2010 Formula One Thread

[mithrilG60]

See I think the new rules ruin what should have been the best season in years. While previous years had the predictable strategy's based on fuel weights dictating a 1 or 2 stop race, at least there was real racing in between stops because you didn't have to conserve fuel or nurse your way around on tires that were shot because of the higher car weight in the first half of the race. The fact that lap times stayed the same or lengthened towards the end of the race when they should have gotten faster as the fuel weights dropped to me says this concept simply isn't working. If Vettel hadn't cracked his exhaust it would have been nothing more than a parade from pole to pole

I think you'll find this no refueling nonsense disappears after this year because it's going to produce a pretty boring season (unless of course someone runs out of fuel at say Loews, Portier or Rascasse and stuffs the race for the entire field by blocking the track). Hopefully they bring back fueling next year but change the rules so that Whiting and the rest of the marshals know everyone's fuel weights at the end of qualy but none of the teams do. That would eliminate the set strategy where you know exactly what laps your main competitors are going to pit on and force the teams to craft individual strategy's then adapt to each other's plans as the race unfolds.

I miss the mad days of F1 when you could do whatever your budget could suffer and the minds in your factory could come up with to make the car faster instead of this BS legacy of over-regulation and idiocy that Mosley has cursed the sport with. Of course F1 is still much much more entertaining than watching a bunch of people turn their steering wheels to the left and drive round in a massed circle for several hours! WRC is the only remaining true form of real racing left to us at this stage

[php007]

Originally Posted by mithrilG60

See I think the new rules ruin what should have been the best season in years. While previous years had the predictable strategy's based on fuel weights dictating a 1 or 2 stop race, at least there was real racing in between stops because you didn't have to conserve fuel or nurse your way around on tires that were shot because of the higher car weight in the first half of the race. The fact that lap times stayed the same or lengthened towards the end of the race when they should have gotten faster as the fuel weights dropped to me says this concept simply isn't working. If Vettel hadn't cracked his exhaust it would have been nothing more than a parade from pole to pole

I think you'll find this no refueling nonsense disappears after this year because it's going to produce a pretty boring season (unless of course someone runs out of fuel at say Loews, Portier or Rascasse and stuffs the race for the entire field by blocking the track). Hopefully they bring back fueling next year but change the rules so that Whiting and the rest of the marshals know everyone's fuel weights at the end of qualy but none of the teams do. That would eliminate the set strategy where you know exactly what laps your main competitors are going to pit on and force the teams to craft individual strategy's then adapt to each other's plans as the race unfolds.

I miss the mad days of F1 when you could do whatever your budget could suffer and the minds in your factory could come up with to make the car faster instead of this BS legacy of over-regulation and idiocy that Mosley has cursed the sport with. Of course F1 is still much much more entertaining than watching a bunch of people turn their steering wheels to the left and drive round in a massed circle for several hours! WRC is the only remaining true form of real racing left to us at this stage

+1, I completly agree. The race was fun to watch but very boring from the previous years.

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by mithrilG60

See I think the new rules ruin what should have been the best season in years. While previous years had the predictable strategy's based on fuel weights dictating a 1 or 2 stop race, at least there was real racing in between stops because you didn't have to conserve fuel or nurse your way around on tires that were shot because of the higher car weight in the first half of the race. The fact that lap times stayed the same or lengthened towards the end of the race when they should have gotten faster as the fuel weights dropped to me says this concept simply isn't working. If Vettel hadn't cracked his exhaust it would have been nothing more than a parade from pole to pole

I think you'll find this no refueling nonsense disappears after this year because it's going to produce a pretty boring season (unless of course someone runs out of fuel at say Loews, Portier or Rascasse and stuffs the race for the entire field by blocking the track). Hopefully they bring back fueling next year but change the rules so that Whiting and the rest of the marshals know everyone's fuel weights at the end of qualy but none of the teams do. That would eliminate the set strategy where you know exactly what laps your main competitors are going to pit on and force the teams to craft individual strategy's then adapt to each other's plans as the race unfolds.

I miss the mad days of F1 when you could do whatever your budget could suffer and the minds in your factory could come up with to make the car faster instead of this BS legacy of over-regulation and idiocy that Mosley has cursed the sport with. Of course F1 is still much much more entertaining than watching a bunch of people turn their steering wheels to the left and drive round in a massed circle for several hours! WRC is the only remaining true form of real racing left to us at this stage

+2

I'm excited that the season just kicked off, but it seems like every year there are more and more ridiculous regulations. I miss the old 10 cylinder days when engines weren’t really rev limited and teams didn’t have silly aero restrictions to abide by. Refueling definitely adds more strategy to the race and pressure on the crews to execute during pitstops.

Anyway, I’m happy that my cable provider finally carries Speed TV in HD!! Here’s to a good season.