Due to refuelling and thr subsequent sprint-stop-sprint-stop strategies the drivers simply aren't used to having to overtake their rivals on track whilst looking after their cars. It's something they're going to have to learn.
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Due to refuelling and thr subsequent sprint-stop-sprint-stop strategies the drivers simply aren't used to having to overtake their rivals on track whilst looking after their cars. It's something they're going to have to learn.
f1 has been getting more and more boring....just when it seems it could not get anymore boring, it does....too much big money and hi-tech, with engineers running the race and not drivers....why not just get rid of the drivers and go full computer driven from the pits??
and now teams have figured out that it is just as important to block cars from passing with areo designs and DD as it is to go fast, it will be even more so.
So the areo problems are becoming even more so.....
Many engineers would favour that approach. Steve Matchett for one.Quote:
Originally Posted by markabilly
I dont see where this race boring. The nonsense is now being taken up and is preading like wildfire with Coulthard weighing in.
What race did people watch?
There was a good battle between Glock and Kovaleinen and of course between two old adversaries Hamilton and Rosberg. They were close for laps and pushing each other. Both made errors and Lewis prevailed.
What about Alonso's pursuit of Vettel? Does that not count? Or is this no longer F1? It was resolved in a typical F1 fashion and then Vettel drove magnificently to finish fourth, while Fernando and Massa - a great comeback outqualifying ALONSO [!!!] gave Ferrari a one-two.
The handling of the cars by all drivers through the new and difficult section was just so beautiful.
This was F1, it is grand prix racing and it is not supposed to a game of kick-about. It is the chess game of racing and ALL drivers are pretty good to be there.
I thought watching Bruno complete his first race was so emotional and it really made me sad when I thought how proud his uncle Ayrton would have been!
Or maybe I am a real dinosaur with the last remaining F1 soul? I love this sport deeply. I was nurtured on it. I have been to many grands prix especially during my youth and love both Italy and Monaco.
I understand this sport and as far as I am concerned it was a good grand prix and I would take on David Coulthard - who once many years ago said "who cares about F1 history".
Well I do David - and we share the same names. Because anyone that forgets their history will never understand who they are. And YOU, may well speak with far more credibilty than me, but I have 36 seasons behind me and a knowledge and love of racing history that makes as a fan credible too.
Bahrain was great hard fought grand prix. Gritty, tough and brutal just like the desert that I love so very much.
And so appropriate - a Ferrari won with the best driver iin the world driving. Fangio must surely be smiling down from heaven with Ayrton and Jimmy right be his side! :-]]
I am sure Albert Park will be just as good - and as usual the Aussies will put on another great event.
- Ecclestone.Quote:
"It is basically the same problem we have had for the last few years about downforce and cars not being able to get close to the one in front to create more overtaking.
"The teams know this but they won't do anything about it because each team looks after its own interests: trying to win.
Exactly right, teams are there to win. It's the job of the governing body to set down rules to make sure this doesn't happen. They've been talking about this for decades, why isn't it solved?!
That's the problem. With one tire manufacturer, there is no option to be innovative.
If we had another manufacturer, we might get a tyre thats 2 seconds quicker a lap but lasts 15 laps so you can have blitz drives while others would play the long game with one stop.
F1 is too homogenised.
I did not find it boring - however, I think the rules take out some of the dynamics of the racing, and as a result it wasn't as eventful as it probably would've been.
DC's been rather outspoken about the role of the FIA:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mot...spectacle.htmlQuote:
I hope Max Mosley, watching from his ivory tower after relinquishing his post as president of Formula One’s governing body last autumn, enjoyed the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
Revs limited to 18,000rpm, the ban on in-race refuelling, standardised gearboxes and engines, a single tyre supplier; all initiatives introduced during his tenure at the FIA, all of which appear to have done little for the show if Bahrain is anything to go on.
It's actually nice that DC has become probably the first person within the F1 paddock to speak out against the standardisation of gearboxes, engines and tyres, and the rev limit and so on.
It really shouldn't be rocket science, the more variables you remove, the less chance for things to get mixed up come race day.
Most people seem to be blaming Max Mosley,I can't help think that Honda and Toyota's spending is what brought standardised gearboxes and engines.