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[kerc]

Mods, please don't move this to Other Motorsports, this is here to make a point.


Just found out this video tonight and I'm floored. Look at the close racing. Feel the adrenalin, the madness, the real racing going on. Why can't we have something like this in F1 nowadays? It's not just overtaking, but the close racing. Now F1 cars have meters and meters between each other, making it look like a parade most of the time, with no interaction between drivers.

What's the magic formula?

[RyRy]

In my opinion way to solve it to:

Make the difference between Softs and Hard more obvious, Softs = Grain Fast, Good Lap Times, Hard = Slow Graining, Slow Lap times.
Introduce and reintroduce boost buttons like kers and next years wing device.
Reintroduce 107%
Track Changes (for new tracks) to include a split where the track divides into two both identical just a personal preference on left or right but put it on a long ish straight so when they emerge it gives a higher chance of a battle side by side

[bud]

maybe have F1 run road cars?

just on that battle, were there any punishments for that last lap? Looked fair to me.

[pilotfriend]

1. Cars should start races with a mandatory quantity of fuel which allows them to run flat out to the end of the race
2. Have race tracks where passing is possible
3. Get Jason Plato to race in F1

[What's Burning?]

The reason why, two words... ground effects.

[Hammer278]

That Porsche guy was a tool. Runs off the other car of the road TWICE and then forces him into the wall at the end....

Great racing, but that would be down to these cars not having much to lose by making contact. F1 has that ultra sensitive front and rear wing which could break off if someone blew on it....

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

They once did, back when F1 cars had narrow tyres and no wings.

[What's Burning?]

They once did, back when F1 cars had narrow tyres and no wings.

Send an email to bernie with that idea.

[myownalias]

Just rewind the clock back 20 years... problem solved!

[f1ea]

1) Because F1 cars break a piece at the slightest hint of contact.
2) Because GT cars are very different from one another, so strenghts and weaknesses are more drastic.
3) Because they are going slower.
4) Because they can trail a car without losing performance.

[billindenver]

I was really impressed with how the two of them were not trading any paint...until the last lap. The vette was just biding his time...he knew he had him. The Porsche's tires were clearly done and he was in defensive mode....and took it too far. Yes, the vette did 'cheat' with that nudge at the last corner and if anything is going to make you see the red mist that will certainly do it...but to run someone into a wall like he did... I dunno, that's pretty borderline even if he did hit you first.

I'm sure he was penalized. GT gets to trade paint pretty often without too much problem...but that one could have hurt someone pretty badly. I would say penalize them both, but the vette received his penalty already.

[Bulletproof]

They once did, back when F1 cars had narrow tyres and no wings.

Nail....head.....hit...it's all down to the aero in F1, if a car is 99% reliant on aero to be quick and running behind another car compromises this, then the car in front will always be fundamentally quicker, simple!

[texasmr2]

I watched that race, fantastic racing it was.

[Matkins]

Yeah aero is the obvious one, its proving to be a tricky thing to solve, but poorly defined regs pre season just gives the teams all the loopholes they need to work around whatever the overtaking working group implement.

Remove the blue flag rule, backmarkers used to provide many overtaking opportunities before it was introduced. Races were a lot more exciting back then.

[vaptin]

I think we need to make it harder for the drivers and teams again. In modern f1 its too precise, too easy to evaluate test data etc - look what happens when you have a wet track and changing conditions, it becomes a real challenge, the teams have to think on their feet and not rely on the computers.

Obviously, I don't want to reduce safety.