Speshal... fantastico... nice correction on the pit straight at the end of that lap...
What do you miss in F1?
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Jos the Boss
Champion Elect
Pre-qualifying, even though I never saw it, i like the idea of turn up and if you're quick enough you can race
Cars you can see the number on.
Jordan and Stewart in 1999.
Wet races where there wasn't a red flag as soon as things got interesting.
Jordan and Stewart in 1999.
Wet races where there wasn't a red flag as soon as things got interesting.
The Artist.....
Champion Elect
- Manual Gear boxes
- Throttles that were directly connected to the engine
- Steering wheels that were directly connected to the wheels
- Cars which could follow other cars through corners
- Gravel traps
- Unreliability
Tracks such as:
Mont Tremblant
Watkins Glen
Zandvoort
the real Spa
Nurburgring
Montjuich Park
Plus drivers that would take the time to meet the fans.
I actually got to meet Jim Clark, Sir Jackie Stewart, Bruce McLaren, Denis Hulme, Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti, Chris Amon, Ronnie Peterson and many more. None of them made a dash for their jet as soon as their race was over.
Why don't today's drivers follow their example?
Minardi, everyone's second team.
Sauber in blue, green and yellow, rather in immeasurably dull black and white.
The amazing liveries we used to get when we had the Tobacco sponsors, WEST, Marlboro barcode, Benson & Hedges, Mild Seven, Lucky Strike.
Minardi working so hard to achieve a points finish back in the day when points went back to 6th.
The V10 engines.
BMW
The old classic tracks.
When cars could actually race in wet conditions.
Minardi working so hard to achieve a points finish back in the day when points went back to 6th.
The V10 engines.
BMW
The old classic tracks.
When cars could actually race in wet conditions.
landogeorgelewis1
Champion Elect
Turkey they I said it!
The racing there was much better than some other tracks that remain in F1. Ironically it's Tilke's best track and it was taken off the calendar thanks to the high running costs
.
Also the V10 days, hardly any restrictions on rev's aswell..
The racing there was much better than some other tracks that remain in F1. Ironically it's Tilke's best track and it was taken off the calendar thanks to the high running costs
. Also the V10 days, hardly any restrictions on rev's aswell.
.
landogeorgelewis1
Champion Elect
.landogeorgelewis1
Champion Elect
Also forgot to add:
The Tyre War:
Bridgestone v Michelin
Hakkinen v Schumacher
Ironically Montoya! He was controversal but boy was he a good racer on his day.
Also NATURAL OVERTAKING!
The Tyre War:
Bridgestone v Michelin
Hakkinen v Schumacher
Ironically Montoya! He was controversal but boy was he a good racer on his day.
Also NATURAL OVERTAKING!
non-carbon brakes. Bring back the old ferrous types to greatly lengthen braking areas, so there is a chance to pass under braking if your gonads are large enough.
- Gravel Traps
- Drivers (and personell like Martin Whitmarsh) who didn't attend more rhetoric classes than Aristotle himself
- Old Hockenheim, Old Imola (Yes the old Tamburello as well), Nordschleife, Watkins Glen
- Engines blowing up
- More retirements
- The wall between the track and the pit lane exit at St Devote in Monaco
- Non artificial overtaking
- Drivers being allowed to drive their cars to the limit and not being forced to "look after your tyres" for 85% of the race
- V12 Engines
- No limit in engines, gearboxes etc.
- Minardi and Forti Ford (lol)
- No penalties for racing incidents (I feels like 10 years ago you had 4 or 5 penalties in a whole season. Correct me if I'm wrong)
- Mika Hakkinen
- Finally amazingly looking cars
- Drivers (and personell like Martin Whitmarsh) who didn't attend more rhetoric classes than Aristotle himself
- Old Hockenheim, Old Imola (Yes the old Tamburello as well), Nordschleife, Watkins Glen
- Engines blowing up
- More retirements
- The wall between the track and the pit lane exit at St Devote in Monaco
- Non artificial overtaking
- Drivers being allowed to drive their cars to the limit and not being forced to "look after your tyres" for 85% of the race
- V12 Engines
- No limit in engines, gearboxes etc.
- Minardi and Forti Ford (lol)
- No penalties for racing incidents (I feels like 10 years ago you had 4 or 5 penalties in a whole season. Correct me if I'm wrong)
- Mika Hakkinen
- Finally amazingly looking cars
The Artist.....
Champion Elect
The Artist..... Maybe I like them because I grew up watching them and I agree wholeheartedly with you about the beauty of simplicity. What we definetly can agree about ist that the current cars look awful...
soccerman17
Race Winner
More teams. I don't think the FIA should regulate teams I think teams should be able to enter whatever races they want and any team should be allowed to compete as long as they have a super-licenced driver and a regulation meeting car.
Also good tracks and grass on tracks, or gravel traps instead of freaking concrete runoffs. More on that note went to the Rolex Sports Car Series race at Indianapolis and about 8 different people went into the gravel and had to get towed out, and went a lap or two down in the process. Only problem was it brought out a rather unnecessary full course yellow every time.
Plus cool liveries, some more personable drivers as opposed to some very bland ones but I guess we always have those. Hey Hamilton is pretty lively and Raikkonen is a personality. So is Button if you consider whiny a personality and Schumie is always. But a lot of guys nobody really knows too much about and cant be related to. This might just be me though.
Also good tracks and grass on tracks, or gravel traps instead of freaking concrete runoffs. More on that note went to the Rolex Sports Car Series race at Indianapolis and about 8 different people went into the gravel and had to get towed out, and went a lap or two down in the process. Only problem was it brought out a rather unnecessary full course yellow every time.
Plus cool liveries, some more personable drivers as opposed to some very bland ones but I guess we always have those. Hey Hamilton is pretty lively and Raikkonen is a personality. So is Button if you consider whiny a personality and Schumie is always. But a lot of guys nobody really knows too much about and cant be related to. This might just be me though.
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