8 rule changes F1 fans think should happen…
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- čas přidán 18. 04. 2022
- There are LOADS of rules in F1… but not all of them can be right. Which should be changed?
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Fastest lap point goes to the driver only, and fastest pit stop gets a point for the constructor
That is genius
i agree with the fastest lap one, but the pitstop one seems a bit unnecessary
How about another bonus point for most on track overtakes
Yes, Yes, YES!
@@ijmad not all times but i think in most cases, those who do the most overtakes are those who qualify poorly. me personally, id have points for quali
The f2 champ rule could kinda work if there was an FIA backed team, but not otherwise
also, what if comparatively, the drivers on the grid are better than the f2 champ (sure it may not be this way as of the moment). it wouldn't be much of an upgrade if this were the case
FIA could award extra wind tunnel time, or larger budget cap, or a larger prize at the end of the year, to which ever team takes the champion, whilst penalising all teams if the champion isnt taken with the inverse. This way you incentivise teams with driver contracts who are ending to take up the champion. Just an idea, though Im sure it has its flaws
There are a lot of issues with this idea, it just wouldn't work long term
If it is as you say, and their skill is simply not up to the task, what will they do then? They can't go back to F2, as their seat will have been taken, meaning they'll he out of the sport alltogether
I do think there needs to be changes made to how drivers are recruited, but ultimately that isn't something a rule like this will solve
@@MrAndreFerRed But then you force teams to pick a driver they may not want or need
That just brings a whole bunch of other issues
It would almost have to be like Premier League football promotion & relegation. The F2 champion driver swaps position with the 20th place F1 driver for next season.
2:52 That's a good point: Technically, there is no mandatory pit stop at the moment. You're simply required to run on different compounds during a dry race. Just change the wording of this rule slightly so that there is in fact one mandatory pit stop per race, and red flags would have immediately less of an impact, while for the remaining 90% of the races nothing would change at all.
Wait, waiiiit. So, during a dry race, if you started and ran the whole race with two hards on back and two mediums on front (or whatever tyre-combo strat), that fulfills the clause?
@@OatmealCreamPie Nope, because all 4 tires in a set must be the same compound, and you can't have two different sets of tires on the car at the same time, even if the two separate sets are of the same compound. For example, say your allotted sets include 3 sets of soft tires, 6 sets of mediums and 4 sets of hards. You can't run a mix of medium/hard tires, nor can you run a mix of hard/hard or medium/medium.
@@JacobCraigo aaahhhh, that's good they caught that loophole early.
I disagree with not allowing tire changes during red flags, but for different reasons. Banning it causes more issues IMO. Someone who had just pitted before a red flag could have fallen back very little to pit depending on the spread of the field, red flag comes out, standing start, they're on new tires with the field bunched back up and a major advantage on the start. Or imagine you're on a longer strategy relative to your rival, you have to build a pit gap beyond the first pitstop of your rival. let's say your pit window is closing after said rival pits, red flag comes, pack is bunched up for standing start, your race is effectively ended. Allowing everyone to change tires at least allows teams to regroup and maximize potential for more good racing off the standing start. No matter how you do it, there will be people caught out. That's just a part of racing to some extent.
@@DanielMaddux1 It's not about not allowing tire changes during a red flag... but about no longer allowing this to be the mandatory tire change within the race because it gives an unfair advantage.
Love the color wheel. This is one of the things that more technical F1 fans miss. F1 can keep the red, yellow, white stripe but maybe add a secondary color wheel to tell the techies what Cx the compounds are.
They also looked better in my opinion…. Wish they get them back
TriHard C x
I think we could get the 3 options communicated across through a wide color line, two medium color lines or three thin color lines.
That way we could always refer to colors for compounds and lines for strategic value.
Easy to see, quick to explain and has every information available then and now
If you dont just watch the race and quali you know what (C1,2,3,4,5) compounds are used. They mostly even tell it before the first session of the weekend.
Maybe let every team color the whole tire to be in line with the livery they run. 😁😁😁
In Indycar the team that hires the IndyLights champion gets a 2 million dollar bonus. Pretty much guarantees that the IndyLights champion always gets a seat in Indycar in the following year.
Should work in F1 as well. FOM would need to give the team that hires the F2 champion some money, and/or extend that teams budget cap for that season.
Totally agree but that would imo not work as f1 is a constructor series and Indy is basically best driver will win (not all the time bc all the drivers are good) And the only teams who will seek benefit from this rule would be lower teams like haas or Williams as they would need the money and the bigger teams like Ferrari and Mercedes won’t do it as they don’t want more money in costs from the risk of damages then they actually are getting from using the f2 champ
thats not gonna work im sorry but it just isnt
Sorry it not gonna work like that....
@@mrboast2826 except it would
@@cooperclare9599 Well, bigger teams won't hire drivers directily out of F2 anyway right now, so nothing would change in terms of who hires F2 drivers. Most big teams want a driver to prove themselves in F1 first. It would just be an incentive for the lower teams to make the hire. Still might not fix the problem - the bonus would have to outweigh a paydrivers contribution for example. (Keep in mind that the lower teams don't use up the whole budget cap anyway so increasing it for them wouldn't do anything)
I like the VSC rule change to impose a flat speed limit. That's essentially what they do in WEC, combined with a light on the dash, the race official broadcasts on the radio to all drivers to say "virtual safety car in 10... 9... 8... etc", ensuring all cars fairly meet the speed limit at the same time regardless of location on track, and then again "VSC ending in 10... 9... 8...". So simple but works really well in my opinion.
But what about say monaco, yes the speed limit of say 80km is fine but when u get to the hairpin t8 or at racasse t19 u need speeds of just 50/40km so then thats the speed limit for the whole lap?
@@dawnlawy389 if necessary, but a track like Monaco would favour a full safety car like 90% of the time
@@dawnlawy389 one possibility would be to enforce both a max speed and a max sustained G load. (ie sustained for more than 1s, say.) Basically that would be a way to quantify the "drive at X%" rule used now.
@@dawnlawy389 they can just slow down for the hairpin normally and accelerate back up to 80 km/h
just like regular pit stops
@@aditya.sagraha still creates too mich variability, what happens at rascasse when theyre slower than 80 or down at the first chichaine where its slower than 80
For the F2 champion rule to work, it must be an incentive, not a rule. For example the F2 champion gets $10 million in sponsorship for F2 (paid by FOM). That way teams from the back will have an interest in taking him, they know he is a good driver and at the same time lower categories get sponsorship that can lead to more viewers for F2. That is the only way for them to fight against pay drivers. For example Alfa Romeo can choose between Oscar Piastri + $10m or Zhou + $20m.
Or they could allow the return of customer cars.
The tyre change during the red flag already doesn’t count as their mandatory pit stop, because there is no mandatory pit stop. The rule is that you have to use two different compound of tyre, not that you’re required to pit.
If that’s the rule we want, thats fine, but you don’t have to stop teams changing tyres during a red flag in order to require a pitstop.
Or you could mandate that if you change tires during a red flag, the new set must be the same compound, with an exception for rain
@@king_br0k that could be wildly unfair as well. Say a driver pitted near the end of the lap for softs, but someone else was trying to go all the way on hards (both already having pitted once), the red flag takes away the gap between the two, so the driver on the hards would get massively screwed over by being forced to continue on the hards.
