This year I've mostly been....

[SimonB]

Personally I love all the little flicks and winglets, it's the amazing level of attention to detail in every area on a modern F1 car that makes it special. But then I am an engineer! I thought the McLaren looked absoltely fantastic last year, and that new Williams looks beautiful too, nice job! Certainly beats the old Walrus nose!

 

I really hope they don't impose that stupid rule to limit updates and ban winglets. The whole point of F1 is that it's the pinnacle of engineering and ingenuity. It'll end up like glorified F3000 if you take that away.

[Alex]

I can get one. What are you thinking? Undercut?

 

Yeah I hear it's tucked it's skirt up this year...

[Alex]

Personally I love all the little flicks and winglets, it's the amazing level of attention to detail in every area on a modern F1 car that makes it special. But then I am an engineer! I thought the McLaren looked absoltely fantastic last year, and that new Williams looks beautiful too, nice job! Certainly beats the old Walrus nose!

 

I really hope they don't impose that stupid rule to limit updates and ban winglets. The whole point of F1 is that it's the pinnacle of engineering and ingenuity. It'll end up like glorified F3000 if you take that away.

 

All the works teams (Toyota, Honda etc) are pissed at the new regulations, as they are so limiting FIA ECU's no winglets etc...they want to use F1 to test new technologies. The FIA want some kind of "sport"

[TLicense]

The FIA want some kind of "sport"

 

Unfortunately the two are mutually exclusive.

[dangerous brain]

Trying to keep the series open to all competitors in the face of big bankrolls is hard work. Strange thing is though the premiership formerly 1st division was proclaimed as being too money driven and unlikely to go anywhere if the money aspect wasn't taken away. A few years ago you'd have been forgiven for saying that notts forest would own the world after they paid a million for francis and dominated the league. Now look at them just below Bournemouth AFC. Liverpool suffered badly in the same direction after being glory boys, most recently the decline of Man U has been spectacular. In the middle of all this Blackburn and leeds snatched the title.

 

What I'm trying to say is that yes money talks in top sport it always will. But its the aquisition of the money and organisation of the team with that money that wins titles and every team from the bottom to the top has that challenge. Success attracts money, but a bad organiser can see that success off as quickly as the money came. And occasionally very occasionally an underdog comes through and whips the big boys.

 

Let F1 take its course. Like rally cars don't let them make the cars too powerfull for man to control with excessive risk to life, but don't hamstring the drivers FFS

 

Heres a good idea then. Take the drivers away from the teams and make them F1's drivers. Then the champs from the outgoing year should automatically have to drive the car of the lowest scoring driver from that year in the new season and vice versa. You want a closer race the better drivers have to drive the worst cars and vice versa. Tactics take a whole new meaning then don't ya think

[TLicense]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Fundamentally the whole thing is arse abot face.

If you put fast cars in front of slow cars on the grid, you've got to expect the fast cars to pull away from the slow ones.

I'm all for 12 lap qualifying, with full on qualy spec cars. Fastest gets 10 points etc etc. Then they can do whatever they want to the car between the end of qualifying and the race, but it's a reverse grid.

That way you're guaranteed to get overtaking. Imagine a cicuit like Hungary if a Midland/Super Aguri/TorroRosso had the likes of Mclaren and Renault stacked up behind them trying to get past with no blue flags a-waving.

[Miguel]

 

Heres a good idea then. Take the drivers away from the teams and make them F1's drivers. Then the champs from the outgoing year should automatically have to drive the car of the lowest scoring driver from that year in the new season and vice versa. You want a closer race the better drivers have to drive the worst cars and vice versa. Tactics take a whole new meaning then don't ya think

 

Ohh now that could add a bit of spice. Will not ever happen as the driver aspect of earnings would be hit too hard. You could just imagine Macker saying yes to being on the same payrole to all the others as an FIA driver and his bonus is reflected on driving a backrunner , his yatch cost to much for him to do that. The idea of making an F1 driver and not a dedicated team driver would hurt their lifestyle too much as the FIA are owned by tight arses. But boy that would be a hoot to see and one i would like to see.

 

That rule would also make the development of all the aids forefront, hmmm

[Pete]

Sounds like a great idea. But wouldn't they all try to qualify as slow as possible?

[TLicense]

You would be gutted to miss out on the championship by whatever points you didn't get by driving slower wouldn't you?

[dangerous brain]

As I said it would make the whole shooting match very interesting especially if the big money was for winning races prize fighter style. The consistent earners would I suppose be the ones that sat permanently around the middle. For a champion to get anywhere the year after he'd have to drive like a demon. Manufacturers would still have to put their all into it especially if they get a driver thats not the best in the world, slower manufacturers would benefit from the best drivers alot more often than they do now.

 

Be fantastic