Let them race or better driving standards?

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Quite a few people have argued that we should let them race more. Too many penalties would be cause by strict appliance of the rules.

Another argument would be that if the drivers practised higher driving standards, stewards would have to apply penalties as much.


Personally I have been a very fanatic sim-racer and I've always strived to leave a generous car width on track even if the was only a tiny portion of car next to me. The result was almost always that the fight for position lasted multiple corners. One corners outside be becomes the next corners inside. Often I couldn't get the pass done and had to try again.

For me that is just so much fun to do or watch than just see drivers just barging passed claiming "it was my corner" that we so much nowadays. Riciardo and Max's along side over several corners a few years ago was a prime example of what good racing should be like.


So in my opinion I'm not so sure the let them race argument leads to better racing perse. I think higher racing standards surely would.


What do you all think?


P.S. For higher racing standards to actually work cars obviously need to be able to do actual qheel to wheel battling. Which current aero rules makes hard.