The reason against red flag tyre changes is that it gives an unfair advantage.
@@king_br0k A team may not have additional sets of that compound. And even if they did, we could always have more red flag periods than teams have spares of any particular tyre compound…
Much simpler would be to just require a pit stop during the race… then it doesn’t matter what they do during the red flag period.
@@apainintheaas Red flags always remove gaps, regardless of what happens with tyres.
Pirelli rainbow and cooldown room - PLEASE!
As well as interviews ON the podium!
That were amazing times - please bring them back!
Surely scrapping the mandatory pit stop rule won't matter, because the tyres should not last the full race, especially if Pirelli take compounds that are too soft to last the race, or bring back the colour wheel and let teams go crazy with strategy with using your fastest time in quali's tyre to start the race.
Pilots would just lift and coast more in order not to use up their tires.
They do though, Albon showed that. Pirelli for god knows what reason has gone back in recent years to creating more durable tyres that make every race a de facto 1-stop, and even then only because teams are mandated to run two tyre compounds. You get rid of that rule, most teams will try and save their tyres to avoid stopping at all and the racing will become even less varied in terms of strategy than it already is.
I know Albon did it, but he should never have been able to based on the fact that his tyres should have lasted 40 laps, not 58.
Albon had a few safety cars to save the tyres, not that deep tbh
He got lucky with Safety car and stro 5 second penalty
i think they should bring all the tyres to the race c1 c2 c3 c4 and c5 and bring back the super soft and super hard would def make a more interesting race becasue you would have way more stratagy involed coming into the race
Or take the total tire allocation each team has now and let they choose how many of each dry tire they want, just give them the same decision window Pirelli has now.
Also make all the tires the same colour to have the suspense of secret strategy like with refuelling, and use a marshal with an nfc scanner after the tires come off to check if there all the same compound.
@@Hepsewind no it would be too confusing
The only thing I can think of is some tyre compounds are not able to or safe to be used on certain tracks, so there would have to be some races where they’re not an option
Any crash that would ordinarily bring out a safety car in the last 10% of the race brings out a red flag instead. stops potential of races finishing under safety car and reduces the need for marshalls to rush to remove the wreckage for the slim possibility of one racing lap making it safer too
Valtteri, this is James. Max is closing in on Lewis, we need you to end the race.
Problem with that is you could have have 5 red flags in the final 10 minutes. I would not want to see that.
@@aidanbazan7769 yeah there’s kinks to work out but if they’re so desperate to ensure races end in racing conditions, they should have it in the regulations. I suppose at a certain point if there were too many you’d just say sod it and end the race but I imagine that would be a rarity 😂
@@wmyates17 What if you change it to: After a red flag or a safety car, a minimum of laps is required before the race is allowed to end?
They absolutely need to change the red flag rules. Completely negates any strategy that has occurred. If they want to let teams change tyres they should only be able to go back onto the same compound, meaning they still need to pit under green (or SC).
If you have to make a change under the Red, you earn a mandatory stop/go penalty after the first green flag lap. This maintains the safety aspect, while still honoring the race for what it was up to that point.
If you couldn't change tyres under a red flag the strategy would be affected in a similar way. Say some midfielders have pitted, but as usual the top drivers are staying out to avoid having to end up among the last midfielders yet to pit. If there is a red flag at this point the race would restart in the same order, but with the drivers bunched up. Now all of the front runners would still have to pit and the fortunate midfielders who pitted just before the red flag would be leading the race. The only way around this that I see is to ban tyre changes during red flags as well as restarting the race with the pre-red flag field spread. Perhaps the cars could line up in the pit lane in order and then each be given the green light separately to account for the pre-red flag spread.
@@simonprobert8765 I'd happily accept mid-fielders gaining position if they were so lucky to have pitted before the red. I want absolutely no benefit to be gained by drivers/teams that do things done under the red.
In terms of the F2 champ getting a spot I think that it shouldn't be a rule but more the FIA financially backing all of them with a decided amount of money so that the funding a driver brings to a given team is less likely to prevent an F2 driver moving up
Give teams the option to use all 5 tires during a race. Instead of C1-C5, call them Super Hard (no stripes just the Pirelli logo), Hard (white), Medium (yellow), Soft (orange), and Super Soft (red).
Preparing not 3 but 5 sets of tyres for every race would be a waste of time and money
So the teams can cry when the C5 gets shredded after one lap at COTA?
It wouldn't be logistically feasible for Pirelli to bring all 5 compounds to every race. Also, some tracks are just to much to handle for the C5, and Pirelli leaves it at home for a good reason. But if it was available, it would be used anyway. We've seen enough times that the teams don't care about Pirelli's safety recommendations, often resulting in a crash due to tyre failure.
The distinct compound labelling, we've had this one a few years ago. Doesn't make much of a difference, except that it's always a bit awkward for the commentator to explain that this weekend, the "soft" is the hard compound.
@@simonbrunner3062 I guess the better option would be to combine the Pirelli rainbow with the current 5 compounds. Basically have either Super Hard-Hard-Medium, Hard-Medium-Soft, and Medium-Soft-Super Soft as options. Then maybe for a wildcard for the Sprint Races, make every team start on the Super Softs unless the track is wet
That would be a logistics nightmare.
I think the 2 tyre compound rule is kinda dumb personally, but at the same time it does force some variation I suppose.
It allows multiple variations in strategy. I’m reading this a lot in the comments, do people really want 20 cars trying to keep the same pace to save tires for the entire race? No strategy, no uppercuts and undercuts, no attacking on fresh tires, no risk of running a stint too long…
It seems people want to see 20 cars running at the same speed like a parade.
No, I like that they have to use 2 different sets of tires. It brings the opportunity for different strategies. Albon just proved what a different strategy can do in Australia.
The two tyre compound rule is pretty much the only reason we even have pitstops in the races these days, Albon showed that if teams were allowed to they could just not pit at all. Is that really what fans want? No pitstop races? I wish we could go back to the ~2012 days of 2-stop races being the standard, some teams going aggressive with 3 and some who conserve their tyres trying for a 1. 1-stop races every weekend for years now have really contributed to some fairly stale racing compared to previous years.
yeah, answered your own point there;- its there for strategy variations
Yeah guys... I agree it should stay, but I do think its dumb at the same time, make sense?
the issue I have with not allowing changing tyres under a Red Flag to count for driving on 2 different compounds as it would still be able to put somebody out of contention for the win that really was going for it, and at the same time we still do allow the changes to count under the safety car, which also has the chance to give an "unfair" advantage to a driver. I think at the end of the day it's just racing and would be worse if they changed it
And everyone has the same opportunity 🤷🏻♀️
IMO the tyre change isn't the problem with red flags, rather the starting grid afterwards. If there is a safety car session before the red flag, then the starting grid should be the position before the safety car call.
But no one would be "going for it" if that was the rule, at least not in a one stop race. And you're not out of contention, you still have track position and fresh tyres, just with an extra stop to make later in the race. Which could actually spice things up, see Barcelona and Le Castellet last year.
