Formula 1 proposes two mandatory pitstops for 2014

[truefan72]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111657

stupidity

this is F1 not some spec feeder series
let the teams design the cars they want to and if it is good on tires then so be it.
nonsense proposal

[journeyman racer]

stupidity

this is F1 not some spec feeder series

What is F1, or what is your interpretation of what F1 should be?

[zako85]

Terrible, terrible idea. Not only they mandate the number of pit stops and tire compounds used in each race. They also propose the maximum number of laps on each type of tire. One of the biggest parts of F1 racing in the last few decades was the tire strategy. Now this it goes out of window and every team races on the same strategy.

Now I can see some of the logic behind it. They want to force every driver to race hard instead of "saving tires" on some stints. I myself always root for the cars that race hard instead of saving tires. However, I think tire strategy is something that should be in control of the teams, not FIA.

[steveaki13]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

For the love of God Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

[555-04Q2]

Just when you thought F1 couldn't come up with any other dumb ideas............

[Tazio]

I've got an idea. Let's all object on Facedbook

[AndyL]

Madness. I can't imagine the teams accepting this. But with the way the new F1 Strategy Group is constituted, it looks like if the FIA and FOM decide they both want it then the teams can whistle.

[Doc Austin]

This is dangerously close to being what the old champcar "mandatory pit windows" were.... a joke that is.

Whatever happened to just letting them race?

[steveaki13]

I've got an idea. Let's all object on Facedbook

Great Idea.

[anfield5]

The old Champ car series did this, just before it died and was gone forever.

"sarcasm mode enabled." Although the current rules aren't nearly restrictive enough and teams already get far to much latitude to race, so it does need tightening up more. I also suggest that all cars are painted the same colour and instead of having their own sponsors, all sponsors pay the FIA directly, then they are displayed on all cars this would prevent the big teams getting more TV time and money than the small teams. or how about putting each team name into two different hats and at the start of the weekend, draw out a name from the first hat (say Red Bull) and a name from the second hat (say Caterham). The name drawn second gets to set up the cars drawn out first, this at a single stroke would make the racing closer, either by the set up team trying to hamstring the car they were working on, or simply making it slower by not understanding the car. I seriously think I should be working for the F1 rule makers, because I can come up with stupider ideas than they can. "sarcasm mode end"