In an interview on the F1 site, Paddy Lowe, McLaren's Engineering Director suggests that it is the corners on the circuits that need to change and not the cars to improve overtaking opportunities.
"I personally think that the benefits will come by looking at circuits. We were talking about this only the other day with (McLaren team principal) Martin Whitmarsh, and he made quite an obvious statement that is also quite meaningful. If you go to a circuit and you ask a driver where he can overtake he will say, "there's only one place where I might be able to do it and it is here." All the drivers will agree on that same corner. So if you follow the logic of that, we should be asking why all corners can't have the features that drivers can so easily pinpoint to improve opportunities."
Do you agree with this?
Looking at the overtaking figures for the last 25 years, it's clear that even with no changes to a circuit, overtaking has reduced.
I would say that marbles are one of the main problems when it comes to overtaking at corners, as discussed on FB's tyre thread.
If changing the circuits or corners doesn't remove or reduce the marbles and dirt off the racing line then I fail to see how anything will improve.
Link to the article on the F1 site: McLaren on beating Ferrari, overtaking, and the return of tyre-only pit stops
"I personally think that the benefits will come by looking at circuits. We were talking about this only the other day with (McLaren team principal) Martin Whitmarsh, and he made quite an obvious statement that is also quite meaningful. If you go to a circuit and you ask a driver where he can overtake he will say, "there's only one place where I might be able to do it and it is here." All the drivers will agree on that same corner. So if you follow the logic of that, we should be asking why all corners can't have the features that drivers can so easily pinpoint to improve opportunities."
Do you agree with this?
Looking at the overtaking figures for the last 25 years, it's clear that even with no changes to a circuit, overtaking has reduced.
I would say that marbles are one of the main problems when it comes to overtaking at corners, as discussed on FB's tyre thread.
If changing the circuits or corners doesn't remove or reduce the marbles and dirt off the racing line then I fail to see how anything will improve.
Link to the article on the F1 site: McLaren on beating Ferrari, overtaking, and the return of tyre-only pit stops