The safety car situation is not comparable. You can't change tyres without losing time during SC. You either make a full pit stop, which still makes you lose time (albeit not as much as under green flag). Or you don't, but now you're out on old tyres without a gap to your opponent, so you're screwed.
Change tires without showing it's for damage- drop to the back of the grid. With the amount of technology on the cars, showing that there's a puncture or other issue shouldn't be hard, and it's not like they won't have time to get it reviewed before going green. It would definitely make the decision a bit more contentious if you were towards the front.
Going to be controversial but I think if a track is essentially a glorified procession with very very few opportunities to overtake, it shouldn’t be on the calendar.
you could just say take Monaco out of the calendar :p no issues
I dont agree, if u think F1 is only about overtaking and nothing else, go watch nascar or sth. F1 is about strategy and who has the faster car, overtaking is just a tool.
I know you are referring to Monaco, but the question is, are you also referring to imola, because I don't think you realized that.
@@jkliao6486 I waited until after this weekend before replying. After the race today, I don’t think I am referring to Imola in my comment. It’s really just Monaco. Plenty of opportunities for overtaking and plenty of overtakes happened.
@@tiedtheknotable Any race with rain is fun.
I would like to see essentially a group b class. Safety regulations only. Other than that anything goes
That would make it Group A.
Wouldn' that look like LMP1 right about now?
I'd welcome a no cost cap championship class if we could get enough cars on track.
Thing is, that (cost) used to be F1 in a sense, but the sport had to reconsider it twice in its history already.
At least we can dream and check out sim racing madness with wishful thinking =D
Create an "anything goes" racing class that allows the top elite car makers with lots of money (like Ferrari or Mercedes or Porsche or whoever) to push the boundaries of technology (the sort of things we saw with cars like the Ford GT40 or the Mazda 787B or some of the Porsche cars). Doesn't need to be (and shouldn't be) its own thing with its own races but more like a class within, say, Le Mans.
@@jfwfreo formule 1 is created because of the rules .... you go back 50 years
I have an issue with the interviews. In the early '00s, the first interview after the GP was well after the podium ceremony and the celebrations, and the drivers were even taken to the press conference room for that. About 10 years ago, they decided to send a guy with a microphone up on the podium to get the guys have a few words after they thoroughly sprayed everyone down with champagne. Then a few years ago, someone came up with the idea to stick a microphone in the face of the driver basically as soon as he gets out the car and takes off his helmet. I think they went a bit too far with that: many cases you can actually hear the driver still struggling to breathe, and they are certainly not in a state to give a level headed review of their race, which literally ended less than 5 minutes ago. The early solution was very good at removing the driveers from the heat of the moment, but it was a bit clunky to have to wait for the drivers to walk to yet another room after we have waited for the podium ceremony, too. The podium interviews did a very good job in my opinion at striking a balance between late enough after the race, but not too late.
I want a rule to make each driver use all 3 dry tire types in a race (if dry).
It has potential to give much more variability of tactics over a race. The softest tire could be tactically used to try and make a short gain sprint for avoiding an under/overcut, putting it on at the start to try and gain early positions, leaving it late for a sprint to gaing places over cars on worn tyres or attempting to get the fastest lap point.
Speaking of fastest lap. Make the point for winning it available to the whole grid. Yes, it's unlikely a Williams could get fastest lap but let them have a go, it would make their weekend and it would be nice to see everyone giving it a shot. There's plenty of races as well where the usual top 3 teams have someone running outside the points due to a penalty, collision, puncture etc. Let them try and salvage at least that point for the weekend.
A waste of tire and sustainability image of F1 will be gone
@@johnnybravo6764 - Sustainability? For the most prestigious race series on the planet? I’m sure the billionaires showing up on their yachts in Monaco or the oil princes showing up in Qatar or Saudi Arabia “really” wink, wink, care about sustainability of F1.
It’s nothing but faux environmentalism while they get on their private jets to go preach about their next eco cause.
It’s an honourable goal to not be wasteful and to be as efficient as possible, but if people really cared about sustainability, then frivolous activities like racing cars would just be banned outright.
Being under safety-car condition, the lapped drivers can slow down by goin trough the pit and return to the back of the line instead of goin to the front and have to get back in line by driving as fast as hell
Every driver must use all 3 tyre compounds in each race (slicks if it’s not raining). It would make Monaco a lot more interesting for example
YES! This would really shuffle running order during races, reward driver skill and flexible setups and emphasize the required teamwork.
Open up the engine regulations. Have a max displacement with deductions from add-ons such as forced induction, hybrid powertrains, and refueling.
This could attract new manufacturers because it allows them to use engines they might be better at making.
Something similar to WEC
F1 is the pinnacle of motorsports and has been pushing for the pinnacle of what sustainable racing might look like in the future. which has lead to hybrid powertrains.
They are also seeking the most efficient means to make the most power which leads to a bi-turbo for forced induction to force the most power out of the powertrain. They even went nuts and made 1 of them powered off the electrical system so they can have full control of the boost pressure feeding the engine at all times. Making a blower look like a lost relic.
And refueling was banned. Before that the #1 reason for F1 car fires was refueling.
Jos - Verstappen fire 1994 - yikes!
czcams.com/video/qAa6JW2rMg0/video.html
Mclaren launching in front of Ferrari with fuel hose attached 2009 - WTF bro! (last year of refueling)
czcams.com/video/OvgjhfQLTNk/video.html
You would also have to weigh down the non-hybrids to meet minimum weight requirements, dumbing them down further. or not and have different rules for different cars. Which is all getting a bit convoluted to be able to keep even.
Have to use all dry weather tires each race. That would spice up strategy and bring in the pit crew variability
I would like to see a circuit where the time lost in a pitstop is significantly lower than 20s. The exit could cut some corners and release the cars way ahead in the circuit.
That used to be the case, but they did it for safety. Pits used to not have a speed limit at all. The speed limit is now for safety. It also shouldn't be an advantage. However pits shouldn't be like Silverstone which is just ridiculous
That is kinda interesting.. when tires get older and u lose 0.2 sec per round, you can just go for newer tires already.. I guess the teams need more tire sets for the weekends then
@@triplemoyagames4195 think they are specifically talking about cutting corners rather than a faster pit lane
@@ForzaOwnz Yes.
That goes against the minimum 305km GP length in some cases.
The current 305km overall race distance was already extended from the original 300km to make sure pit lane excursions don't lower enough to break the 300km threshold that has been there since the first GrandPrix sponsored by James Gordon Bennett Jr in the year 1900.
Some pit lanes have also been remodeled to keep up with track distance during safety improvements renovations.
Limit the number of team members in the pit lane. 2 guns only. Use the same air jacks as other series use.
lol why?
Why? Slow down the stops and not risk so many crew in pit lane.
@@GPHawaii Congratulations, team will now try to one stop every single race because to hell with 60 second pit stops.
Around VSC, I thought the rules was that all the drivers will be driving around on a limit speed. Like the pit land speed, or around 80 kph (50 mph) I didnt knew it was more to have a set delta
That system already exists in other motorsport categories, most noticeably Formula E: it called Full Course Yellow (FCY)
Max speed for the whole circuit would be really hard to accomplish.
