Lol...but, yeah these are terrible ideas and they should just try to take it one year at time.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazzlaF1
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Lol...but, yeah these are terrible ideas and they should just try to take it one year at time.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazzlaF1
One good proposal (autograph session) and even that gets slated!
What is wrong with the forum these days?
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[*]A point for the fastest driver in Q2
Hate it, it's a gimmick.
[*]Engines to last 3 races
If that's what the teams want then it sounds a reasonable cost cutting measure.
[*]Reducing in testing from 30,000km - 20,000km per season, including four separate days for inexperienced drivers
I would give them 2 tests. One before the season and one midway through along with 2 hours of track testing on Friday
[*]One car at each test
Don't understand this. How can you baseline new innovations?
[*]Autograph sessions compulsory for drivers on Fridays
I'm not an autograph hunter but it's good for the people that like that.
[*]Reduce race time to 250km / 90 minutes[/LIST]It sounds as though there is some agreement on these issues, whether that's a good or bad thing is another matter..[/QUOTE]
I don't like this at all. Some of the best races are wet weather ones that last near the 2 hours.
I'm wondering if there could be a sprint race on Saturday for 15 laps (offering half points) to make up for it.
I don't know. Maybe it's time they stepped down and moved to Florida.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
the only things that need to change are the stupid engine freeze rules, SC rules and the race fuel Q3 period.
...oh and the Stewards
MAN I get soo sick of this rule changing.. C'mon men, make some simple (and easy to follow!!!) rules.. (like MotoGP for example!)
The race length reduction - 90 minutes is only lopping 10-15 minutes off the average race, which isn't great but I guess we can live with it if we really have to. Not that I really see why we should, getting cars that are already there to go a few extra miles isn't a huge expense. But how far do the cars actually go in that period? Surely that would depend on the speed of the track. So would somewhere like Monza therefore fall foul of the other limit by some way?
I'm a little more worried that this is leading up to a no pit-stop rule, where races will presumably have to be reduced to about an hour if they don't want the cars radically redesigned.
The engine rule - I think it wouldn't be a bad idea, but it's at completely the wrong time. We're only a couple of years into a 5 year engine freeze, where Ferrari, Mercedes and BMW have frankly already cheated and found loopholes to let them develop their engines, to the extent that Honda, Toyota and Renault have been told to develop theirs in the off-season. What would extending the engine life another race do to this???
When will they realise that the huge cost of F1 is mostly in designing and testing weird bits of aerodynamics, which tend to have the effect of making the cars impossible to pass? Perhaps a budget cap would be more appropriate. Actually, I thought that Max was implementing a somewhat half-arsed budget cap as it is, what happened to that? Too many loopholes?
The increasing number of races in the middle and far east aren't exactly helping travel costs either, but I won't dare complain about that as they've already axed USA and Canada as an excuse and will get rid of Australia at the next opportunity, I don't want to tempt fate...
My thoughts:
Q2: Instead of just one point, redo the points as a result:
1st - 15
2nd - 11
3rd - 8
4th - 6
5th - 4
6th - 3
7th - 2
8th - 1
Fastest in Q1 - 1
Fastest in Q2 - 1
Pole Winner - 2
Sweep of Q1, Q2, and Q3 - 1 (must earn all 3)
Leading the most laps - 1
Clean Sweep (All 3 qualifying sessions, leading the most laps, win the race) - 1
Total: 22 points. Every qualifying session counts, every lap counts.
3 Race Engines - Good to think about it but . . . that's only if you go to 150-mile races instead of the 190-mile races.
Testing distances - How to enforce?
One car - Now this one isn't sensible.
Autograph sessions - Someone's seen the short-track auto racing book on how it's done.
Race distance cut to 156 miles/90 minutes - Aaargh! This will easily make many races go to the time limit. Personally, I say get rid of the time limit of two hours!
I would'nt go as extreme as that, id just reduce the 2nd place's points from 8 to 7, to put more emphasis on winning races, just like with the old 10-6-4-3-2-1 systemQuote:
Originally Posted by BobbyC
And (a bit like the non-turbo championship in the 1980's) id bring in some sort of BTCC like independents championship for the likes of Williams, Red Bull, STR and Force India, you know, give them a chance for some glory, it might even tempt a couple more independent teams into the sport, especially with the new aero-regs coming into force making the sport much cheaper as a result.
point for the fastest driver in Q2
aye... artificial measures to enhance the spectacle... sorry didn't know this was NASCAR...
Engines to last 3 races
and how's that gonna help to cut costs?
Reducing in testing from 30,000km - 20,000km per season, including four separate days for inexperienced drivers
good idea, make it better by forcing teams to do at least 2/3 of their testing on GP weekends
One car at each test
kinda kills my previous idea...
Autograph sessions compulsory for drivers on Fridays
good idea, don't care really but a good idea
Reduce race time to 250km / 90 minutes
dumbest idea I've heard in a while...