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Originally Posted by littleman
Here's a question I find quite challenging.
How much increase in qualifying/lap times would F1 fans, teams and drivers be willing to concede in order to bring about closer racing and more overtaking?
(ie: strip away most of the aero).
For example, MotoGP racing is absolutely sensational.Has everything an F1 fan could possibly wish for.
However, they lap Silverstone GP Circuit at very similar times to GTE/GT3 cars. About 30 seconds per lap slower than an F1 car.
Does this matter if the racing is totally enthralling?
Do we actually care that much about lap times ?
How much should be conceded?........5 secs, 10 secs, more/less?
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Good question. I think the first problem we bump up against is that if F1 somehow becomes slower to increase quality of racing, that other series become "Faster than F1". Such as GP2/F2 and WEC cars turning quicker lap times. I don't know how I feel about that. It seems to be a big deal for some people.
Richard
EDIT: bjohnsonsmith beat me to it!