What was the point of the new regulations?
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To allow the cars to follow each other more closely, accompanied by rules on budget and aero development that seek to equalise the field.
To be fair, the field has never been closer, with the occasional outlier at the very front or very back.
1.2s separated 2nd place Perez and 19th place Norris in Q1
Q2 saw a second cover the whole field
Q3 saw just over s second cover the whole field.
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/decision-d...
The last race, in Bahrain, saw the whole field (bar Norris, who was managing a technical issue) covered by just over two minutes, at the end of a race that didn’t feature a safety car.
Yes, it’s annoying that RB are some way ahead, but the racing has never been closer than it is at the moment.
To be fair, the field has never been closer, with the occasional outlier at the very front or very back.
1.2s separated 2nd place Perez and 19th place Norris in Q1
Q2 saw a second cover the whole field
Q3 saw just over s second cover the whole field.
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/decision-d...
The last race, in Bahrain, saw the whole field (bar Norris, who was managing a technical issue) covered by just over two minutes, at the end of a race that didn’t feature a safety car.
Yes, it’s annoying that RB are some way ahead, but the racing has never been closer than it is at the moment.
Adrian W said:
I’m sure they kept going on about a reset, to stop having a dominant team, by the end of 2021 the Mercedes dominance had been eroded and the other teams had caught up, as we now have a completely dominant team and a similar spread across the grid what was the point.
The main aim was to make it possible for the cars to follow each other more closely to aid overtaking, but for some reason that got misinterpreted as making the performance differential between the cars smaller. In the long term the latter might happen as a result of the cost and development limits but performance gaps always widen in the immediate aftermath of a major rules change. Adrian W said:
I’m sure they kept going on about a reset, to stop having a dominant team, by the end of 2021 the Mercedes dominance had been eroded and the other teams had caught up, as we now have a completely dominant team and a similar spread across the grid what was the point.
I don't recall the primary objective being to stop having a dominant team.The primary objective was for the cars to be able to race closer together without the aero making it impossible to do so.
But F1 never learns that rule consistency is the key to close racing and if you keep changing the rules, there will always be dominance.
It was the same in 2009. 2008 was one of the closest years with two teams fighting tooth and nail. 2009 was an outlier with Brawn striking gold but the following years were all Red Bull.
This is now another Red Bull era - they'll be on top until 2026 at the earliest.
HustleRussell said:
Answered the same question in the race thread AW, but why not cross-post?
....... and not have tyres that disintegrated within 3 laps of a push to make and overtake, and be destroyed after that.HustleRussell said:
Adrian W said:
And the new rules did what?
Made it possible for the cars to follow much closer and ultimately pass one another Adrian W said:
Even Brundle said the speed differential was like F1 vs F2, so following wasn’t really an issue, it seems that they have gone back 10 years
Do you think Brundle meant that literally or do you think it was a simile, considering F2 is 10s+ per lap slower? I don't really get the rest of your post. No, following wasn't so much of an issue, due at least in part to the regulations you are questioning having had the desired effect? What's gone back 10 years?
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