What a boring race

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Originally Posted by Robinho

i maintain its all down to the massive diffusers, if they can't get anywhere near each other there will be no passing, simples

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The diffusers are only a part of it, and not necessarily the major part. The aerodynamicists reckon that for a given amount of downforce, under-body structures produce a quarter of the turbulence that wings produce. They'd do better to cut downforce by restricting wings. However it's done, if we want to see a lot more overtaking then they need to be cutting downforce by at least a half, probably more. Minor tweaks to diffusers or wings aren't going to do that.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

tyres? I am more angry about the refuelling ban.

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me too. As I said a while back
http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...748#post765748

this change has actually made GP racing worse

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

Mark my words, refuelling will return pretty soon.

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I would not discount that because the drivers did begin to pick up the pace and push as the cars became light again.

Maybe modern grand prix racing does not work when cars are heavy and maybe it has become more of a team involvement sport than it was.

It would be good if there were a greater range of tyres, so you could go very hard and try to non stop. Or softer and 1 stop or even really soft for a 2 stop race with the aim of going so fast that you can try to get past anyone looking after tyres on a longer run

Just what I would like to see.

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

I would not discount that because the drivers did begin to pick up the pace and push as the cars became light again.

Maybe modern grand prix racing does not work when cars are heavy and maybe it has become more of a team involvement sport than it was.

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I found the whole race to be terrible. Cars that obviously could go faster couldn't because of the heavy fuel load, then once the fuel loads dropped, cars could not go faster because of degrading tyres and having to save/manage the fuel to the end of the race. It was just terrible to watch really and fans, drivers and the FIA can't really be happy about this. I guarantee you that by 20100 there will be refueling, and low fuel qualy runs as well making for a prp0eore F1 race where teams "actually" become more involved with varying strategies, fast qualy and a real battles on the track.

Btw i was thinking that some teams would try to run with half tanks, get their 2-3 seconds per lap advantage, pull out like 40 seconds, then come into the pits and into the garage, refuel and come back out on the track and fly to the end. Even with maybe another regular pit stop to change tires.

The way I calculated it out for Bahrain, they would loose about 60-75 seconds in the pits (with the slower fuel rigs and having to turn of the engine) but come in with a 40-45 second advantage (if not more) take a net loss of about 25-30 seconds in the pits, but go out with once again a 2-3 second per lap advantage which could see them reel in the other cars and maybe steel a top 5 position. just thinking outlandish strategy ;)

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Originally Posted by aki13

It would be good if there were a greater range of tyres, so you could go very hard and try to non stop. Or softer and 1 stop or even really soft for a 2 stop race with the aim of going so fast that you can try to get past anyone looking after tyres on a longer run

Just what I would like to see.

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Me 2! It would allow the drivers to be themselves - Jenson almost certainly would pick hard and few stops and Lewis would go like stink on vitual Quali rubber on a 2/3 stop. It would be awesome!

The refulelling ban made the race boring, and BTW Bahrain is a boring track anyway.

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Originally Posted by Sonic

Me 2! It would allow the drivers to be themselves - Jenson almost certainly would pick hard and few stops and Lewis would go like stink on vitual Quali rubber on a 2/3 stop. It would be awesome!

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Yep completly agree

We now just need to write the 2011 rules and all will be OK :p :

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Originally Posted by aki13

Yep completly agree

We now just need to write the 2011 rules and all will be OK :p :

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Perhaps if enough of us petition the FIA they'll listen! That'll be the day :D