Has the FIA forgotten what F1 is really about?
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Is the latest change to the rules regarding number of engines allowed next year another nail in the coffin of out and out racing in F1?
We already have drivers managing their tyres and engines leading to "managed" races rather than balls out start to finish racing. I suspect the 3 engine rule will mean even more management of engines for longivity rather than thrashing them to race.
How many grid penalties will we see next year based on the crazy McLaren/Renault situation this year (~ 700 grid penaties combined)?
Isn't it time the FIA stopped pretending that F1 is about cost saving and the environment and get back to "proper" racing?
Thoughts anyone?
We already have drivers managing their tyres and engines leading to "managed" races rather than balls out start to finish racing. I suspect the 3 engine rule will mean even more management of engines for longivity rather than thrashing them to race.
How many grid penalties will we see next year based on the crazy McLaren/Renault situation this year (~ 700 grid penaties combined)?
Isn't it time the FIA stopped pretending that F1 is about cost saving and the environment and get back to "proper" racing?
Thoughts anyone?
corozin said:
For a number of drivers, this season has been reduced to a bad joke by the existing rules. Alonso spent a good chunk of an already bad season taking 25 and 35 place grid penalties because of reliability problems; Jenson Button turned up fresh at the Monaco GP and inherited a grid penalty for something that happened when he wasn't even in the car, and Brendon Hartley arrived at his first bloody F1 race to receive a 25 place penalty for something that happened when Carlos Saintz was driving!
The situation is ridiculous. Lewis Hamilton has observed, correctly in my view, that the halo devices are going to introduce as many safety issues as they are alleged to fix, will affect the handling, and look ridiculous. He is also not the only driver to comment on the ridiculous 2017 engine formula. The cars already spend enough time coasting at many circuits to preserve fuel, engines and tyres and the new rules are going to make that situation worse.
It seems that everyone involved; the FIA, the various lawyers, the teams and Liberty media are all so preoccupied fighting to control and thier own interests that collectively everyone has forgotton about the thing that matters - the punters who watch the sport and (mostly) pay for it, be that via tickets, PPV subscriptions or purchases of sponsors products.
Formula One is not a sacred cow. It has no divine right to be popular, and viewing figures have been on a significant slide for a few years now. If they continue to f**k around with it, people will just go and do something else.
Totally agree. The grid penalties I guess will only get worse next season as they reduce to 3 engines without penalty. Will next season's WDC be the driver who can manage his engines best rather than the best driver? The situation is ridiculous. Lewis Hamilton has observed, correctly in my view, that the halo devices are going to introduce as many safety issues as they are alleged to fix, will affect the handling, and look ridiculous. He is also not the only driver to comment on the ridiculous 2017 engine formula. The cars already spend enough time coasting at many circuits to preserve fuel, engines and tyres and the new rules are going to make that situation worse.
It seems that everyone involved; the FIA, the various lawyers, the teams and Liberty media are all so preoccupied fighting to control and thier own interests that collectively everyone has forgotton about the thing that matters - the punters who watch the sport and (mostly) pay for it, be that via tickets, PPV subscriptions or purchases of sponsors products.
Formula One is not a sacred cow. It has no divine right to be popular, and viewing figures have been on a significant slide for a few years now. If they continue to f**k around with it, people will just go and do something else.
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