In a SMART world, that would be the case. But F1 has to overcomplicate things. To be honest though... that's how WEC does it. It should be that there's a button on the steering wheel for VSC, and then there can be no gain on track kind of like what happened in Saudi Arabia with Max coming off the VSC in DRS range when he couldn't get close enough before the VSC.
@@Spike-sk7ql With current VSC rules the gain or loss to your competitor is hardly half a second, because drivers have to stick to the delta. If a fixed speed is given, then imagine the likes of Mexico, you are on the main straight doing 120kph and your competitor is in stadium section doing 120kph. The gain or loss with current rules happen because drivers go from postive delta to negative delta and vice versa while accelerating and deccelarating (which they have to do to keep the tyres warm). And if VSC ends while you have a negative delta and the car ahead has a positive delta, then you gain few tenths. In my opinion, this rule can be implemented:- No car should have a negative delta after the message "VSC Ending" is displayed. Any car having a negative delta when race goes green will have a 5 second time penalty.
Edit- Or slow down sufficiently to recede any advantage gained.
@@ramakrushnadash137 or.... hear me out here..... or... they could just put a "VSC LIMIT" button on the steering wheel. Maybe even just use the "Pit Limit" button. I mean... I think that would be the easiest thing to do. That way, no one is gaining any advantage, as all the cars are going the same speed, no matter where they are on track. Also, the gain Max got on Charles during that last VSC was WAY more than 0.5 sec. Max was about 2-2.5 sec behind Charles at the VSC beginning, and couldn't seem to pull the gap any closer under green. Then the gap went out to about 4 seconds for a few moments, and even the commentators noticed it. Then when the VSC ended, Max was within the DRS window already. That was more than a 0.5 second gain.
Fernando Alonso: "Equal engines for everyone"
Race in Vegas
At least 2 laps on green flag to consider it as a race
After what we saw last year on Spa. Yes. I want that
I believe that's in the rules now, from this year on.
At the start of Q3 everyone will get a chance to have two laps alone in the track, 1 out lap and 1 hot lap. The order starts from 10th to 1st. If you are not ready then you forfeit the opportunity.
10th to 1st wouldn't be wise, since 10,9,8 gets less time after Q2 than leaders
Remember the knock out qualifying they tried a few years ago?
It didn’t go too well and got changed back to normal straight away.
@@mmazz30 Yep remembered that. But this one will still use the normal qualifying. It's just the first part would be this then after that would be the normal one.
V10s can happen with synthetic fuels, but Toto would be against it. :(
I really hope to see them back with the synthetic fuel
The VSC thing is actually real in Formula E, where all drivers hear the race director count down and press a button to limit their speed to 50 kph
yeah but thats formula e a load of shit race
thats not an argument against it though
Please change the point system. My proposal is points for cars 1-14 instead of 1-10. imagine the amazing fight there will be for the slow midfield cars. Plus, teams will not retire their car to save the engine or repair the gearbox. There will probably not be teams that go through a season without points either, which means there will be competition between all teams in the manufacture championship.
Geez what’s next? Give gold medals to everyone ? 10 drivers getting points is already too much. Should go back to 8 at max
I think 10 is perfect. Points should be something that midfield teams have to fight for, and I love the midfield scraps for one or two points
I saw Buxton once say that the f2 champion should be the automatic reserve driver for all teams. That makes more sense to me.
So he can jump from Ferrari to Merc and tell Merc how Ferrari set up their car?
Cant disagree more with the one stop thing.
If drivers are going for one stops or no stops we will see heaps more tires randomly give way. And thats interesting
Unfortunately F1 teams are rather good at calculating stuff. We won't see more random failures. All we would see is drivers driving more slowly to make the tyres last the whole distance.
@@simonbrunner3062 punctures happen all time time. But a destroyed tyre will explode rather then slowly deflate
I’m one of the new fans and I really WANT to see the rainbow back. Having that much variability in compound adds to the strategy aspect and in certain tracks performance would improve massively (Monaco on Ultra Softs for better grip for example). And the colors were nice to see too haha
If they do, the need new names. Having soft, supersoft, hypersoft, ultrasoft, megasoft, extrasoft, verysoft, slightlysoft, etc... was a bit confusing to uneducated viewer
Warm up lap after sc... It's been common they activate the vsc for a small window and then transition to a full sc. If they do it on the exit again drivers would have half a lap at vsc pace to warm up tyres and breakes without the safety issue (Tsunoda-Schumacher incident) and also safer restarts (mugello 2020)
Great Idea
I thought the SC went the same speed as the pace allowed in a VSC
Not really... The vsc just sets a delta that drivers need to follow, if the actual SC was at the same speed, it wouldn't bunch up the field
I think the rainbow is more simplistic than what we have now for a casual fan. It’s a lot easier to explain than why the soft tire from last race is now the hard tire. Different colors are easier than letters and numbers
I feel like the whole no tyre change under the red flag is just one of those rules it's popular to hate. Everyone always complaining it's so unfair yet not allowing people to change gives just the same advantage to someone who has already pit
Yep, and we don't want to hand teams/drivers a massive advantage for the ability to "predict" red flags or safety cars ...ever again!
I have no objection to allowing a tyre change. An additional rule requiring a pit-stop tyre change could still give a good advantage to the car that lucked out, without making it too big of an advantage. For example instead of having a hard/medium strategy, they could go to a hard, soft under red, soft in the pits, and so be on a faster tyre for longer, and with track position. I think such a rule would change the red flag situation for an unpitted driver from being a massive advantage, to something that varied between a moderate advantage to a moderate disadvantage.
If they chose to pit under race conditions, and that results in them gaining an advantage, then they deserve to keep the advantage for making the right strategic decision. No driver should ever be given a free catch up they haven't legitimately earned on track.
About the sprint race weekend format, I appreciate the updates the FIA introduced this year but I am still not convinced so here is what I thought about :
Friday's FP session should be 1h and 30 minutes long instead of just 1h and the order at the end of the session should determine the grid for the sprint race (those extra 30 minutes would be given to allow teams and drivers to set their quick lap). Then Friday would end with the Sprint race. Saturday holds a FP session in the morning and then you have qualy. And finally on Sunday the race. What do you think?
No
Yes
3 qualis? nah
@@healthyeconomy1186 the Sprint isn't used as qualifying anymore tho
@@reid1420 thered be a quali for quali then for sprint which is a quali for race
3:25 Andretti+Netflix/"the engineers" official f1 cars could open up seats if we're throwing blank shots out there for the fun of it.
Imagine an official f1 team trying to keep fully within the rules but also having the engineering team field an f1 team with f2 winner taking a guaranteed seat, and whatever other winner etc.
homologated parts could be from whatever team has the least customers. So currently a Renault drivetrain as an example. Could also be a thing where it could be made into a engineering vs the field in terms of nerfing and learning. Could be interesting to further develop the next seasons regulations to further improve the issues of this season. Non homologated parts to be built by a 3rd party.
All far out there but it's fun to play think.
Netflix could get title sponsorship for an Andretti as an example. An all American team like thing and able to do a lot more BTS stuff where they do deeper tech talks and so on.
