Here folks are DR C_A_Ts perscriptions for F1. Some are wild and some are achievable but all are designed to improve the sport (I believe anyway). Feel free to argue, debate or debunk.
A) Get more teams into the sport by:
1) Reducing or scrap the rediculous "bond" that teams are required to pay the FIA just to compete. It was only designed to prevent another Andrea Moda anyway. If a team arrives in formula one that unprepared these days then paying a huge bond or not wouldn't make any difference. Look at how far off the pace Super Aguri were in their first year for example.
2) Encouraging engine builders to make F1 spec engines without getting the urge to buy the team they are supplying. Once upon a time Porsch, Ford, Honda etc etc could win races without buying up half of the grid to do so. Where are the likes of Judd and Hart? These companys built point scoring F1 engines (in the days when you had to finish 6th or higher) without multi million pound investments.
B) Introduce a trophy for independants.
During the final year of the Turbo era the FIA introduced the Colin Chapman cup and the Jim Clark Cup for the best placed normally aspirated team and driver. I propose a re-introduction of this but for independant teams. Similar to the Works and Independant trophies in BTCC. This should then generate some press and interest for the smaller teams. A substantial cash prize (obviously not as big as the WDC/WCC winner proper) should be on offer to give smaller teams an incentive to go for it.
C) Let designers have the ability to design cars again.
There has been so much restriction on the shape of the car and the aero for the last 20 years that it's almost un-noticeable what changes have been made year in year out to the cars. Ok so 2009 will be an exception because of the new rules but each car will still look almost identical. Look at a picture of a 1978 grid and then look of a picture of a 2008 grid and now imagine those cars with the same colour schemes and see how many cars look different on the 78 grid compared to 08.
D) Untangle the finacial mess that the sale of commercial sporting rights has become. The sooner this happens the sooner the money can be directed away from paying off massive interest payments to merchant banks and the more can be re-invested in the sport and teams (where it should be going in the first place).
E) As soon as D is complete put Dear old Bernie out to pasture. He may have done a lot to build up the sport but he must take his share of the blame for the mess that it's become now.
F) Do not repeat Do not let Herman Tilke any where near any F1 circuit design or re-design ever ever ever.
So there you go. I did have some other ideas but that will do for now.
What do you guys think ??
A) Get more teams into the sport by:
1) Reducing or scrap the rediculous "bond" that teams are required to pay the FIA just to compete. It was only designed to prevent another Andrea Moda anyway. If a team arrives in formula one that unprepared these days then paying a huge bond or not wouldn't make any difference. Look at how far off the pace Super Aguri were in their first year for example.
2) Encouraging engine builders to make F1 spec engines without getting the urge to buy the team they are supplying. Once upon a time Porsch, Ford, Honda etc etc could win races without buying up half of the grid to do so. Where are the likes of Judd and Hart? These companys built point scoring F1 engines (in the days when you had to finish 6th or higher) without multi million pound investments.
B) Introduce a trophy for independants.
During the final year of the Turbo era the FIA introduced the Colin Chapman cup and the Jim Clark Cup for the best placed normally aspirated team and driver. I propose a re-introduction of this but for independant teams. Similar to the Works and Independant trophies in BTCC. This should then generate some press and interest for the smaller teams. A substantial cash prize (obviously not as big as the WDC/WCC winner proper) should be on offer to give smaller teams an incentive to go for it.
C) Let designers have the ability to design cars again.
There has been so much restriction on the shape of the car and the aero for the last 20 years that it's almost un-noticeable what changes have been made year in year out to the cars. Ok so 2009 will be an exception because of the new rules but each car will still look almost identical. Look at a picture of a 1978 grid and then look of a picture of a 2008 grid and now imagine those cars with the same colour schemes and see how many cars look different on the 78 grid compared to 08.
D) Untangle the finacial mess that the sale of commercial sporting rights has become. The sooner this happens the sooner the money can be directed away from paying off massive interest payments to merchant banks and the more can be re-invested in the sport and teams (where it should be going in the first place).
E) As soon as D is complete put Dear old Bernie out to pasture. He may have done a lot to build up the sport but he must take his share of the blame for the mess that it's become now.
F) Do not repeat Do not let Herman Tilke any where near any F1 circuit design or re-design ever ever ever.
So there you go. I did have some other ideas but that will do for now.
What do you guys think ??
