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Didn't someone in the post-race waffling even concede that it wasn't as exciting as hoped for? Not a good sign.
The FIA really needs to sort out the problem Brundle keeps referring to, and which the new regs have brought about, of cars being unable to follow each other closely. The FIA have seemingly failed in yet another endeavour, namely encouraging close racing and overtaking in F1.
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The FIA really needs to sort out the problem Brundle keeps referring to, and which the new regs have brought about, of cars being unable to follow each other closely. The FIA have seemingly failed in yet another endeavour, namely encouraging close racing and overtaking in F1.
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Eric Mc said:
This has been a problem for years. It's not just down to the most recent aero regs - although they have made matters worse.
True, but I seem to recall the Silverstone last year had a number of good passing moves in competitive situations.
Appart from Montoya and Alonso 1.5 times (Start and Pit Stop though where you might expect such things) and Villeneuve on Coulthard the only other pass I remember seeing was Raikonnen on Alonso where Alonso hardly defended as Raikkonnen was clearly due a pit stop.
Presumably the lack of blue flags, mentioned by several drivers, was an FIA attempt to induce passing manoeuvres even though positions were not at stake.
me2 said:Absolutly, in fact I was certain that they were crammimng in more ad's thanin previous years so I kept a count. Certainly they were going for the 3 min ad' break, during the first 16 laps we actually watched 10 and 6 were "lost" to adds. After this they eased up a little with 4 breaks in total losing 10 laps of the 60 lap race. Of course they went off for another 3 mins' immediatly after the finish. Oh and I agree it was dradfully dull! Rich...
Crap!!!! more ads than racing
Eric Mc said:
This has been a problem for years. It's not just down to the most recent aero regs - although they have made matters worse.
Too much downforce being obtained from the front wings.
Agreed. Things have been going wrong for some time now on this front. Casting my mind back to the time of active suspension, widebody cars and full slicks, I don't recall any lack of overtaking back then.
Every change to the rules so far has seemingly brought about a reduction in overtaking rather than any real improvement.
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Jeez... where did the concept of motor racing go? Despite posting one of the best qualification times, Kimi is dumped right down the field simply because his engine blows up.
Oh, and the "one set of tyres for the race" rule still applies, despite quite a few drivers being pitched into accidents during the season, whilst at the same time refuelling (which I seem to recall was banned in around 1980 because of pit fires) is mandatory, despite there being a number of serious pit fires in the past 3-4 years whilst refuelling!
F1 is a really upside down form of motor sport. Of course whether you count races where nearly all the overtaking happens either off the startline or in the pits-stops as "sport" is probably debatable too.
John
Oh, and the "one set of tyres for the race" rule still applies, despite quite a few drivers being pitched into accidents during the season, whilst at the same time refuelling (which I seem to recall was banned in around 1980 because of pit fires) is mandatory, despite there being a number of serious pit fires in the past 3-4 years whilst refuelling!
F1 is a really upside down form of motor sport. Of course whether you count races where nearly all the overtaking happens either off the startline or in the pits-stops as "sport" is probably debatable too.
John
Refuelling was banned after the 1983 season but re-introduced for 1994.
Tyre stops, although never banned outright, fell out of favour with F1 teams in the 1960s and 1970s. They made a comeback in the early 1980s as a means of exploiting the stupendous power available from turbo-charged engines. The first team to try and exploit the advantage of changing tyres mid-race was Brabham which was owned at that time, as most of you will now, by a certain Mr B Ecclestone.
Tyre stops, although never banned outright, fell out of favour with F1 teams in the 1960s and 1970s. They made a comeback in the early 1980s as a means of exploiting the stupendous power available from turbo-charged engines. The first team to try and exploit the advantage of changing tyres mid-race was Brabham which was owned at that time, as most of you will now, by a certain Mr B Ecclestone.
richb said:
......After this they eased up a little with 4 breaks in total losing 10 laps of the 60 lap race. ......
joust said:
Go to the race rather than watching it on TV...
Then you could see racing like this
So did all the exciting stuff happen in those 10 laps that weren't on t.v?
i think its fair to say it wasnt a patch on last years, but that was an exceptional race... But being there was great, a really exciting day...
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One thing I did like: the aerial shot over the pits- once they showed the Ferrari entering the pit, on the pit limiter, and another F1 car on the straight at racing speed. The differnce was amazing, and showed the speed far better then the usual camera-at-the-end-of-the-straight picture we normally get.
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