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mikeyg123

I never understand why hardcore F1 fans seem to think it is essential that F1 chase a mass audience.

mikeyg123

I certainly remember lots of complaints and concerns regarding the dominance of the big 4.

I do get your point in general though. Nobody says Usain Bolt is bad for athletics or that Serena Williams is bad for women's tennis.

mikeyg123

F1 is much too close to being a spec series right now! I'm guessing that you would enjoy the field being spread out by several minutes between cars? People have a far too idealistic view of what "opening up the regulations" would do to this sport. As the diversity among car design increases, the ca...

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Brawn were hardly an underdog, the car was built with the vast resources of Honda and started the season as a dominant car. Yeah, cos the 2008 Honda showed us all that 2009 was going to be their year. :lol: The car was hideously ugly as well, white and yellow, and with those disgusting wheel cover ...

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The days of Senna/Prost putting in flying lap(S!) out at the same time in the final minutes was beyond thrilling. But that has nothing whatsoever to do with the qualifying format and everything to do with the cars and drivers. The current three session system absolutely encourages, and consistently...

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I can never quite get why the 1hr 12 lap quali is somehow regarded as "proper" or "traditional" qualifying. The format ran for only 7 seasons! incorrect. traditional qualifying has been round since sat least the 60s. I direct you too Wikipedia. Traditionally before 1996, qualifying was split into t...

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Everyone is going to have a different opinion on it. Every format has its pros and cons. The most recent format probably had the least amount of cons but it didn't excite me in the least. Personally I'd prefer a qualifying race of sorts but that level of change is beyond many fans That's a major co...

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Ok so revisions being made after 1st test and i'm trying to bequite bold here -

Ferrari
Mercedes
Red Bull
Force India
Williams
Mclaren
Toro Rosso
Renault
Haas
Sauber
Manor

mikeyg123

I can never quite get why the 1hr 12 lap quali is somehow regarded as "proper" or "traditional" qualifying. The format ran for only 7 seasons!

mikeyg123

I think you're missing the point behind the qualifying change. It's not that qualifying was broken, it's that they want to introduce the possibility of an upset and mix up the grid. It's not about qualifying. It's about the race. Change the aero regulations. Why would that mix up the grid? A change...

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Because that meant 40 minutes of nothing even in the days with unlimited tyres, engines etc. Nowadays I would be surprised if anyone does more than two runs. Look at what happens now. They have 15 minutes in Q3 and only use half of that. Personally my favorite form of qualifying was one lap shootout.

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You still will be able to. Drivers on the cusp will still have to go to max and so will the final two. Without seeing it I can't decide if I will like it or not.

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So only 2 drivers have a chance of getting pole position in the last 1 minute 30? Hate it! Watching 5 or so drivers all going for it at the last second was great. Aside from a wet session, when was the last qualy that 5 guys had a chance of getting pole? This is why I always think Q3 is so overblow...

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Do I want to be entertained, yes please. A 'sport' would require some notion of a level playing field... One good thing, at least the team won't be able to 'coach' the drivers and feed them lap times. You only get a level playing field with a spec series. I'd settle for something approaching a leve...

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I think i'm one of the few who doesn't feel like the racing needs to be improved. IMO improvements are required more off track than on it.

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It stopped working for two days for me as well. I was trying to access from the link on the main site.

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Lotus49 wrote:Better drivers too IMO. Love their nose solution as well.

Definitely better drivers in my opinion.

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Llotyhy wrote:Force India looks hugely impressive. It's early days of course, but if they can keep this up they can challenge for more than fifth place!

Possibly have overtaken Williams. They are such a good team. Impress me every year.

mikeyg123

As I've already said, I just don't see what is wrong with the current system. Why change this when there is so much else that should be changed? Its being changed merely to try and mix up the grid so in turn will mix up the racing, F1 after all was never about the fastest driver/car running out fro...

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Well I imagine the logic is that all the best races have come about because of mixed up grids so lets mix up the grid. How else could they mix up the grid? I understand that, but it's like making Usain Bolt run 105 metres compared to other running 100, just to make it more exciting. It's not Bolt's...

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I loathe regulations designed to produce good aesthetics. I also think the cars at 722kg are getting quite fat. Personally I have no issue with smaller drivers having a slight advantage. Certainly being heavier set or taller is advantage in most other sports and I see no action to equalize there.

