Comments on: Which new rules will improve F1? (Poll)

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:45:45 +0000

I like budget capping. Let the teams do whatever they want to their cars but limit the amount they can spend. Let the real talent rise to the top, not money.

By: Dingly Dell

Dingly Dell — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:11:52 +0000

None of these changes are going to improve F1. The switch to most wins is appalling. My suggestion for a possible way round this would be for FOTA to simply ignore it apply the points system that they suggested to each race and, at the end of the season, say “OK he is the your pseudo FIA champion, the real champion is driverx” During the after race interviews a FOTA representative could announce the “real championship” positions and then waive the appropriate two fingers at Max & Co. I for one will be scoring the points for each driver in the old way and also that suggested by FOTA. I do not doubt that many others will be doing the same.

By: Dougie

Dougie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:03:08 +0000

Scenario 4632

Going into the last race Hamilton has 6 wins, Massa has 5 wins.

Massa must win, but to stay ahead in the points Hamilton only needs 5th place or better.

Where is this different from last years ending??

Both drivers were going for wins for the majority of the season up to the last race last year.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:11:43 +0000

‘Because less than half the scheduled race distance had been completed, only half the normal World Championship points were awarded’

I was just reading about the 1991 Australian GP. Was this rule still in place last year? And if so, how does it work this year? Is a win only counted as half a win?

By: George

George — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:07:20 +0000

I guess the budget cap is ridiculos, they should just cap everyone the same, like they do in football and baseball in the states, but of course larger budgets.

The wins situation is pretty dull and I am against it, but there is this possibility of no more boring ferrari or mclaren 1-2´s, just trailing one another, as bahrain last year among others.

By: ajokay

ajokay — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:32:24 +0000

Then he wouldn’t win the championship.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:08:35 +0000

Hey Keith, coul dyou clear something up. Over on realbrawngp someone is talking about the technical regs being ammended today and that they may have clarified the rules regarding diffusers. This person was saying that the Brawn GP car may now be illegal as a result but I couldn’t even begin to follow the detail of the regulations.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:06:39 +0000

Perhaps we could form the Formula One Supporters Alliance (FOSA) and in unison with FOTA put our views across to the FiA and FOM…

Still wouldn’t work though, would it.

I wonder, how many fans would put in £100 to try and find the $1.4bn needed to buy the commercial rights debt from the creditors now and then gift it to the teams…

By: luky

luky — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:59:15 +0000

It’s too late for a change.

By: Richard S

Richard S — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:32:49 +0000

that didn’t quite work as intended!