Comments on: Stop the needless rules changes

By: N3TM4N

N3TM4N — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:27:36 +0000

I don’t understand why it is better for “the show” to just impose these restrictions on those who make it to Q3. I wouldn’t mind so much if it was applied all the way through the grid.

What next, the top 5 finishes in Q3 must drive the first 10 laps with one eye closed ?

By: VXR

VXR — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:22:40 +0000

The teams have approved the new tyre rules according to Autosport.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:17:36 +0000

I don’t mean to be cynical but I suspect the ‘rule makers’ are anticipating boring racing. As ever I will be happy to be wrong…

By: PeriSoft

PeriSoft — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:20:29 +0000

Agreed. Even breathing the words “improve the show” is a direct insult to the memories of Senna, Clark, Cevert, Villeneuve, Pryce… did they give their lives for a castrated sport whose ultimate goal appears to be parity with reality TV?

Those who utter those words, and those who fail to condemn them with every opportunity, are complicit in the rape of a hundred years of true sport.

Revolting.

By: SeattleChris

SeattleChris — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:57:31 +0000

Regardless of how we all differ on this and other issues, the one thing we have to remember is the Indianapolis GP fiasco. What a load of @#%$#% that was! Michelin really diddled the pooch. How did the track change that they couldn’t bring a tire that would work? They did it all the years before! I liked the two tire war on some level, but after this I was incredibly disappointed in Michelin and F1. If at that time they were all on the same tire they could have simply put in a chicane and all would be fair and fine for everyone. I still think all the Michelin teams should have been forced to run at a slower rate because it was even more embarassing for them not to race.

I think its these sorts of things that rile us all up on the tire issue. We don’t want as many excuses. I also hear others so sick of it that they freak out and just say “remember the good ol’ days when you raced what you brought!” How is that better? Thats loaded with the potential for excuses, uncompetitive cars and worst of all for tragic untested failures that cause life-ending crashes.

That said, I do agree that we need similar cars, but different enough that there is a reason to even have a car manufacturer trying to say they make the best cars. This isn’t karting. The teams have to be different on enough levels to matter.

By: SeattleChris

SeattleChris — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:49:27 +0000

Wherever the best drivers go is where we all go… until the best drivers go to another sport or another version of open wheel you will be watching just like everyone here. If the pinnacle of all sport, the most expensive, the most exotic and so on and so on, is boring to you then I am not sure that there is anything left that will catch your attention on this whole planet! There is nothing further and until Anakin Skywalker shows up racing his pod-racer on Tatouine (sp?) then I fear you will have to suffer like the rest of us with all the different ways this sport could be organized.

By: SeattleChris

SeattleChris — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:42:53 +0000

With some tweaking that could be a great way to qualify! I am going to take this idea a step further as i believe it has a solid foundation that is fair and good for all teams.

Instead of 1 driver going at a time lets do this.
1. Same open qualify free session first,
2. then let each team have their cars on track for session 2 for 1 hot lap.
3. and then bring it down to a third session where the top ten qualify in a hot lap format with two or three separate runs (like they do in half-pipe ski/snowboard competition)

I think it would be more enjoyable to have two cars, each team, on the track at the same time for session 2. If you’ve ever been to a GP you realize how long it feels like it take for them to come back around (especially at Spa Francorchamps) so it would be nice to have a team session and have them start 30 or so seconds apart.

By: R/T

R/T — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:27:30 +0000

This is what I was thinking a long time ago, when they began the rule changing more frequently, it was in 2005 when they put that stupid ban on tyre changing in the pits, I think they should simply bring back the entire 2002 rules, possibly keeping the use of the V8 units with the limitation in the engines used during the season, and nothing more than this, it would be fantastic if they bring back the 10 6 4 3 2 1 points system, the 12 laps 1 hour qualifying, and so on, and more than anything keep the rules untouched foir 5 seasons or more, like other series do

By: cj

cj — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:35:55 +0000

Bernie ecclestone or whoever is making the new rule changes to formula 1 needs to stop. last season was the most boring season ever. 2008 was the best season ever and he comes comes and changes the car design, brings in KERS and button wins it on the 2nd last race. BANNING REFUELLING is another bad idea coz races cant be won in the pitstop. i would go on but im boring myself……………

By: jose

jose — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:01:29 +0000

This thing got out of hand. We want overtaking, but natural not artificial. They have to look at the cars and the race tracks. The idea of reducing the down force was good, then some came with the double difusers, and the little sideboards for the mirrors, and they were not banned. And they are still here in 2010. I see all cars with small low side boards as well. The cars look very much like the ones during the 2008 season. What have they achieved?