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30th July 2014, 16:55 #21
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No overtaking except wheel to wheel on the track is what we want. It can be done, but not unless you crack down on the chopping, blocking and swerving.
Watch Indycar and you'll see 100 clean passes every race, You'll also see 25 bumper car passes, but those are ok because the cars are pretty safe and if they touch racing hard it's better than watching them follow each other around.
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30th July 2014, 17:17 #22
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One set of rules for everyone with no tire compound requirements, so DRS, and no push to pass buttons. Ypu either get it done with the wheel and petals or your don't.
This is why Americans love sprint cars. It's just balls out racing. It's not quite my thing, but I prefer it to something manufacturered and tailored to falsely look competitive.
Front-engined cars, spoke wheels and narrow tyres?
As far as the tires, there were complaints last year the Pirelli was so hard you could do a whole weekend on a single set, so let's use those. You know, what would that do to the average team's tire bill? Without tire changes, everything would have to be accomplished on the track, which I believe is what interests most of us anyway.
I remember in the old days a put stop of any kind would kill your chances and we need to get back to that.
When I joined this forum, everyone complained about how boring the races were. Everyone wished there was more overtaking.
Also, screw safety. We need grass run off areas and concrete walls ten feet from the racing surface. Now you can run ten feet off the road and rejoin without losing more than a few feet to your competition. that sort of thing used to kill you, so drivers drove a little better and respected each other more. It is wonderful that the cars are also safe, but I believe if you get four wheels over the curb, you should hit something and put yourself out of the race.
Now there's plenty of wheel-to-wheel action and everyone is complaining that it is all fake, and they would prefer it as it was... whatever that means.
The kers and the ers and all of that is the same thing for everyone. Once the engine companies get that fully figured out, we will hardly ever hear about it.
As for viewing figures falling...
Sadly, the biggest TV numbers came right after Dale Earnhardt was killed, and right after Senna was killed.
I don't think they have anything to do with rule changes at all.Last edited by Doc Austin; 30th July 2014 at 17:19.
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30th July 2014, 17:23 #23
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Here is your REAL racing....................
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeREa0HUrXY
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31st July 2014, 07:00 #24
Two words: Spike strips. That should take care of it.
DRS and push to pass are phoney. Mandatory option tires are phoney. There is so much phoney stuff going on that this is the real reason people are losiong interest. racing needs to be real again.
One other thing: I started watching some of the GP2 races, which NBC Sports is now carrying. There's some pretty good racing going on there with everybody driving basically the same car and no stupid gimmicks...
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31st July 2014, 16:31 #25
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1st August 2014, 04:15 #27
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I didn't exactly say that.
What I liked about the 500 this year was no push to pass, no fuel mileage racing, no DRS, no option tires and no phony baloney BS. Here's the greatest race in the world...........go for it. It does not get any more epic than that.
I like both series as they are thanks
Although hopefully IndyCar can move towards the profile it had in the early-mid 1990s.
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1st August 2014, 04:51 #28
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1st August 2014, 09:03 #29
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Once you have rain and safety cars in every other race, the novelty will wear out and the show will feel fake and also unfair to too many drivers. How many good fast cars got screwed up by untimely safety car in Hungary?
This is also my beef with IndyCar currently. Some races see up to seven safety cars. It can be a miserable experience to watch this.Last edited by zako85; 1st August 2014 at 09:07.
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1st August 2014, 09:16 #30
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The question is how much of a difference this non hybrid makes in terms of the rental. Even if it is some 10 % cheaper (doubt it is as much) it does not solve the current WRC issues, at all.
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