None Championship Races-Ross brawn

[LaurasOtherHalf]

For all that Ted Kravitz is a complete tube, in amongst the drivel he does occasionally represent the ordinary fan. Whilst pushing Ross Brawn on his future ideas RB suddenly came out with this golden nugget;

Ross Brawn said:

My dream actually would be to have a none championship race once a year. And that none championship race you could experiment, so you could try a different format for one race....try something else

[Vocal Minority]

Open Season then...what would people want?

On the basis the teams would need to be willing - so no new types of cars or driver swapping....

[Norfolkit]

I thought that was a fascinating interview, loved his view on pay drivers and partnerships for heritage circuits. Also about standardising the parts teams spend millions on but nobody can see and don't care about. I genuinely think F1 could be heading in a good direction.

[hairyben]

Some interesting stuff; employing RB in a technical overview role is akin to antivirus firms emloying computer hackers. We need some common sense from someone who understands what the teams are doing and thinking. Almost seems too sensible for F1, I'll wake up ina minute.

[williamp]

have a goalpost at the end of the pit road, just past a tight hairpin. Say 8ft wide by 4ft high. If your car can drive through the hairpin and through the goalpost then you're in. All else is free,

Would be interetsing to see just how much aero they can find on a car whilst maintaining a decent turning circle... And the engine can be a 16 litre V32 vtec yo, its just about packaging the whole car...

[groomi]

williamp said:

have a goalpost at the end of the pit road, just past a tight hairpin. Say 8ft wide by 4ft high. If your car can drive through the hairpin and through the goalpost then you're in. All else is free,

Would be interetsing to see just how much aero they can find on a car whilst maintaining a decent turning circle... And the engine can be a 16 litre V32 vtec yo, its just about packaging the whole car...

4ws and a 7ft 11in wide car then...

[mybrainhurts]

Nothing new here...60s deja vu

[ukaskew]

Simples...reverse grid.

[Eric Mc]

Back to the 1960s and before.

And the word is "non" by the way.

[Evilex]

So how does this fit in with budget caps, in-season testing bans, power unit restrictions and the smaller teams struggling to afford to race in the regular season, let alone a one-off experimental race?

Nice idea (in theory)... but I think the outcome would be somewhat predictable. Merc or RBR.

[Norfolkit]

Evilex said:

So how does this fit in with budget caps, in-season testing bans, power unit restrictions and the smaller teams struggling to afford to race in the regular season, let alone a one-off experimental race?

Nice idea (in theory)... but I think the outcome would be somewhat predictable. Merc or RBR.

Try and catch the interview. RB did talk about the problems for smaller team i.e. why they employ pay drivers, can't remember exactly what he said but the whole approach was a sea change from what's gone before.

[ColdSyphon]

Can someone let me know where this interview was broadcast?

[norush]

Sky F1 channel last evening at 2100

[0000]

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10779587/wa...

[rdjohn]

Vocal Minority said:

Open Season then...what would people want?

On the basis the teams would need to be willing - so no new types of cars or driver swapping....

A short race on Saturday to sort out who has the fastest car and cash for the WCC

A longer race on Sunday for the WDC where the cars are ballasted according to their WCC rankings.

That way the teams get bragging rights and the fans get to see some decent racing.

[StevieBee]

IIRC, the last 'proper' F1 race at Brands Hatch was the non-championship Race of Champions; won (again IIRC) very narrowly by Keke Rosberg from Eddie Cheever in the Tyrrell.

I think this would be a great idea. Teams can run three cars - test out new drivers, bring old drivers back. Make the weekend a cheap one price ticket (like WEC) no mortgage needed for grandstand seats...

[garythesign]

0000 said:

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10779587/wa...

Thanks for the link. I don't have Sky.

Really interesting interview.

[suffolk009]

I liked Brawns ideas. Especially the non-championship race idea.

Boxing day, or maybe New Years Day. Southern Hemishere for the weather. Or perhaps Nassau.

[Sheetmaself]

In the voice of Mr. Burns.

Remove the wings!

[Jacobyte]

The F1 drivers compete in their junior team's GP2 cars for the GP2 race, and the GP2 drivers compete in their senior team's F1 cars for the F1 race.