Up the grid limit to 30 cars so teams can run 3 cars each with one seat being dedicated to a rookie, not cost feasible I know but it’d work
It'd have to go to 36- current limit is 24 cars.
@@godoftenors current limit is 26 though
@@TheEvapiiShow Sure, but that makes it worse- it would potentially need to become a 39-car grid, given that you could have 13 teams of two.
No pitting under a yellow flag or vsc. There's just too much randomness every single race weekend. Teams are betting on when latifi or someone else will stack it so they can get a cheeky pit stop under the safety car. Some drivers seem to always be unlucky with this.
You haven't been watching F1 in 2008, have you? What you describe would result in everyone not having pitted when the SC comes out being screwed, while the ability to "predict" a SC would gain you a massive advantage. That's a can of worms that should never be opened again!
The should bring back the cool down room and also the briefing/debrief sessions like the old days
THE PISTON LIMIT
REMOVE THE DAMNED PISTON LIMIT
more pistons quickly get less efficient
What is Piston Limit?
@@mgjsm4538 number of pistons.
But there are material limits too.
@@patricktho6546 why? This is about making the fastest car, there should be no engine limits
@@skyhill533 this is also about making an effecient car:)
Also a realiable car...
Therfore we have restricted fuelflow etc
Have all the tire compounds be available during the race. C5 super soft, C4 soft, C3 Medium, C2 hard, C1 super hard.
Don’t allow to repair the car during a red flag. (Only a front wing change when it damaged)
And higher penalty’s for changing ice’s. Purely to prevent a manufacturers abusing the power increase of switching engines (and also cranking the engine up to 11 with little disadvantage)
I would prefer the three compounds, except each season it changes.
Points for the Contructors' Championship awarded according to the order in which teams get BOTH of their drivers over the line, completely independently of the points awarded for the Drivers' Championship.
No more special VIP bullshit in the pitlane or on the grid pre-race perhaps.. If these VIP's wants to talk to the drives or whatever, they should show up earlier. The race weekend is 3 days, they should use it wisely other than being there just to PR themselves.
I would like to see F1 remove their performance regs. Keep the safety rules and cost cap, but give them free reign to do whatever they want performance wise as long as it fits the safety criteria and is under the cost cap
Oh, we can only wish. That would truly make f1 the pinnacle of automotive engineering and the times would drop down by like 5-10 seconds per lap easily
Problem that the main part they will inovate is screwing with the air behind the car. They wont be able to follow each other at all anymore. There will be close to zero overtakes
@@Buizerd88 then they would have to develop their way around that problem
@@jacobwashburn9672 it happened for 10 years, if there was a solution, it isn't easy, cheap or practical to keep teh same net speed when you have clear wind.
This particular rule change wasn''t just tampering with engineering, it was a sportive necessity
@@RadeticDaniel true, but you never know. There’s some great minds within the engineering departments of these teams, and they have some of the best technology that the world has ever seen at their fingertips. Maybe they could find a way around it if they were given free range
You're only allowed to pit during the first lap of safety car after which is focused on getting cars in the right posision at a slower speed. So there is no laps wasted on just driving around waiting for the insident to be cleared and not giving an addvantage to people close to the pit lane whilst the safety car is going slow.
It maybe a bit hard to read but i've done my best. :)
No mandatory pitstop would make the racing greater, especially the results.
Imagine: 2017 Spanish GP. Wehrlein is on the Super Hard in a Sauber that wasn't competitive at all. The Super Hard was just introduced and they started the race on this tyre. After 40+ laps, Wehrlein was in P8, a huge accomplishment so early in the season and compared to the rest of the field, they were like the 2019 Williams (the gap, no the car) (30 to 5 points; McLaren vs Sauber / Haas 28 in 2019, Williams 1). Teams taking gambles is exciting and there is literally no difference in a fight between a 1 vs 2 stopper or 1 vs 0 stopper. Yet, it opens up opportunities.
You also said it's when the teams didn't understand the tire as they were now. Taking the surprise factor out of the equation, what do you have left for backmarkers?
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fuel strategy should be a thing again. it was exciting to see drivers with different fuel strategies.
Refuelling yeah I totally agree
Yeah it's exciting til the car caught on fire
@@sylviestar5520 we're in 2022 sefty has improved, mecanicians suits too.
@@sylviestar5520 how ofted did a car catch fire? Rarely. And it is 2022, not like it is gona explode
Probably wildly unpopular but I'll just suggest them.
1. Decouple de drivers from their teams. Drivers have a contract with the FIA, shortly after the FIA gala at end of the year teams bid on the drivers (payed with money within the budget cap). As the drivers are selected by the FIA, you get the best drivers in the seats and no drivers who (or their dad) just payed for their seats. In this way a F2 champion can be guaranteed of a seat. One big problem might be the personal sponsors who are pretty important in the sport right now.
2. give the prize for best team at every race to the team the scored the most points that race, to me makes more sens regarding the constructers championship.
The VSC delta is already a speed limiter. Speed= distance/ time. The only thing that makes it variable is the distance between timing loops (mini sectors) is not uniform, and the driving line taken on the track between the mini sectors is going to lengthen or shorten the distance between sectors. So if the speed it capped at a constant speed, gaps will still form if someone takes a wider line through the corner.
I honestly find the C1, C2 etc compounds more confusing than the whole rainbow colour system.
Always wondered how fast the V-10 era would have been on slicks.
They should try that.
That was 1995 to 1997. Happy days :-)
20 races per season. Take all 26 or whatever tracks, put them in a bingo cage, draw out 20, and plan the schedule. Next year, the 6 that got left out this year get automatically put in, and draw 14 more to fill out the season. The ONLY guaranteed slots should be for the debut of a new venue, not for "historic" or big budget tracks. This way we could have about 30 slots total to bring back some amazing tracks without having to axe the historic snooze feats or have rotating pit crews and multiple cars just for logistics. Plus I think we've seen that absence makes the fans' hearts grow fonder, some tracks could do with a break every once in a while.
VSC: Set speed limit would actually mean drivers are as fast everywhere. Let's use COTA as an example. The back straight (from turn 11 to turn 12) is about 1,15 kilometres. Now look a track from turn 12 on and go similar distance and you'll end around the DRS detection line. With set speed limit drivers would take same amount of time while in full racing speeds, the latter part of the circuit is obviously much slower. Therefore set speed limit would actually be more harmful if it's not used for an entire lap.
3:00 imo Red flag tyre change is basically the same thing as pitting under safety car.
Exactly. If you want to ban changing tyres under red flag because they gain an advantage, then ban changing tyres under SC and VSC as well
Not entirely. You can still lose places under SC. Under Red Flag, this is impossible.
@@7878Roland But still an advantage vs those who pitted under green flag.
@@ramakrushnadash137 Yes, that's true.
Bring back the v12s baby haha
Here's something I was thinking F1 should have after last years finish with Abu Daubi: Overtime. Think of Nascar.
Here's what I have in mind:
Overtime will be declared by the Stewards when there is a SC or VSC.
Once that is declared, the safety car is deployed, if it isn't already, and the field is frozen.
