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@ThestigGT999 what are you playing at, rating this an 8?
@ThestigGT999 what are you playing at, rating this an 8?
I suppose the last few laps with Vettel chasing down Bottas, was exciting to a point. However these last minute "battles/chases" often happen a little to late and often run out of laps.
it was good race even though a Mercedes won
it was good race even though a Mercedes won
Could you explain why you think that? I'm not being funny, I'd genuinely like to know. To me, a good race is one in which multiple drivers are competing, on track, for position perhaps with an additional side order of tactical complexity in the pit tactics. I want to see skillful, tactical, overtakes and battles for position. Hell, in a pinch, I'll take the sordid pleasures of a big accident (that everyone walks away from) or the chaos of a wet track but I want to see stuff happening not cars circulating without interacting. It wasn't even that the new regs were making it difficult to overtake, almost no-one ever got in a position to overtake; instead the gaps got wider throughout the entire field. For almost the entire race, each and every car was in their own private race. I'd like to know what you saw happening that you think made it a good race?
I'd like to know what you saw happening that you think made it a good race?
Most likely Hamilton not being on the podium
3 from me. Boring despite Bottas being chased at the end.
Not sure what the solution is, but clearly the "whack-a-mole" approach to solving F1's problems still isn't working.
Tyres going off / having to be babysit was annoying for the last couple of years, but having more durable tyres means less differentials that lead to overtakes.
Having more mechanical grip from the tyres (in conjunction with better durability), whilst allowing cars to follow reasonably well, still doesn't make it any easier to pass.
Whilst DRS overtakes were fairly unexciting in previous years, due to the limited effect of DRS now, even those aren't happening.
Give them enough fuel to race flat-out for the whole race.
Give them enough engines/gearboxes/mgu-h's to race flat out for every race without fear of grid penalties.
Reduce the complexity of the front wings and aero in general; the area around the sidepods is getting as fiddly as the late 00s, and the eleventy million front wing elements must be very expensive to model and produce.
Maybe introduce a spec diffuser which at least controls the level of dirty air spat out to the car behind, or perhaps a mod to the rear wing akin to a Gurney flap to aid getting a 'tow'.
They were fuel-saving long before this era. Even with the V8s it was quicker to start without enough fuel to finish it without fuel-saving - weight is that much of a penalty.Give them enough fuel to race flat-out for the whole race.
You must absolutely love post office queues.
There is, even after the changes, far to much reliance on aero.
The ONLY way to make it exciting close racing is to ban all wings and aero completely.
TOTAL reliance on mechanical grip is the ONLY way forward.
Do away with ALL driver aids, go to manual gearboxes, manual clutch, no traction control, and give manufacturers and teams completely free reign on engines.
1000+bhp engines with no aero, tyres spinning up in every gear, missed gears, false neutrals, all good things that will entertain excite and create zillions of overtaking opportunities.
Yes it will be slower, but who will care if it is exciting.
Another idea woudl be 4 or 5 mandatory pit stops per race , so cars are flat out between, and its more strategy based on when to pit and if teams make a mess in the pit stop the driver will have to go one one to make up lost time.