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st184 sillycar
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Re: 3RD place for Webber

Fri, 27 May 2005 06:08

4agte wrote on Fri, 27 May 2005 00:05

st184 sillycar wrote on Tue, 24 May 2005 20:08

I don't get why the FIA continues to allow the teams such huge amounts of downforce. I could hand-out 3 or 4 rule changes that'd slash the fu(k out of the available dowforce to around 1/4 of current levels. Give 'em back wide-track suspension and phat slicks to shut-up the team's whinging.

Passing galore.

Sorted.

Very Happy

the problem is it takes almost no time at all for the teams to make back all the losses like this year the cars are supposed to have what 20% less aero (cant remember the number) however over the off season they have made back all the losses and then some

The FIA's problem is that it's making incremental changes designed to keep the aero-development by the teams in check. i.e. Ferrari gets 10% more d/force most years, so the FIA makes rules to take 20% back off everyone every 2nd year.

I'm talking about a radical shift in the way F1 cars make their grip. Take away 85% of the undertray d/force by banning rear diffusers and blocking the undertray airflow with a full-width magnesium skid block between the rear wheels. BRING BACK THE SPARKS ! ! ! Evil or Very Mad

I'd also implement a compulsory profile for the underside of the front wings, as well as banning barge boards and taking another element out of the rear wing. Hopefully that will lessen the penalty to the teams without an open-ended wind tunnel program.

The Engine rule, I'd change to 3 or 4 races per-engine, but only for qualifying and the race. For Thursday, Friday and Saturday practice a seperate engine allocation would apply, to encourage teams to test like mad on raceweekend - with a $$$-per-lap bonus to make sure racefans get aktion. YES - I did say THURSDAY practice. This extra day at each race weekend would be taken from the annual test allowance - which all teams MUST stick to (I'm looking at YOU ferrari) . . . .

The trick-bit in my scheme is tyres. WIDE low-profile slicks, with 4 dry compounds and 2 wets brought to each race - all allowable to race on. The hook is that if you want to change (dry) compound during the race, you may only use ONE pitstop, unless it rains - in which case you're still only allowed the two sets of dry tyres (what you qual'd & started on, and the 2nd set you use in the race). People who use the same compound in qual and race, may pit as they see fit, using as many sets of the same compound as they like.

This would/should mean a return of an almost-qualifying compound, which would then have to carry whoever uses it for a 15-20 lap sprint at the start of the race, followed by a 40-50lap slog on hard tyres with lots-o-fuel. This makes everyone on 2, 3 or 4 stop strategies pass the 1-stoppers ON-TRACK at least once, if not twice if they want to beat them. The one-stoppers will be uncatchable at the start, as they'll be light on fuel, and on super-soft tyres. An extra incentive for the one-stop strategy would be to make their refuelling rig ~50% faster-flowing, to encourage more people to use a theoretically slower straegy (the long stint on hard tyres would be heller-slow).

aye? Wink

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