Why think about making F1 cars faster, why not try 'slowing' them down a bit. This is going to sound controversial but...
What about going back to steel brakes?, it will increase braking distances and require more driver skill to use them more efficiently. It will also feed back to road car use in the end.
What about limiting wing chord lengths, less front end downforce. Also ban those bits on the outside of the front wing endplates, you will get more drag from the front wheels then.
What about the banning of ‘barge’-boards. All the teams have them but the bigger teams can make most use of them.
How about making the nose of the cars go to the ground like those of ten years ago. This again will limit the front end down force as they can not make the most use of the front end.
The next thing could be to increase the minimum weight of the vehicle. This should cut top speeds and increase braking areas, etc.
Very controversial is limiting the engine to say 16,000 revs. This would be done with standard ecu’s for everybody.
Also make the cars ‘wide’ track again and give them slick tyres again. This will increase corner speeds and mechanical grip.
If the rules are written right then they would make F1 the top formula for the next number of years. Ok these are only ideas and I am sure they will be picked apart by some one here, but that is why we have forums to ‘talk’ about such things.
