[jyl]

What is the reason for thinking current F1 cars are too fast? The accident rate doesn't seem any higher this year than in recent years. I haven't heard an increase in driver complaints about car speed either.

I suspect this is actually the FIA's attempt to negate some of Ferrari's lead. The restriction on changing tires penalizes teams who tend to run a strategy of more pit stops, which Ferrari does. The new engine requirements might aim at some aspects of Ferrari's motor (I don't know enough about it to say) but in any event will tend to put everyone back to square one, designing a new engine.

The current F1 seems rather artificial, with the rules essentially forcing all the teams to run similar cars with the focus on endless refinement of the details. I think F1 would be more interesting if there was more variety in the cars. For one thing, there might be more passing if the cars all had very different strengths and weaknesses.