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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
Jeremy Clarkson has an opinion!
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Give him another glass of wine. He's wrong. Yes to his theories 30 years ago when the drivers were more concerned about the track than they were with each other. This crop of drivers let loose to run as they please would be a crashfest. That might woo in the NASTYCAR crowd but it will destroy the high tech sport as we know it.
Solutions run along the lines of slowing the cars in the corners. I guarantee you that the average viewer in person or on TV won't be able to tell that the cars are 10-15 MPH slower in the corners. How to accomplish this? Simple, make the aero less effective. Start with the undertray which no one can see anyway. In that you get to keep the ridiculous wings for the most part.
Turbulence is good and bad. It slows the cars but makes the car behind difficult to drive around the car in front. The DRS does help a lot in this regard. Push to pass or DRS, same effect. But I think designing cars to upset the air in order to mess up the air for the following car(s) purposely is not the way to go. Whatever it takes to make a good looking car w/o a million little baffles and winglets is a goal.
There is the seemingly fact that the 13" wheels are going away. Good because the cars will have to use something other than a 500 dollar tire for suspension. However, bringing back more suspension might be opening Pandora's Box. We all remember the computer controlled 'active' suspension.
The steering wheel: ridiculous — take all the controls off the wheel that aren't necessary for coms and other vitals including pit speed. If these cats are that good they should know how to enter and drive the pits with the tach. And sub 3 second pit stops have run their course. IDK how to improve that for sure but I'd eliminate some of the crew and maybe... maybe return to fueling. At least that would add some dimension to race strategy.
I think the modern F1 cars look stupid. If they are to improve the sport they should listen to the fans. If the fans want a certain look by polling them, then go in that direction.
Employing race karting rules in general would be a good start. You cause a wreck,
you are done for the day. "Causing" a wreck is any contact that puts you or the other guy 4 wheels off the track is
cause. Open wheel racing is not a contact sport no matter what Clarkson says. Wheel banging and racing are not the same thing.