Poll: Some proposals to sort out Formula One

Should JRS replace Max Mosley as FIA President?

  • Yes

    Votes: 139 79.9%

  • No

    Votes: 35 20.1%
  • Total voters
    174
Clarkey said:
What is wrong with having quick pit stops and refuelling!?
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It encourages "cookie-cutter" strategies - no-one does anything desperately different any more. The races just get broken up into basic sprints between the stops.

To their credit, Schumacher and Ross Brawn used to mix it up on occasion. In 2004, at the French and British GPs most teams stopped a total of six times - three in each. Schumacher stopped four times and twice respectively, and won both. But it would be nice to being some of the old strategy games back, where fuel and tyre management was actually critical.
 
There's just one real change I want, which is to ban the use of aerodynamics that screw up the airflow behind the car, thus preventing the following cars getting close around the corners, and then getting a massive tow past on the straights.
Pre the early 90s, that's how F1 was, as the aero boys hadn't worked out how to bugger things up. Clearly the manufacturers know how to achieve this, meaning that they themselves could suggest the solution to prevent it.
 
Kitchster_uk said:
JRS - I'd vote for you as Max's replacement, but what would you bring to the sport? Can you tell us about your particular saxual deviancies and which papers you propose to appear in?
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My sexual deviances range far and wide. But it's alright - no Nazi sadomasochistic connotations are involved. As for which papers I shall appear in, that rather depends on which one is willing to pay for the story.

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14 of you now who refuse to recognise my greatness. You will be coded for deletion once the new order is in place.
 
philjohn said:
I don't know about ****-all, the amusement factor of the keystone cops from Ferrari in Singapore was something at least :p
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:)

But seriously that's it. Some comedy screw-ups, a few fires (including one very bad one for 'Jos the Boss' in '94) and a few completely ruined races due to malfunctioning fuel rigs that didn't get fuel in to the cars. It's added nothing else to the spectacle, and has taken away much more from the racing than it added.
 
Skii said:
11) Fully Manual gearbox - H-style gate and clutch pedal, make 'em work for a living.
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Though I do enjoy watching videos of Senna doing banzai pole laps with one hand on the wheel and one on the gearstick, I wouldn't ban semi-auto 'boxes. F1 is supposed to be the pinnacle of racing technology - if you can buy a road car with a flappy paddle 'box, then you should be allowed to have one in F1.

Perhaps having a semi-auto gearbox with a lever to change gear - pull back to go up through the gears, push forward to go down. Means that they can still have seamless shift and all that good stuff, but the driver has to take a hand off the wheel to change gear.
 
How about doing away with all technical regs except for 3.

Rule 1: 1500cc limit
Rule 2: No electronic driver aids (abs, traction control, launch)
Rule 3: No refueling + fuel tank size limit


Opens the doors wide for teams to supercharge, turbo, high revs, ground effect, downforce up the wazzoo etc. The fueling rules mean drivers will have to gauge how much to turn the wick up for overtakes etc and conserve enough fuel for the end of the race.
 
kaiowas said:
So you're in favour of traction control and other driver aids then? This could serious impact the number of votes going your way :p
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Sure. F1 is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport - that means it has to be the pinnacle of racing technology as well. So it needs active suspension, and traction control, and ABS, and all that good stuff.

It's not like it completely ruined the racing the last time all of it was available. 1993, the final year for the high-tech era, saw 22 drivers (out of the 35 who competed in a race) score at least one point. Yes, the year was pretty much dominated by Williams (it took Senna and Schumacher to get any other car to win that year). But imagine how it would be now, with the teams being so much closer to each other and with the technology being somewhat more mature.

I don't think it would harm the spectacle. And the fastest drivers would still be the fastest.


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Going to go watch my tape of the '93 European GP at Donington. Proof, if ever it was needed, that Senna was an absolute genius. James Allen can bang on about Lewis Hamilton being Senna-esque all he wants....he's wrong :)
 
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I voted before reading, some good points, F1 does need a total overhaul to bring the spectacle back, get rid of refuelling and give the teams some option to be innovative, I think with todays tech the bosses are worried about safety, but if there are speed/G force regulations in there penalties for exceeding I see no problem.
 
Replace it with 60/70's CanAm cars, no changes. Then I want 50 lap sprints with no pit stops and on the old great circuits. It will never happen of course, but we can but dream.
 
Toekiller said:
Sprinkers around each track that randomly go on and off.
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This.




But seriously, someone sort it out will ya? I regularly fall asleep watching it now, its just not a spectacle anymore. I remember getting up at 9am on a saturday excited to watch it, nowadays i just have a quick gander at the paper on sunday to see who's where and MAYBE catch the race at some point.

I'm all for the no refuelling, only tyres, let teams come up with fancy turbo/ground effects/etc stuff.
 
ideal thing for me would be to just give the teams some maximum dimensions/engine sizes and then letting them design and make the fastest car they possibly can.
 
best way to fix F1, privatize it, paint all the cars yellow and have them setup so doors fling open at random, 1 big crash at the begining, couple in the middle 1 at the end.

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cheers!


on a serious note, i dont think they should go back to the old qualifying ways simply because we get to see more 'action' now instead of watching an empty track for 55 mins then everyone going out in the last 5 mins.

i agree with most the op said though.
 
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