Everyone is entitled to one last Pit Stop to change tires and, this is the only time this happens, add fuel. That's so that nobody runs out of gas on the track. There will be a mandatory minimum length of time to do this.
The cars return to the field and assume the places they had where Overtime is declared.
The SC comes in, and it's a two lap shootout for the win. Green-White-Checkered.
If there is a caution anytime during this, we go through this again until there is a clear finish.
The only question is how often do you want to do that… NASCAR truck series once needed 14 attempts with overall 14 extra laps. That also makes the end of the race totally unpredictable.
I was utterly miffed when I, who last properly watched F1 in 2012, came back this year and noticed that instead of the order being cool down room => podium ceremony => post-race interview, the first and last ones are now back-to-front. I think it’s quite galling that F1 drivers are expected to drive like their trousers are on fire, and then immediately upon stepping out have to start answering interrogatives like “so how did you do in the last sector”. For Christ’s sake, give them a moment to at least catch their breath, they’ve just completed a 300 km top-level athletic performance. Plus, this means that those of us who don’t really care about the post-race interviews don’t have our experience forcefully prolonged in case we want to see the podium ceremony (which I can’t fathom anyone *not* doing).
Why cant the V10s return since f1 is starting to use sustainable fuels?
Engine development… it takes time to develop a new engine after having use one type for 8 years now
@@atent5124 they used the V8s for 8 years. Some cars used the V10s for 20 years. It is easy to change things up
@@TheEvapiiShow No it isn’t, it isn’t simply easy to change an engine type for a car thats been designed to fit another engine that has been developed for several years, and would be harder to go back into the past and use those same exact engines, lol it isnt as easy as swapping one in and out
3:35 apparently those who suggested this did not watch the season where there's the 6 car race with Michelin tire runners didnt participate in the US GP (Indiana) and only Bridgestone tire runners participate. Due to Michelin tires cannot handle the stress of the banked corners of Indiana race track for an entire race without changing tires where pit stops are not allowed that season.
The Michelin/Bridgestone issue is why FIA changed the rules to have a single tire sponsor for all teams.
Not the same rule though. Back then you HAD to finish with one set of tyres. The rule stated here is you COULD.
Get rid of tire warmers - let the drivers show some skill on cold tires.
Matt: I want to you to bring it back right now, Formula 1!
F1: say no more
*proceeds to literally bring it back 5 days later*
VSC limiter sounds great!
Dont think so.. Imagine in Mexico, you are doing 120 on main straight and your rival is doing 120 in the stadium section. You will lose at least 2-3 seconds to him.
When safety car comes out near the end of the race and cannot come in in time, extend the race with a couple of laps to finish under green.
When it is not possible to clear the track in time, red flag the race.
I can hear Rick Allen already, "Formula 1 overtime presented by Aramco"
Formula E already does this with any safety car period. Because their races are 45 minutes plus one lap, they add the safety car time back towards the end of the race. Race one in Rome wound up being something like 51 minutes plus a lap.
NASCAR does this
We've extended the race a few laps, oh wait, all the cars have ran out of fuel
@@MrSniperfox29 good point
The first suggestion about a fixed speed is why a few years ago, Vettel complained about other cars taking weird lines during full course yellows and VSC.
While the weird lines could potentially save fuel, they are bad for keeping tire temperature if you have to maintain a fixed delta.
Otherwise, everyone would drive weird lines to try and regain ttime from slower speeds, making hazards on track more dangerous and stewarding work a whole lot more complicated.
Many changes are needed. For me: no DRS, freedom on engine type and configuration (set a maximum power/weight ratio) and more tire manufacturers.
No DRS or free DRS. If they have active aero, they sould be able to just use it; if not, it's better to not have any.
Lord Mahaveer has to have a full-time F1 seat for the next 20 years
Mazipin 2.0
There should be a rule to stop Latifi from crashing and having such a huge influence on race outcomes 🤣
Hamilton fan by any chance?
@@Bloodrayne800 Not really 🤣 hated what happened in Saudi with Checo absolute heartbreak
@@aviationandcars8198 fair enough
@@aviationandcars8198 he is the god of F1 ....He can change your fate in the blink by his crashing power
@@mrboast2826 😂😂😂
Bring back the old point system: 10 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
It has tow big advantages:
- the fans will be able to have the standings in their mind all the time, because it is clear to calculate
- a point is worth a lot more (It's better to see the small teams celebrate some few points they finally achived than comparing the back of the field by standings between 20 and 70 points in the end of the season)
I think it's also better that it makes the win more important. They always say "Now the winner get's 25 points, it's more important than ever before" - but thats simply wrong. Nowadays a P3 plus a P4 gets more points than a win and a DNF. In the past, a win and a DNF was even ahead of a P2 plus a P3 (equal points, one more win)
With this point system's it's gonna be Ferrari Red Bull Mercedes every race with an odd point or two being scored by McLaren or Alpine every once in a while. Competition's gonna be very dead in the midfield and the back really.
@@evanyoon1230 In 2021 we had 8 of 10 teams even on the podium, so it's only the difference, whether 9/10 teams will get plenty of points of 8/10 teams will get a few points everybody can count along.
And getting the field closer is everybody's goal anyway.
This year would also have 7/10 teams in the points only after 3 races ;-)
@@jaschakemper yeah but looking at the past you have Mercedes near 300 points, Red bull and Ferrari in the low 100’s and below with smaller teams not even hitting 20 points. That sounds rather concerning…
Engine suppliers must deliver engines through F1, with engine deliveries made randomly from the engine pool. Can’t tell me that MB/RB/Ferrari don’t build up all the engines and then sort the best ones to the factory team. McLaren never had access to “spicy” Brazil formula
The “spicy” engine was just Merc running a higher engine mode for more power and less reliability (which is why it was only used for 3 races), it was NOT some special engine that the customer teams didn’t have access to
Why? If you don't like the engines you are getting, build your own
If a car is beached but still mechanically sound it sound be allowed to rejoin the race. Or bring back spare cars 😂
Ehhh no to the gravel idea. But if u crash and there’s a red flag, u could just jump to the spare car.
Rule idea; mandatory use of all 3 compounds in a single race resulting in a minimum of 2 pit stops per driver. Teams would keep the option of choosing their starting compound whilst having to strategise when best to use the other compounds along with the duration of their stint.
As an example, a team may opt to start on the hard compound knowing it’s the slower tyre choice and run a shorter opening distance before pitting for mediums for the bulk of the race eventually ending on softs for a strong push to the finish.
i really like this
• Get rid of the point for fastest lap, but add one for leading the most laps. Remove the top-10 finish requirement.
• Make DRS timed, with 180 seconds available per race, and it can be deployed anywhere at full throttle.
• Allow any engine configuration (I4, V6, V8, V10, etc turbo or non-turbo), with the 100kg fuel the limiting factor.
• Scaled “token” system for upgrades, where teams further down the order can make more updates to catch up.
Have points for all 20 positions, because the back markers would have something to fight for, rather than trying to make it into the top 10 with lots of luck. Like this:
1. 50
2. 44
3. 41
4. 38
5. 34
6. 31
7. 28
8. 25
9. 22
10. 20
11. 10
12. 9
13. 8
14. 7
15. 6
16. 5
17. 4
18. 3
19. 2
20. 1
This also maintains the boost of making it into the top 10 as it is a x2 increase of pts from 11th to 10th.
