Comments on: What the fans expect from FOTA

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By: jockmcspredder

jockmcspredder — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:28:02 +0000

On budget restriction, why not award 5 or 10 manufacturers’ campionship points to teams who have demonstrably remained within a suggested (say £80m?). Then the big spenders would have to weigh up whether an overspend would keep them far enough ahead to win the championship.

By: jockmcspredder

jockmcspredder — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:21:18 +0000

Since a FOTA series remains a remote possibility, the only way to maintain F1 is to see Whinging Max off permanently.
Whoever’s series we have next year and further, I hope that television rights are negotiated with consideration to the many UK fans who use Freeview and won’t be sold off to a satellite company.
If teams were permitted to make their own tyre selection from the Bridgestone range of compounds on a per race basis, they would gain total control over the performance of their car and instead of complaining about the tyres would have to admit to a poor tyre choice (or a good one of course).
I would like to see the return of the traditional “great” circuits.

By: scunnyman

scunnyman — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:13 +0000

Yes Michel S if refuelling be banned (i hope) then Q3 can be run with low fuel then after qualifying has finished then the tanks filled to the brim before being placed in parc ferme.
And then we’d get away from this silly idea of not knowing who is the fastest on low fuel runs or waiting to find out how much fuel each driver had used.
We’d all know everyone was low fuelled and the start of the race everyone would have full tanks. It would be down to the skill of the drivers to get away from the loine and make up places. JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS.

By: Michel S.

Michel S. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:53:44 +0000

All the more reason to keep the full race distance: unless tyre changes are explicitly banned, most drivers do actually change tyres during the race.

Compulsory tyre changes just degrade the show.

By: Michel S.

Michel S. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:52:14 +0000

Taking the limited-fuel idea further, it might be even better to limit the amount of /energy/ a car could use during the race. Or introduce equivalence formulae to allow for diesels, hybrids and electrics.

By: Michel S.

Michel S. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:51:01 +0000

Will we really see multiple successful tyre suppliers, though? In the past, the most innovative tyre designs (Tyrell’s 6-wheeled car) ended up being discarded because the development cost is being born just by one team; and more recently, tyre wars sometimes result in an effective 2-tier series (the worst case being Indianapolis 2005).

By: Michel S.

Michel S. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:46:55 +0000

But the simple change (that hopefully will be kept) of banning refuelling would fix this problem: Q3 will be done with as little fuel as possible, and all the cars will then be refuelled.

By: Michel S.

Michel S. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:43:41 +0000

Not quite true: a team could discover a breakthrough, sandbag their way through the pre-season testing, and start the season with, say, a 1-second advantage over the rest of the field.

With frozen aerodynamic and engine, it’s hard to imagine unlimited testing making up the difference.

By: ranilom

ranilom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:04:06 +0000

Yes! don’t touch historical circuits!
Like removing Le Tour De France or Il Giro D’italia from a cycling season…unthinkable! If a venue is in financial trouble, it should be Bernie responsibilities to make sure it does not happen.
Overtaking issue: need more mechanical grip less aerogrip, therefore introduce a std bottom for every car. The only std bit I can think about in order reduce windtunnel hrs ($$$) don’t go to much against the spirit of F1.
Slicks, 3 type of std compounds, let the teams decide which one to exploit.
Kers, no kers; it was implemented with the wrong scope (more power)Let the team decide what to use which could be transferred to road cars to be more fuel efficient.
Allocate a fixed amount of fuel per race. Add points to the point scoring cars that finish with most fuel in the tank.
Drop the price of the F1 tickets which are now out of reach for far too many fans