a good start would be to ban radio communications, so the drivers would have to figure out by themselves what is going on and strategies would become less important.Alex Wurz says the drivers themselves are to blame for how things are now. As soon as anyone does anything wrong they're on the radio claiming a breach of the rules. He does have a point when you think about it. What is the answer though?
a good start would be to ban radio communications, so the drivers would have to figure out by themselves what is going on and strategies would become less important.
Then they should clarify what the aim of the rules is, and finally ensure some consistency.
Oh, and the rules should be drafted by third parties, no input from the engineers, no input from the team owners, no input from the drivers, thay should all be allowed to express their views but a third party should have the final word on what rules are implemented
Agree with the spirit of what your saying and fully agree that the teams should have no say in the rules, no veto powers or anything like that.a good start would be to ban radio communications, so the drivers would have to figure out by themselves what is going on and strategies would become less important.
Then they should clarify what the aim of the rules is, and finally ensure some consistency.
Oh, and the rules should be drafted by third parties, no input from the engineers, no input from the team owners, no input from the drivers, thay should all be allowed to express their views but a third party should have the final word on what rules are implemented
Fast forward through most of it. Towards the end there was an interesting fight for 7-10th. Would like your opinion on the Ricciardo penalties. Besides that contest, the only other real story of the race is why did Vettel toddle around in 5th, instead of rising up to take his expect 3rd place? Mechanical issue, set up problem or demoralized driver?....by what I have gathered from your various posts I think that tonight I won't be watching the recording of the race
Pit boards would be great as they would have to disclose any meaningful issue to their opponentsI would love to see a return to teams communicating to the driver by pit board alone however the teams would argue this is not possible due to the complex nature of the cars.
As for third parties being involved, that would very much depend on who the third party is.
I deleted it before going for dinner... what happened to Ricciardo?Fast forward through most of it. Towards the end there was an interesting fight for 7-10th. Would like your opinion on the Ricciardo penalties. Besides that contest, the only other real story of the race is why did Vettel toddle around in 5th, instead of rising up to take his expect 3rd place? Mechanical issue, set up problem or demoralized driver?
I just watched the bits about Ricciardo on you tubeFast forward through most of it. Towards the end there was an interesting fight for 7-10th. Would like your opinion on the Ricciardo penalties. Besides that contest, the only other real story of the race is why did Vettel toddle around in 5th, instead of rising up to take his expect 3rd place? Mechanical issue, set up problem or demoralized driver?
I think there's no story there; the Ferraris and Verstappen have been at a pretty close level pace-wise most of the time. Vettel lost some time in the beginning as he was following midfield cars, so he stayed 5th.why did Vettel toddle around in 5th, instead of rising up to take his expect 3rd place? Mechanical issue, set up problem or demoralized driver?
when he couldn't he just drove in himSenna did not beat Prost 9 out of 10. Prost very much held his own both race wise and physiologically whatever certain documentary films will tell you.
I liked what he was doing and thought it was exciting racing. By the same token, I was pretty certain he would get at least one penalty and perhaps two.I just watched the bits about Ricciardo on you tube
re the first one I don't think that he rejoined unsafely, he simply rejoined the track
re the second one he should be praised, he pulled a great move, the other car squeezed him against the wall and he kept his foot down. that's what I like about Ricciardo. With such a move I would have voted him driver of the day!!!!!
great stuff, on the first one I think that he was honest, he was a bit long and rejoined the track rather than cut the corner, you used to be praised by the stewards for such moves a few years ago, now you get punished, bah
for the second one I am speechless, there are places where everyone gets out of the white lines and they do nothing (for exaple on the exit of the chicane where Vettel had his little accident in Canada, everyone of them was crossing the white line with all four wheels, it's just the racing line...), here good old Ricciardo had nowhere else to go - unless of course we want to assume that he's not supposed to race - that Sauber didn't leave him many options.
After the controversy surrounding what happened in Canada the stewards were bound to take a very harsh approach, in a sense they had to show that the decision in Canada was justified, it's very sad but that's how very often these things go. Let's hope that in a few weeks time, when the dust has settled, the powers that be will see sense and let the drivers race, as it is F1 IMHO is totally pointlessThe good news is that the stewards are now getting very consistent....the bad news, these may not be the rules we want enforced.
I hate those kinds of lines, they really get to me but then I do have to be careful of all kinds of visual effects. They certainly don't add to the racing in my view, they're just an annoying distraction.Was it just me or did anybody else find that the blue slowdown lines at this circuit make the race seem even more monotonous than it actually was?