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21st June 2014, 13:24 #11
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I love this idea, but then again I'm drinking "Blonde" Newcastle Ale (a lot) at 4:30 am
May the forza be with you
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21st June 2014, 13:49 #12
Nothing is surprising after they decided double points for the last race.
Why aren't the teams objecting to all this crap?
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21st June 2014, 15:39 #13
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Well yes quite. It almost makes the safety car pointless. Why not just red-flag it and then restart. I'm sure that delay could be reduced: if the teams were told they would need to get the cars in and back out again in a short amount of time, then they would manage it. They already do so in qualifying after all.
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21st June 2014, 16:43 #14
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I see point of full restart if SC needed in number 1 lap but no other reason. If crash serious bad during race then stop race, bring pilots in and reform when all sorted otherwise just start with SC as now.
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21st June 2014, 18:37 #15
Why not force cars to use the pit-lane speed limiters around accidents? Perhaps for the entire sector where the accident is, then let them race as normal for the other 2 sectors?
Pit lane speed limiters exist and work fine.
Sector timing loops exist and work fine.
Get rid of the SC altogether.
This should generate both the excitement and the controversy that F1 seems to crave.
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21st June 2014, 18:48 #16
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21st June 2014, 22:36 #17
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Graeme Lowdon was saying on Ted's Notebook that it's not automatic that there will be a grid restart, it will be at the discretion of the race director. Not really sure what would be the basis for making that choice.
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22nd June 2014, 09:35 #18
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22nd June 2014, 17:06 #19
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More grasping at straws. F1 is above such pitiful cries for attention, or at least it should be.
The fact they tested megaphones to generate fake noise and titanium skid blocks to generate fake sparks shows how far F1 will go in the name of "the show." The fake double points business also guarantees championship interest will go on longer, thus improving that "show" too. Manipulating competition by requiring multiple tire compounds another fake trick too.
The most fake thing F1 has ever done is the ridiculous DRS device, something that would make BT Barnum proud. Even Nascar has never done anything that fake.
It just goes on and on. It seems like every time you turn around that F1 has come up with another idea to improve the "show" at the expense of the competition being genuine.
Really, I'm more interested in racing and less interested in "show." Perhaps I am just being a purist, but for me the sport has always been the important.
So F1 is worried that people have lost interest? Gee, imagine that. Maybe the problem is that they are reaching out to the professional wrestling fans instead of motorsports enthusiasts.
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22nd June 2014, 17:09 #20
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For me it sound reasonable to remove Hybrid from the car in terms of cost saving. If I am not mistaken, one unit is ca 15% of the total car cost. And in most of the rallies, more than one unit is...
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