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andicole0

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Yet more attempts to 'fiddle' the championship. Why does the winner of the last race deserve anything more? !! :o

Maybe they should also give points down to 20th instead of 10th!

Andi.
 
I know. That struck me as a bit of a desperate bid to revive flagging interest. They must have seen how the viewing figures plummeted in the second half of the season.

Have you seen this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25158104

Makes interesting reading. Hoping it will level the playing field a bit this year. Another season next year, like the one just finished, will be a disaster for F1.
 
A purile attempt to retain the non-enthusiast viewer by trying to ensure that the championship is decided later in the season - it'll probably come back and bite them on the arse when a driver wins the world championship after lots of second/third place finishes and a win in the final race

They'd be better served by awarding additional points for qualifying and then reversing the first 10 places on the grid... at least that would mix things up a bit...
 
great article

It is good to see that there is a space for innovation.

as ever tho, it will be Newey or Brawn that exploit the rules the most effectively and whichever talented driver that drives for either of them will win.

I still think is time for Brawn next year.
 
Also ... Abu Dhabi for the last race... Rreeaaaly!!! Grrr

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F1 has been reduced to a farce, drive through penaltys and points massaged to suit the occasion........its going the way of wrestling back in the late 60s early 70s on ITV.......fixed :thumbsdown:
 
Really interesting article - thanks for posting.

Jury is out for me, but I'm really fearing a season where Newey is on the case early and we just have to watch the races for who gets the minor places and does it descend into a tyre or fuel management exercise and not a race.
 
original guvnor said:
I know. That struck me as a bit of a desperate bid to revive flagging interest. They must have seen how the viewing figures plummeted in the second half of the season.

Have you seen this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25158104

Makes interesting reading. Hoping it will level the playing field a bit this year. Another season next year, like the one just finished, will be a disaster for F1.
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Very interesting reading , thanks :thumbsup:

I suppose we have no choice really but to wait and see and hope that we have a better season than the last
 
Difficult to tell whether it will be "better" or "worse" but it will definitely be different next year.

I'm looking forward to a bit of a shake-up. Someone might get it spot on from the start, a la Brawn 2009, RB2011 etc, but another team might hit the sweetspot a few races in and chase hard.
 
I've lost 90% of the interest for F1 that I had, I didn't even bother to watch the last few races, certainly none since SV wrapped the championship up, the DRS & KERS situation make for false overtaking.

As for tyres that drivers have to manage rather than driving as hard as they can,..... :driving:
 
Hmm, well I'm really interested to see what the teams make of the new rules and that article has given me a far clearer idea of what to be looking for - thanks!

So the radical rule changes have hooked me in - the thought that the last race might affect the outcome of the championship does seem an odd choice made to keep the audience interested to the end of the season but if I were a driver I would feel I was being manipulated a lot more than was reasonable for such an outcome - surely there's a method which can inject more interest throughout the season - not just one race?

:driving: :thumbsup:
 
Interesting stuff its not about engines its about power trains :D think the double points is a bit of a desperate attempt to brighten the end of the season....
 
One of the regs I don't understand the reason for is the limit on revs
- there's a limit of 100kgs of fuel per race
- there's a limited number of engines per season

So why not let the engine makers rev the engines as high as they wish, they can then make the trade-off between fuel consumption, reliabilty and power. Yes, some engines will break but any unpredictability along those lines adds to the overall excitement of the race - last time turbo engines were used the occasional blow-up leaving oil on the track stopped some races becoming a procession
 
PerryGunn said:
One of the regs I don't understand the reason for is the limit on revs
- there's a limit of 100kgs of fuel per race
- there's a limited number of engines per season

So why not let the engine makers rev the engines as high as they wish, they can then make the trade-off between fuel consumption, reliabilty and power. Yes, some engines will break but any unpredictability along those lines adds to the overall excitement of the race - last time turbo engines were used the occasional blow-up leaving oil on the track stopped some races becoming a procession
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I believe it's because the massive development investment required to make engines rev ever higher while keeping reliability. Ferrari had that one well sorted a few years ago when nobody could match their level of investment. All you would see is the top teams doubling money spent to get the ability to go to say 20k, building a healthy lead then backing off to 17k for the rest of the race and managing fuel. Newer teams would by budget constraint just become even more of a rolling obstacle
 
cj10jeeper said:
PerryGunn said:
One of the regs I don't understand the reason for is the limit on revs
- there's a limit of 100kgs of fuel per race
- there's a limited number of engines per season

So why not let the engine makers rev the engines as high as they wish, they can then make the trade-off between fuel consumption, reliabilty and power. Yes, some engines will break but any unpredictability along those lines adds to the overall excitement of the race - last time turbo engines were used the occasional blow-up leaving oil on the track stopped some races becoming a procession
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I believe it's because the massive development investment required to make engines rev ever higher while keeping reliability. Ferrari had that one well sorted a few years ago when nobody could match their level of investment. All you would see is the top teams doubling money spent to get the ability to go to say 20k, building a healthy lead then backing off to 17k for the rest of the race and managing fuel. Newer teams would by budget constraint just become even more of a rolling obstacle
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Hasn't an agreement been reached on a budget cap that would prevent excessive spending on development?
 
It is a bit of a farce. I thought the same about KERS originally, but maybe this is a step too far.

At least the engines are going to make a few new noises to compensate for the lack of RPMs (skip right to the very end for the best bit)...

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