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| 2009 Rules ... less competitive driving? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 14 2008, 03:36 PM (315 Views) | |
| Bear | Aug 14 2008, 03:36 PM Post #1 |
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| SaveOurSilverstone | Aug 15 2008, 02:43 PM Post #2 |
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I just hope that next year there are some surprises at the front and not just the usual suspects, maybe honda can get up there, perhaps Williams will sieze the oppertunity and get back to winning ways. maybe force india can become a 'top of the midfield team'?? i personally cannot wait to find out. |
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| Norbert | Aug 15 2008, 03:02 PM Post #3 |
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In some ways, I hope things will stay more or less the same. While it would be good to see Ferrari beat everyone to a pulp, it would only bring comments of the FIA having tailored the rules to their advantage. I would imagine that we'll still see Ferrari, McLaren, BMW and Renault as the top four teams, however what the others manage is anyone's guess. You'd have to say that Honda and Toyota, being factories and mass producers of road cars ought to do better than the others, but then what have we seen from Toyota since they entered F1? And what has Honda done recently? Could be an interesting time..... |
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| Craze_b0i | Aug 17 2008, 07:39 PM Post #4 |
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This makes me wish they wouldn't keep changing the rules. Big teams will surge ahead, small ones will fall further behind. All Torro Rosso and Force India's progress of the last 2 years will be undone. Williams who have already been going backwards for several years will plunge into free-fall. |
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| timmadigan | Aug 17 2008, 10:37 PM Post #5 |
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Have to agree that this is stupid. The more money a team has, the more likely they are to figure out the new regs correctly - they can throw money at testing/wind-tunnels to get it right. The smaller teams, which have done a great job moving closer to the big guys, are going to get killed by this. All the work done in the past few years will be gone and we'll be back to only 2 teams challenging for a podium and 5 for points. |
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| Rams | Aug 18 2008, 02:45 PM Post #6 |
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I guess it depends if you enjoy what we have today, i.e. 10 car processions with zero overtaking... I personally am very happy that the rules are being changed. It's no good having cars run close together if they can't do anything about it. McLaren were reporting that their car suffers grip problems running within 2 seconds of another car. It's ridiculous as it is now. |
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| Red Andy | Aug 20 2008, 11:04 AM Post #7 |
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Next year the teams with the biggest budgets will do better, because they have the most resources to throw at working out the new regs. That means we'll have a 2006 scenario, with all the manufacturers running at the front and the independent teams running at the back. I'm no aerodynamicist but from what I've read it seems that the 2009 regulations are largely aimed at making the following car faster than the one in front (rather than slower, as it is now). The effect will not be as pronounced as the FIA are predicting, of course, because much of the downforce lost to the new regulations will be made up again by the teams before the start of the new season (again, with the bigger manufacturers able to make the most of this). However, on the whole I agree with Rams - a lot of things need to change, for the sake of excitement, and if overhauling the rules is the only way to do it then so be it. |
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