- 04 Oct 09, 06:41#160007
I would say F1 is already a big enough test of fitness. Not so for skill.
KERS in all cars would open up another tactical option for the drivers. If, e.g., you boost yourself out in defense or in response of a fake overtaking attack, eventually the car behind may be able to catch you with your KERS exhausted...
If a car's quick enough to stick to the car infront without using all its KERS, wouldn't it be quick enough to pass if both cars didn't have KERS in the first place?
That's not the point. It's about tactics/strategy that KERS adds to racing. If you're a master at KERS usage, you might get an advantage. It's even conceivable that somebody pressured pushes the KERS button in a less than desirable place and goes off - stranger things have happened.
Yeah that could be true, I'm all for driving skill having a larger impact. But how much skill is involved in knowing when to press the KERS button? There's no physical skill involved.
I'd rather the cars be more difficult to handle. I don't know if any driver aids are used nowadays, if not I'm sure there must be ways. Maybe people here have some ideas.
Fighter jet pilots are very skilled at pressing buttons and using all kinds of aids (if not, they get sacked) - that's part of their mental fitness. They are also very physically fit as you'd imagine. There's no contradiction there.
Fighter jets don't race, they don't go round corners, they don't overtake. It's a different skill used to achieve a completely different goal.
I didn't say that they race, but they actually do sometimes during dog fighting (or at least used to) and the winner's price was his life!
I was using that example to point out that pressing buttons to achieve one's goals and physical and mental fitness can go together (and in both examples have to).
I would say F1 is already a big enough test of fitness. Not so for skill.