3 pts for fastest lap.
Have to finish to get pts.
+3 points for constructors for fastest pit stop, +2 for second fastest pit stop and +1 for third fastest pit stop.
I cannot agree with this. You're going to give points for having a rubbish car? You shouldn't get points just for finishing the race. Many backmarkers don't even complete the full race distance and some are lapped multiple times, but you'd give them points anyway? NO!
Your suggested points ladder also reduces the incentive to win. Currently 1st place gets 25, 2nd gets 18 - a difference of 7 points. Your system reduces that to 6 points (and is also a much smaller percentage increase). Drivers will be less inclined to go for overtakes as the risk is greater than the reward, with the exception being 11th to 10th.
1 point for fastest lap and 1 point for fastest pit stop is generous enough, and I'm not convinced awards for fastest pit stop are a good idea - I believe that will lead to more mistakes in the pit lane (loose wheel nuts, for example) that could cause serious accidents.
Points are supposed to be hard to accumulate, it's the difficulty that breeds competition and heightens the sense of achievement when you get those points.
@@AlienFishGames Thanks for your opinion. To clarify, you must finish on the lead lap to get points if you finish outside the top 10. I agree maybe not the best idea to have points for fastest pitstop. This is just my idea. It clearly needs to be refined. The main thing, is that there needs to be more points on offer for more positions. That is my opinion.
I would like to see more pit stops. Make it where every track you had at least 2 stops.
That would just result in everyone almost exclusively using softs. Hards would never be used again.
@@RealSweetlakecity I would still require more than one set and personally I think they should have to run all 3 compounds at some point in the race.
@@jasonwarnock8992 That would just beat the entire point of strategies
I'd go with : No mandatory compound change and no mandatory pitstop. Ideally bring back refueling cause my nostalgia yells for it.
Nothing will ever change my positions.
Refuelling is very dangerous
@@Bluehoshiflower and over rated
I agree - I don't think you should have to change compounds. It feels like such a gimmick.
@@Bluehoshiflower No, it was done safely for years.
The worst incident everyone highlights (Jos Verstappen, Hockenheim, 1994) only happened after Benetton *broke the rules* regarding refueling equipment, and resulted in no serious injuries. Teams had to use FIA-supplied refueling gear afterwards.
More mechanics have been injured by collisions with cars during pitstops than from refueling.
@@tompw3141 it's adds another unnecessary risk though, thank of massa in Singapore 08, or kimi getting a faceful of fire
personally I would like to see sliding scale drs, if there's a train of 4 drivers 1st gets 0/3 drs while 2nd gets 1/3 drs and so on, this could be done in differing levels of flap opening or differing lengths of zone. this would prevent drs trains while also not giving insane amounts of drs.
A nice idea but due to slipstream in DRS trains I don’t think it would have the desired effect
A season with 20 Races.
No fixed driver - team contracts.
Each driver to drive only 2 races for a team in entire season.
The driver-team combination to be decided only on fridays on random.
This way drivers can drive for all the teams and have equal chance to prove themselves.
Also Teams will no longer have to prioritize 1 particular driver in a team.
Out of interest, how are you planning on the teams suddenly being faced with a driver that is taller/shorter/fatter/bigger etc and can't actually fit in the car?
Like, why not bringing back the V10 engines again? Beautiful to hear and to see them race with now, slick tyres
even if the v10s were allowed, I doubt any team would opt for them. They are more expensive and heavy, with very little (if any) speed advantages.
The V6 are better for the climate
@@mgjsm4538 It's racing go watch basket weaving if you're that concerned about the climate.
@@birddogz545 so your american
@@birddogz545 where did I said that. I just said that they are better for the climate. Stupid answer from you.
Imagine Monaco without pitstops
We don't have to imagine. That's how it used to be. It wasn't until the '80s that teams started to use planned pitstops as a deliberate part of their strategy.
The rainbow tyres aren't that hard to learn it's just 7 colours and giving better strategy options to teams, re-fuel system will be nice if come back of course in safer way that preciously been done.
The most obvious one should be that lapped cars shouldn't be allowed to unlap themselves.
As soon as the field is packed up behind the Safety Car lapped cars simply should go back to the end of the line.
Then the Race could be restarted at any time when becoming safe again.
Also #BringBackRefuelling
Keep the cost cap, but remove most other restrictions on car development. I would say keep the safety structures, tyres (4/car... no 6-wheelers), basic fuel and engine regs, and a maximum weight and dimensions, then let the teams do whatever else they want inside the cost cap. Unleash the innovation!
Its a nice idea but then the areo would just go crazy and we would have overtaking issues again, I think the route were going right now is a good one
Then we go back like 1,5 years and make teams mess with the air behind their car that no one can ever follow another car.
Ok so per your stipulations we would be brining back fan powered suction cars with 2 engines making break neck cornering.
Humanity has been there. Its why we have restrictions on development.
How about some lateral rocket boosters, or moveable aerodynamics to aid braking and ease the straights.
Or better yet smoke screens and road spikes, until the blue shell from Mario kart is developed!
@@brandonhoffman4712 Most of what you're saying (even the facetious BS) would be covered under basic engine regs and safety... but I have no problem with active aero. I think it'd be interesting to see what the geniuses in each team could come up with.
Active aero actually sounds cool.
Lol, the british are so salty about safty car unlapping last year! 🤣 they never talk about how the race director can run the race however he sees fit
Exactly
Yep talk about the red flag tyre changing rule 🤣🤣🤣 these guys wants to ban those because it didn't benefitted the brits driver during Saudi GP🤣🤣🤣
I don't mind having 3 colors for tires instead of 1 for each compound. The track surface is different every race, so you can't compare compounds week to week.
After becoming an F1 fan last year, I think if a safety car is needed within the last 5 laps of the race it should be automatically red flagged, teams allowed to change tires as normal and cars are reordered back into positions. It provides the spirit of what Massi was trying to get done without disadvantaging one driver.
1) Leader pits first during VSC/SC, any driver prior gets 10s time penalty, if Leader opts not to pit on first approach to pits then any one can pit without penalty;
2) an additional lap (max 3) added to race for each lap where SC exceeds 4 laps or RF is used during last five laps;
3) sprints are held before qualifying and the individual driver's average gap to winner of sprint is added to their final qualifying times to determine final starting grid; and
4) one point given to pole winner.
1 Driver in second would have little or no time to judge when he can pit (and neither would the team) leading to incredibly dangerous situations. Also why are you only giving an edge to the leader? Other places could also lose out and lose valuable points.
2 Hello teams running out of fuel
3 My god, these ideas are getting worse
4 Meh, neither good nor bad.
@@MrSniperfox29 1) the #2 driver would have more time than the leader in all scenarios, and why give the edge to the leader: because the leader is usually the one that gives up the most during a SC event in lost of distance to nearest competitor or that the leader gets trapped out behind SC while everyone else gets a free pitstop-----> the leader has earned a little 'edge'; 2) the longer the SC the more fuel conserved, at SC pace an F1 car burns ~ 50% than full race and factor in cars are not filled to the brim of tank; 3) sprint gap average time is simple and forces all drivers to race throughout the entire sprint to catch the leader or they will pay for it during Q123; and 4) nothing wrong with a point for pole.
