Should f1 run coupes?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

So basically you're admitting that they're very similar....

If F1 really wants to be more efficient then putting a roof on and covering the wheels will instantly increase its green credentials and 99% of people will still watch plus it'll be safer.

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What do you mean by F1?

The fans clearly don't want it.

You should be asking FOTA and see if you can catch them out!

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Originally Posted by wedge

What do you mean by F1?

The fans clearly don't want it.

You should be asking FOTA and see if you can catch them out!

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The fans don't want it? You mean a few stick in the mud people on a forum. If you put roofs on and fairings on the wheels 99% of people would still watch........

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Originally Posted by Daniel

The fans don't want it? You mean a few stick in the mud people on a forum.

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A few? The majority on this thread said no.

It's been asked before and the majority said no.

Go watch DTM. They weigh about a tonne, V8s, fancy aero mods.

I said people on the forum. No doubt 9/10 of them would still watch anyway.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I said people on the forum. No doubt 9/10 of them would still watch anyway.

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Of course. Seeing two open wheelers going wheel to wheel is a greater spectacle.

A lot of fans dislike the idea of smaller engines and turbos but I bet they'd still watch it as well.

It's not like tin-tops or endurance racing where there is a credible alternative.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Also I think the Rockenfeller accident was certainly an F1 driver fatality opportunity......

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Was certainly an enormous hit, and I think people feared the worst from looking at the aftermath, but I can think of a few similarly large impacts in recent open wheel history. Mike Conway at the Indy 500 springs to mind, as does Kubica at Montreal. Thinking back to some of the more scary "sudden stop" impacts in F1, you have Luciano Burti at Spa 2001 and Jos Verstappen at Spa 1996, both of which were gigantic. I'd agree that the fact McNish and especially Rockenfeller got out unhurt is amazing, but I'm not sure it necessarily means prototype racing is safer.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Anyone who watches Le Mans will have seen the two Audi's crash with practically no injury to the drivers. At some point an F1 driver is going to get hurt and coupes are obviously stinger.

Discuss :)

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NO!

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Originally Posted by Daniel

The fans don't want it? You mean a few stick in the mud people on a forum. If you put roofs on and fairings on the wheels 99% of people would still watch........

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Are you thinking something similar in spirit to the Caparo T1 perhaps?

http://designapplause.com/wp-content...09/02/t1-1.png

That seems to be the logical design step from where Daniel has suggested and to be perfectly honest, a field of field of 26 of cars similar to this would be ab-so-lute-ly-fan-tas-tic!

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Originally Posted by Rollo

Are you thinking something similar in spirit to the Caparo T1 perhaps?

http://designapplause.com/wp-content...09/02/t1-1.png

That seems to be the logical design step from where Daniel has suggested and to be perfectly honest, a field of field of 26 of cars similar to this would be ab-so-lute-ly-fan-tas-tic!

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[sarcasm]OMG I've just realised that there is a lower possibility of the driver being hit by debris and the wheels aren't going to be able to run over each other! I'm definitely not watching a health and safety fest like that!!!!!![/sarcasm]

It's an interesting idea but this leads me to the question of where do you stop. If f1 were to go down the coupe route then the feeder formula below would surely follow suite. Before you know it you've wiped out open top single seater racing full stop.