Thread: How to fix F1?
View Single Post
Old 21 Sep 2018, 21:44 (Ref:3851874)   #27
gert
Veteran
 
gert's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Belgium
Antwerp
Posts: 6,137
gert is going for a new world record!gert is going for a new world record!gert is going for a new world record!gert is going for a new world record!gert is going for a new world record!gert is going for a new world record!gert is going for a new world record!
Interesting topic.

aero rules
Ensure the cars can follow each other closely, without ruining their tires. I'm not an engineer so I cannot tell for sure how I would achieve that. Limiting front and rear wings and getting rid off all the aerodynamic add-ons like winglets could be part of the solution. But since I'm in charge, I'll get someone knowlegeable to advise me on this subject, someone like Gary Anderson.

DRS
To be dropped

Tires
Introduce durable tires, get rid of the mandatory degradation.
(Think Michelin, not Pirelli ?)

Bring 3 different compounds, teams can choose whatever they want.

I'm not agreeing with myself yet if I want the teams to use 2 different sets or if they can race on a single set if they want to.


pitstops
There's no need for 224 people working during a pitstop.
Limit the number of persons to 5: 1 for each tire and 1 lollypop man. This way we can actually SEE what is going on.
(I prefer the way the actual pitstops work in Indycar, Blancpain or ELMS)

Of course: if teams can run on a single set of tirs, there may not be much use for pitstops.
Maybe we should keep the mandatory tire change?
gert is offline  
Quote