@@jimm_kirkk728
1 not if he is right behind the leader, so again you expect the teams to react in an instant
2 your overestimating how much fuel is saved and given how tight the teams run you would end up with teams running out
3 still a terrible idea given that qualifying times are usually incredibly close, sometimes to within a thousand of a second meaning it would be pointless the majority of the time
@@MrSniperfox29
1) if there is an accident on track the 2nd place driver will ALWAYS be thinking pit, whether behind the leader's gearbox or 20s down the road, they know how to drive;
2) last year's fuel limit was 110kg and this year's car weight increased 46kg and no increase in fuel limit was needed, granted this year there is less room to maneuver but likely they have enough fuel. As far as estimating fuel-saving under SC, even if it was only 33%, they would likely have room in the tank; and
3) the relative effects across the grid would be the same for all drivers and likely a true snapshot of the car's performance. A sprint should be a longer form of qualifying, and with a sprint weekend the starting grid of the main race should be a progressive competition format. A sprint race should make drivers push for the entire sprint (just enough fuel, the fastest tyres) as race as hard as possible. Some drivers' only chance to score a WDC might be because of a sprint race. Last's years average gap ranged from 0.1291s to 3.6752s for an average of 1.95s. Clearly, in last year's sprint at Imola some cars were either not trying or were so non-competitive that they should not have even raced in the sprint, let alone the main race. But...with this year's cars, closer racing, and more mixed grid, and more points up for grab, the average gap will be likely much smaller. If a driver does not want a large offset going into the qualifying (as I have suggested) then they would need to finish higher in the sprint, and that should be the goal.
@@jimm_kirkk728
1) So in your world only the 1st place driver needs protecting, 2nd place apparently has done nothing to deserve that honour, even if 1st has literally gotten there seconds before.
2) Nope, still to risky to just add random laps, there's a reason the teams know the set distance beforehand
3) Again, the minute differences between qualifying times would make adding sprint times to them completely and totally meaningless for 99% of the time. Plus you would have to abolish Q1, Q2 and Q3 because it would be unfair for drivers to get later runs on the track when it is always must faster. This idea reminds me of the completely idiotic aggregate qualifying they tried once, which failed miserably.
Fastest lap point for all drivers, not just top 10
I like the FCY procedure suggestion, similar to that on GT World Challenge and WEC, although in F1 it would probably require a Safety Car procedure to bring the tyres back up to temps, but it would be a better solution.
I'd also like to see a limitation to the use of the DRS, like the push-to-pass in Indy, either limiting by time (say 200 sec/race) or by how many times you can use it, say 8 each race, with a X time between each push-to-pass activation. And then, no restrictions to the use of said DRS-push-to-pass, you could push-to-defend, push-to-push if you're in an in-lap, or whatever
Genuine suggestion. If a safety car is needed in the final 5-10 laps of a race, then the race should be red flagged instead. That way there’s no risk of it finishing under the safety car
Having to use at least two sets of tyres in the race. Been a fan for 15 years and I’ve never understood this rule. I don’t know if it’s a requirement by Pirelli or just something to make the race ‘more exciting’. Or even just a safety issue. But either way we’ve all seen plenty of drivers where not pitting could’ve got the driver a better result (Albon at Melbourne for example).
Mostly to make racing more exciting. Pirelli could easily make tyres that last entire race with no issues, they actually need to put a lot of effort into making tyres that will degrade quickly.
It forces teams to come up with multiple strategies instead of “let’s keep the pace so we can run the same compound all race”. It opens up the possibility of uppercuts and undercuts. It’s pretty clear why that rule exists.
That would be even more boring then it has been in recent. I miss refueling. But no pits would be lane
Pretty sure the rule if for “dry” races only and the idea is instead off the whole field being all on the fastest compound all the time this rule mixes it up a bit in that you have to run on two different compounds … however if you stick on wets or inters then the rule no longer applies … or at least pre-masi it didn’t!
Isn't the tire change rule tied to qualifying? Say you can trick your car up to qualify good and you must start on those tires but have to change tires during race to "prove" that it was not a trick set-up only for qualifying. In the past NASCAR would let teams use different engines just for qualifying then swap out for a race engine for the race. So they had a "trick" engine just for qualifying but it would never hold up for race distances.
I know we just had a huge makeover in this category but... Change the rules for chassis!
I'm talking LeMans Hypercar regulations: Freedom to design almost any part of the bodywork while the only rules to meet are maximum downforce and minimum drag values.
I would LOVE to see more diversity in car designs. Some of the beauty of watching racing from the 70s is seeing how all the different car perform againts each other.
rule changes ...
1) when "new-era" cars ( like the leap from 21-22) are to come into effect, or the "rules®s" are being re-written, the final year before theses changes - take the 21-22 cars for instance - the regs on all cars for the 2021 season would "go out the window" and the teams cars do what they want, how the want, only limit would be: engine size and car dimensions - theses would stay the same - everything else would be "free-reign" so to speak
2) under VSC, it is mandatory to keep a min of a 3-5 sec gap to the car infront
3) drivers can use 2 dummy stops a race instead of the current 1
4) all cars before and after the race, regardless of team or place, are to be stripped to their basic parts and each part is to go through examination instead of 1 car at random
5) if team's come to the FIA about another team's car, they must have proof that the car is in violation of the rules rather than speculation
6) any car found not to conform to the rules®s would be dismantled untill the offending piece is found, once found, teams will be fined via a points system ( 1 point is £25,000) teams can attain a max of 4 points before one race ban occurs for the offending vehicle
7) compulsory that teams have their OWN reserve driver that does NOT drive for other teams. ex: hamilton couldn't race in bahrain as he had covid, so the team had Russell ( williams driver) take the wheel, under my rule change, the team would only ONE car in the race, as their reserve driver is driving for a different team, teams would have to have a driver on standby 24/7 so if a driver can't race, he would be the only driver change and another team does not have to find a replacement for one of their drivers being taken by another team
8) the racing stewards would be split into the diffent sectors on the track, but each sector would have three teams: flags, safety car and rules: one team works with the track marshalls telling them what flags to display and when, if it was deemed a bad crash was on track, the team would tell the safety car team to get involved, the third team would look at the incident and work out if any rules were broken at the time, all these team heads would then talk to the RD and they would decide what to do
9) the amount of overtakes that each team has done is added to the team points - say haas and mclaren were on 100 points each, the FIA would ask a team to look at all four drivers's overtakes and the overtakes would then be added TO the points, say hass do 76 overrakes, but mclaren do 80, hass would have points of 176, but mclaren would has points of 180, therefore mclaren move up a place
10) teams can have the option to "transfer" money for the future, basically, teams can have a "bank so to speak" that they can put money onto and take out as and when they need, these bank would have a limit of £20m and would only last three years, money can be move from team to bank or bank to team any point in the season
theses are ten " ideas" for rule changes haha
I think that the constructors cup, at the end of each race, should go to the team with the collective highest points, between both divers (as it is at the end of the champions!)