Catalunya is evil, they test there too much and contributes to the dull races there because they've already optimised their cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by FIA
In the interest of safety the test tracks have to be FIA approved, top graded tracks.
The general consensus is that we should cut testing. It's not just cost-cutting, the teams already have simulation rigs and wind tunnels - though simulations and wind tunnels are one thing, the real world is another.
Some would percieve the problem with F1 is the cars and teams are unique so the more you optimise the cars the more likely they'll spread out during the race eg. the first few races can be unpredictable because its hard to tell the true pace of the cars.
If you give cars less track time there are more unknowns therefore unpredictability and better races - in theory. In NASCAR - practice gets rained out and they race with unknown setups and you end up with far more interesting races.