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Yellowbin74 wrote:I think the current one works just fine - how can they expect the casual viewer to understand this proposal ??

It's pretty easy to understand. Slowest guy gets knocked out.

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F1Oz wrote:He needs to support more weight for the car then so 'light drivers' aren't advantaged over taller heavier drivers - simply because of weight

Unlike loads of other sports where smaller or lighter men/women are disadvantaged.

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Projecting what type of strategies could be used to exploit this proposed system. So - at Monaco, Marussia get their 2 cars to the front of the lineup before the green light. They drive fast on the straights and slow in the corners for the first lap. They don't have to let anyone past because all t...

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Well, if it means a mixed up grid I'm all for it. Random grids was never going to happen this is good news. It may not be 'pure' but anything which helps stop the Merc machine 1-2ing it all year is welcome. Why would it - the Mercs probably hold enough of an advantage over everyone except Ferrari t...

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I'm just leaning towards out but my mind could be changed. I always find a small business can be much more flexible and agile than a large one. I appreciate the list of "what the EU has done for us" that someone has put up here, and I no doubt in some ways it has improved life for us but even with p...

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Asphalt_World wrote:Give the sport a few years

Ref l.kinja-img.com

I wonder if the 2014 Caterham caused the same reaction?

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Asphalt_World wrote:
mikeyg123 wrote:Ok - It would detract and compromise the sport.
Well, it's about to happen. They have agreed to add a yet unspecified form of head protection for 2017.

Sadly you are correct. I've never said it's not going to happen only than I don't think it should.

mikeyg123

Ok - It would detract and compromise the sport.

mikeyg123

I love the knockout bit. Something I have been talking about for a few years.

Time ballast in quali - I actually like the idea! Only after the first 6 or so races though. It would be an easy way to make for consistently amazing racing and unpredictable quali.

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Probably premature but I'm once again really impressed by Force India. Such a good team. Is it possible they have overhauled Williams?

mikeyg123

Personally I've always envisaged the future of F1 as having closed canopies. Just my own personal futuristic view. Granted, I imagine hovercars too but I'm not expecting that in my lifetime. I think the cars can be made look really cool with a canopy - if they did it right it could be an eye opener...

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Maybe I'm expecting too much and I know it's only day two of testing but I'd have thought Haas would have been higher up the timesheets than they are. I think you're expecting too much. It's pretty much impossible for a new team to be far from the back on their debut season. I think the last brand ...

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The amount of the driver you see with a halo concept is hardly different to a none halo in reality, plus it is still undeniably a single seater race car, not anything like a WEC car. http://static.allaguida.it/r/845X0/derapate.allaguida.it/img/vettel-test-f1-2016-fiorano.jpg Ref allaguida.it https:...

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That's why I got annoyed (not with you) at assumptions that it would destroy the sport. This is completely unfounded. Whilst we can't prove it either way at the moment, the fact the people spending hundreds of millions in the sport each year, whom are also looking seriously in to this, makes me thi...

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That's why I got annoyed (not with you) at assumptions that it would destroy the sport. This is completely unfounded. Whilst we can't prove it either way at the moment, the fact the people spending hundreds of millions in the sport each year, whom are also looking seriously in to this, makes me thi...

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I think the fact Mercedes and Red Bull, two massively successful teams over the past number of years, are spending an awful lot of time and money putting forward ideas means we should accept that it should not remove the essence of the sport. They would never want to do that because of the huge inv...

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Not that I myself said that my link settles it, Hulk himself does say that it's a personal thing and that he does not like the idea. Whilst he wants it to remain open, he doesn't give his reason with regard to safety, which at the end of the day in the complete and utter point of this possibility. ...

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A little bit of info from DR. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35604657 Should basically settle it no? You'd think so, but I'm sure it won't. So by your own reasoning does this not settle it? Hulk - "cockpits should be open" http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122901 Not that I myself sa...

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RaggedMan wrote:
Blackhander wrote:
Asphalt_World wrote:A little bit of info from DR.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35604657
Should basically settle it no?
You'd think so, but I'm sure it won't.

So by your own reasoning does this not settle it?

Hulk - "cockpits should be open"

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122901

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