
When did Montoya win an F1 title? Apart from that nice blog
I was thinking the same, but he was real good!
correct me if im wrong, but 05 or 06
I’m a big Nascar fan, but I feel like comparing the two is extremely difficult . The cars are very different, and the skills both take are so different, I feel like it is so
hard to compare and contrast the two. But with that said, it’s a great post, and I’m very happy to see another Nascar fan on here!
the point i was going at was the differences that the driver has to make to adjust. which can make nascar a bit harder for the driver.
YES! Thank you!
I understand now! I must say, you write a very good article, and I’m very interested in what you have to say in the future. With the explanation, I fully get what you were saying now, and did not mean any disrespect. So, if you took it as so, I apologize. I do believe you wrote a great article, and look forward to the next two you mentioned at the end of this post!
nah man, i just explained why i did it. The way you worded it was just right. I’m not gonna get mad over something like that
Yes! Always love seeing NASCAR post here.
NASCAR is infinitely better than F1 because we actually have interesting fights for the lead rather than an interesting fight for 3rd.
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Nascar is generally more interesting to watch, with the exception of restrictor plate races like Daytona (I know that being in the middle of a tight 40-car pack doing 190 mph requires immense skill, but it’s just not fun to watch, and lacks any strategy play)
NASCAR don’t race in rain…yaaaaay
but some series in the sport do, im i know the FIA hasn’t done this in a while, but they will delay/pospone a race if a downpour occurs all in the name of driver safety