- 10 Apr 10, 00:59#195248IMHO (which, combined with a couple of bob, will get you a nice cuppa tea), the problem is there's just too much reliance on aerodynamic downforce. These cars cannot abide the disruption of close drafting another car. For the better part, I have to agree with The Planet Steve. The classic, nail-biting, mano-a-mano driver duels to the death have become ever so rare since F1 discovered ground effects. Go to YouTube and watch some of the videos of Lauda and Piquet Sr., or Senna and Prost in the early days. Their tires were wider than Hadrian's Wall and their wings smaller than Keeley Hazell's bikini. Those guys often would pass and re-pass for lap after lap until one was punted to the gravel traps or the chequered flag fell.
So my solution is three-fold.
1. Very wide, very sticky tires and very tiny wings
2. Next track that's built (or resurfaced), slice Hermann Tilke into very thin strips to be used in place of bitumen. Or cube, freeze-dry and lacquer him to be used as cobbles to designate the start/finish (a la Indianapolis).
3. Require every car wearing a Ferrari badge to have a 12-cylinder engine
I guarantee that will improve the drama of the racing.
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--Dobbsie
20 years is a long long time to be in a coma too
