'kin Hell - just what is the point of modern f1?

[Stealthracer]

coppice said:

... I dare say today's cars are Reliant Robins compared to 2063's effort .

If they're that much faster, the drivers will be crushed by the g forces. They'll probably be sat in the pit garages, operating them by radio control.

[NRS]

entropy said:

mat205125 said:

mw88 said:

entropy said:

How long before F1 incorporates BoP?

They've already started with the reduction in wind tunnel/CFD time for those who finished higher in the championship.

Won't be long before they start adding success ballast and intake restrictors

I don't think that F1 will get that bad, but I think that we're starting to really see the positive impacts of the testing and spending restrictions.

I think we need to wait for a few years for the impact of the scaling spending and R&D restrictions.

Stroll's takeover and improving AM and the sudden rise to second best team this year is a coincidence and little to do with the new restrictions IMHO.

We've the had the testing restrictions for a number of years and has little effect on contemporaneous status quo.

The problem with the restrictions is it might just slow down development as teams hit the limits and so need to stop developing the car further. So it takes more seasons to hit the point that the best car plateaus on its development so the rest can catch up. More seasons with one team dominating, and perhaps the others never catch up before the regulation change because it’s now slowed down.

[NRS]

coppice said:

I know all that , but it doesn't detract from the essential absurdity of blowing five times more for cars which are more similar than ever before, and which aren't even allowed out on their own.. And yes the cars were simpler - than now - but more sophisticated than ever before in their time . I dare say today's cars are Reliant Robins compared to 2063's effort .

It’s just from the sport having a bigger budget now. Teams would just spend what they could afford - with a bigger budget that is more.

[coppice]

But not on anything fun I can watch, like tyre test days etc. And I'd need to be paid to watch someone sit in a SIM ...

[RB Will]

Stealthracer said:

If they're that much faster, the drivers will be crushed by the g forces. They'll probably be sat in the pit garages, operating them by radio control.

And Max would definitely win that

[500TORQUES]

RB Will said:

And Max would definitely win that

Lewis would kick his arse.

[RB Will]

Possibly if it was done with old school hand controls but expect these days it would be more like a decent gaming sim setup and Max spends more time on those than in real cars