That would be a complete joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon 'Massa' Beagles
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That would be a complete joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon 'Massa' Beagles
Why? This would be the catalyst that smaller teams in F1 need. The bigger and faster teams are not the ones who need the testing mileage...sure they could and would use it, but if they did have problems then they would be in this bottom half of the championship. And thus able to test!Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
Name an issue with it, cos unsubstantiated slander is somewhat unnecessary IMO.
If you want to create an unfair playing field.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon 'Massa' Beagles
All teams must be treated equally IMHO
How would it create an unfair playing field? The whole point is that if a team started benefitting so much from it that they gained a performance advantage they would score points and move out of the teams that are able to test!Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
If a team not testing was struggling, well it would soon drop into the section of team's allowed to test.
My suggestion is fluid, as in it would change race by race, and as no team is going to deliberately throw away points...it could work. And it would treat every team equally as they'd all have the same chance...treating teams as we do now ensures that new teams struggle to break through and that the same teams dominate until the rules are changed.
This would be a way of preventing that.
Agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
If you want to compete in F1 then you should do it on an even playing field. There should not be a handicap system that punishes the sucessful and rewards the mediocre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon 'Massa' Beagles
This is the pinnacle of motorsport and teams must fight toe to toe without artificial help for the weak.
I would be as against that as I was the preferential treatment Ferrari received.
I'm with knockie and Ioan on this one.
3rd drivers for 5th place team and lower were given more testing privilages before. It was a rubbish idea then and is still pants now.
The Monday test sessions sound like a good idea, and I've seen ideas about having a few open test days at Silverstone, Monza etc like they used to have. Thursday tests could work too if only designated test drivers were allowed to drive the cars?
@KnockOn look at the system, it may reward the mediocre but only if they use it well, and it in no way punishes the strong...rather it simply does not reward them.
You cannot possibly expect F1 to continue to be exciting without some changes, and 90% of F1 fans love the plucky smaller teams. You want more of them then you have to give them a helping hand somehow...maybe in-season testing is not the way. But as cost cutting is not an option that any larger team is seeimgly readily willing to accept, this is just a possiblity.
I myself would prefer the return of Pre-Qualifying to more testing, considering that it would be far more exciting on Friday afternoons...and that would also give smaller teams an opportunity to run some more miles in a competitive arena.
I understand the point you are making but fundementally disagree with it. If you are benefitting the slower teams by giving them an advantage denied to the faster teams, it follows that they are on the losing end of the arrangement.
I would love more teams in F1 with pre-qualifying etc but only on a level playing field. You get better by investing time, effort and money to build up the skills and experience necessary to win. Winning is not a right but acknowledgement that you have done a better job with the same opportunity as everyone else out there.
People will jump up and say that Toyota, Ferrari, McLaren have bigger budgets compared to the smaller teams but everyone has the opportunity to secure as much money as they are worth. You are not saying to a team that because they aren't doing as well, they can have an extra $$$.
Just doesn't work for me.