Discussion
The first thing F1 needs to decide is what it wants to be.
If it wants to be the pinnacle of automotive technology then the racing is going to suffer.
If it wants to be the pinnacle of racing entertainment then the technology is going to suffer.
Some of the closest racing is in the world NASCAR, and they are some of the most basic car technologies going. If you want to be top of the pile in technology then ABS, TC, ESP, active suspension, active aero, etc all need to come back, even then you are only making the pinnacle of technology match a current road car.
If it wants to be the pinnacle of automotive technology then the racing is going to suffer.
If it wants to be the pinnacle of racing entertainment then the technology is going to suffer.
Some of the closest racing is in the world NASCAR, and they are some of the most basic car technologies going. If you want to be top of the pile in technology then ABS, TC, ESP, active suspension, active aero, etc all need to come back, even then you are only making the pinnacle of technology match a current road car.
McClure said:
Ban ship to shore radio;
I think the other way around- I'm of the opinion that banning the pit to car radio would improve F1 for us as viewers. Ban the in-car lap time display too. It's very tedious to hear an engineer telling a driver that they should apex in a different place, the engineer wouldn't be able to tell the driver to slow down every 5 seconds, and with no lap timer they wouldn't have a precise reference for their lap times. They could be told to pit using a light on the steering wheel, with the pit board as a back up. The car to pit radio would let the drivers tell the team about any issues or tyre degradation, but they wouldn't then have a team of engineers working on simulations to then feed the driver the optimum solution.
Evangelion said:
What happens if you retire then?
If you retire first on grid of 24 you get 24 points, if your the second retiree you get 23 and so on and so forth.The only bone of contention maybe a collision between two competitors but then It could be who was on front prior to the contact who gets the lesser points.
Kind of a reverse grid, BUT, decent points for qualifying. Not sure what sort of points but something like:
Usual three tier qualifying system but you get the following on the Saturday:
1st - 12 points
2nd - 9 points
3rd - 7
4th - 6
5th - 5
6th - 4
7th - 3
8th - 2
9th - 1
10th - 0
The grid from 1st to 10th is then flipped. Every car in the top ten must set a representative time (based on free practice and Q1 & Q2); however, lap times and delta information would be banned from being passed to the drivers during quali 3.
A minimum of two pit stops would be mandatory and one of the tyre compounds should only last a maximum of 10 laps (on the more durable circuits) before 'the cliff' becomes really prominent.
There will of course be flaws with this but I think we shouldn't put as many constraints on the aero aspects as some have suggested - otherwise it will turn into A1Gp.
Usual three tier qualifying system but you get the following on the Saturday:
1st - 12 points
2nd - 9 points
3rd - 7
4th - 6
5th - 5
6th - 4
7th - 3
8th - 2
9th - 1
10th - 0
The grid from 1st to 10th is then flipped. Every car in the top ten must set a representative time (based on free practice and Q1 & Q2); however, lap times and delta information would be banned from being passed to the drivers during quali 3.
A minimum of two pit stops would be mandatory and one of the tyre compounds should only last a maximum of 10 laps (on the more durable circuits) before 'the cliff' becomes really prominent.
There will of course be flaws with this but I think we shouldn't put as many constraints on the aero aspects as some have suggested - otherwise it will turn into A1Gp.
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