Is there a lack of innovation and variety in motorsport?
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Is there a lack of innovation and variety in modern motorsport today?
In past times, things like touring cars, GT racing and rallying there as well as many other types of racing. There was always great variety in the types of vehicles competing.
E.g.
V12 Jaguars in saloon car racing, then V8 Rovers and then 2.0 litre Turbo Fords...
Mini’s and Austin A35’s would battle it out with big Fords and Jags.
And in rallying you’d have a fwd Pug 205 1.9 up against a rwd V8 Rover.
In many cases different cars would suit different competitoins better than others. So there wasn’t always a single best vehicle for everything.
Even F1 had a bit more variety at times with things like the Tyrell 6 wheeler.
But it seems today its either a one make series. Or a ’formula’ where all the cars have to built to the exact same spec, i.e. same general size, weight, driven wheels, engine size, induction type and so on. So much so that it might as well be a one make series.
Is motorsport maybe a little ‘over’ regulated these days? Does nobody else miss the variety of different car styles that used to compete against each other?
EDIT:
Meaning mostly top flite motorsport, the sort of stuff that makes it to the telly.
I know down at clubman level and grassroots there is far more variety, although often still more restricted than it maybe needs to be.
In past times, things like touring cars, GT racing and rallying there as well as many other types of racing. There was always great variety in the types of vehicles competing.
E.g.
V12 Jaguars in saloon car racing, then V8 Rovers and then 2.0 litre Turbo Fords...
Mini’s and Austin A35’s would battle it out with big Fords and Jags.
And in rallying you’d have a fwd Pug 205 1.9 up against a rwd V8 Rover.
In many cases different cars would suit different competitoins better than others. So there wasn’t always a single best vehicle for everything.
Even F1 had a bit more variety at times with things like the Tyrell 6 wheeler.
But it seems today its either a one make series. Or a ’formula’ where all the cars have to built to the exact same spec, i.e. same general size, weight, driven wheels, engine size, induction type and so on. So much so that it might as well be a one make series.
Is motorsport maybe a little ‘over’ regulated these days? Does nobody else miss the variety of different car styles that used to compete against each other?
EDIT:
Meaning mostly top flite motorsport, the sort of stuff that makes it to the telly.
I know down at clubman level and grassroots there is far more variety, although often still more restricted than it maybe needs to be.
Edited by 300bhp/ton on Tuesday 31st October 22:42
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