Formula 1 Thread 2013

[Trav Le Bleu]

The double points idea is dumb. Huge advantage if your car is suited to the final GP of the year, or if it rains (obviously won't at Abu Dhabi, but that's not always the final GP.)

 

Ironically, had the double points had been in place this season, it wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference to the champion, even if Vettel hadn't finished -so really, why bother?

[Captain...]

The double points idea is dumb. Huge advantage if your car is suited to the final GP of the year, or if it rains (obviously won't at Abu Dhabi, but that's not always the final GP.)

 

Ironically, had the double points had been in place this season, it wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference to the champion, even if Vettel hadn't finished -so really, why bother?

 

Probably because people are bored of F1, and viewing figures and interest dropped when Vettel sealed the title 3 races early. F1 has got boring, and it is not because of Vettel, there's been dominance before, like with Schumacher, but it was always exciting, the problem is more that the Red Bull with Vettel is so dominant. To be honest it all went downhill when they scrapped re-fuelling.

[isaidno]

Numbers chosen so far . Rosberg 6 , Perez 11 , massa 19 , vergne 25, bottas 77

[The Horse's Mouth]

77?

[ADK]

When I started watching F1 in 1996 there were huge performance gaps between the cars and only the top 6 scored.

 

There were far more retirements though because fault testing was more primitive and parts like engines and gearboxes were much less regulated and only needed to last a single race.

 

While you had cases where winners could lap the field, there was also more variation between circuits. For example in 1997 the Arrows was suddenly the best car in Hungary due to not needing as much engine power and having tyres different to other teams.

 

Wet races were more exciting too, the health and safety car rarely made an appearance purely due to the conditions and cars were allowed to race which resulted in a lot of retirements but also examples of great drivers like Schumacher lapping seconds faster than everyone else.

 

Now everything seems a little boring. Despite the fact the cars are much closer in terms of lap times. There are rarely mechanical retirements these days.

[isaidno]

77?

He wants it so it spells Bo77as

[ADK]

Pretty tempting to just stop watching F1. They are trying to turn it into nascar.

[Donut]

When I started watching F1 in 1996 there were huge performance gaps between the cars and only the top 6 scored.

 

There were far more retirements though because fault testing was more primitive and parts like engines and gearboxes were much less regulated and only needed to last a single race.

 

While you had cases where winners could lap the field, there was also more variation between circuits. For example in 1997 the Arrows was suddenly the best car in Hungary due to not needing as much engine power and having tyres different to other teams.

 

Wet races were more exciting too, the health and safety car rarely made an appearance purely due to the conditions and cars were allowed to race which resulted in a lot of retirements but also examples of great drivers like Schumacher lapping seconds faster than everyone else.

 

Now everything seems a little boring. Despite the fact the cars are much closer in terms of lap times. There are rarely mechanical retirements these days.

 

Id actually agree with most of this