|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
17 Jan 2017, 21:46 (Ref:3703247) | #2126 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,007
|
According to an Autosport piece FIA require all circuits to modify track to accommodate the 2017 cars. Eventually we are going to need binoculars to see the cars.
|
||
|
17 Jan 2017, 22:23 (Ref:3703254) | #2127 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
|
|||
|
18 Jan 2017, 09:44 (Ref:3703311) | #2128 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,007
|
Quote:
He has not been to any race since |
|||
|
18 Jan 2017, 10:37 (Ref:3703325) | #2129 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 11,177
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
18 Jan 2017, 12:16 (Ref:3703352) | #2130 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 18,398
|
As long as the don't ruin the layouts of the circuits I can live with it
|
|
__________________
He who dares wins! He who hesitates is lost! |
18 Jan 2017, 15:47 (Ref:3703389) | #2131 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
|
That's simply not true, if you don't go with the intention of having fun then so be it. How close do you get to the cars at Spa or Silverstone ?
|
||
|
18 Jan 2017, 15:57 (Ref:3703391) | #2132 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
|
Quote:
Years ago I was invited to Long Beach by Emerson Fitappaldi I had a great time meeting and talking with him, but I decided to watch the race from the stands, among the rest of the fans .. |
|||
|
18 Jan 2017, 16:08 (Ref:3703393) | #2133 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
|
I know what I would be inclined to say to the FIA ...
|
||
|
18 Jan 2017, 16:21 (Ref:3703395) | #2134 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 9,746
|
also seating location is a subjective thing.
for me i like sitting higher up on whatever grandstand im on because i prefer the birds eye vantage point more then being lower down and closer to the track. and also dont like sitting along a straight...always found that a bit boring. that said, i feel like if i got to watch from a hospitality suite or from within a team garage (i wish) i might also be spoiled for future events. anyways, this new safety request doesn't sound like a big deal. barriers closer to the track along the straights and a request that tracks' extend the run offs at the end of braking zones as far back as space allows. it doesnt sound like they are asking tracks to move the grandstands and viewing areas further back so from a spectator point of view will much even change? |
||
__________________
Home, is where I want to be but I guess I'm already there I come home, she lifted up her wings guess that this must be the place |
18 Jan 2017, 17:23 (Ref:3703404) | #2135 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
|
I agree on the seating preference, at Austin I buy GA and sit on the grass at turn two it starts to get nice and twisty there ..
The idea of sitting on the start finish line does not appeal to me personely, as you said it's very subjective.. Last edited by JeremySmith; 18 Jan 2017 at 17:29. |
||
|
19 Jan 2017, 01:39 (Ref:3703455) | #2136 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 660
|
Big screen access certainly helps.
I imaging most of the circuits will just need to add additional protection to current methods, ala Melbourne, no track or trackside modification requiring earthworks. However, St Devote might have tyre walls right up to the white line now |
||
__________________
"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true." -Robert Wilensky |
20 Jan 2017, 10:17 (Ref:3703752) | #2137 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 11,177
|
Sigh. I just hope it doesn't mean more circuit changes which reduce the challenge of the tracks. We already have more than enough tarmac run off at tracks now, I don't think we need any more.
|
||
|
20 Jan 2017, 11:44 (Ref:3703779) | #2138 | |
Race Official
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 1998
Posts: 16,760
|
in fairness that can mean things like adding techpro (sp?) barriers to places where speed and risk have gone up considerably, it doesn't necessarily mean more tarmac and moving barriers.
|
|
__________________
devils advocate in-chief and professional arguer of both sides |
20 Jan 2017, 11:50 (Ref:3703782) | #2139 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 10,934
|
Tecpro It's actually a brand -
https://www.tecprobarriers.com/#/home Simple but brilliant solutions. Similar to the staggered tyre barriers at places like VIR |
|
|
20 Jan 2017, 18:00 (Ref:3703888) | #2140 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 5,865
|
I can totally imagine the requested changes to be small tweaks such as to curbing or as mentioned above... barrier tweaks.
Richard |
|
__________________
To paraphrase Mark Twain... "I'm sorry I wrote such a long post; I didn't have time to write a short one." |
20 Jan 2017, 19:39 (Ref:3703908) | #2141 | |||
14th
1% Club
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 42,598
|
Two replies, only one is sarcastic.
Quote:
I suspect you have summarised it well there. |
|||
__________________
Seriously not taking motorsport too seriously. |
20 Jan 2017, 19:41 (Ref:3703909) | #2142 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
|
Okay doctor 😄
|
||
|
25 Jan 2017, 11:21 (Ref:3704963) | #2143 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 1,406
|
Drivers are allowed to bang wheels in 2017. Yay!
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/h...-for-2017.html Wonder how this will impact the current must leave one cars width, no moving under breaks, and all the other rules that make the racing boring. |
||
|
25 Jan 2017, 16:50 (Ref:3705043) | #2144 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 18,398
|
At last some common sense rules, I just they stick to it and not go back to old ways midway through the season
|
|
__________________
He who dares wins! He who hesitates is lost! |
25 Jan 2017, 17:04 (Ref:3705048) | #2145 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 9,746
|
i am unclear how this is different then before?
|
||
__________________
Home, is where I want to be but I guess I'm already there I come home, she lifted up her wings guess that this must be the place |
25 Jan 2017, 23:28 (Ref:3705105) | #2146 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 660
|
|||
__________________
"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true." -Robert Wilensky |
26 Jan 2017, 00:27 (Ref:3705113) | #2147 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,088
|
||
|
26 Jan 2017, 08:28 (Ref:3705165) | #2148 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5,093
|
Perhaps it's intended to shut the whiny drivers up who insist on reporting every single tiny little thing to their teams in a voice that then gets replayed all over the universe, resulting in everyone in race control being hounded for not taking action?
It's the rule equivalent of "shut up and race". |
|
__________________
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes. When they realise you have, you'll be a mile away and you'll have their shoes. |
30 Jan 2017, 23:43 (Ref:3707929) | #2149 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,088
|
Quote:
Could penalize them for "flopping" like they do in basketball, you whine without reason, you get a drive through! |
||
|
6 Feb 2017, 18:17 (Ref:3710534) | #2150 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,549
|
Max Mosley has been talking about the 2017 rules and thinks they have gone in the wrong direction. He might have gone for for more mechanical grip but not more aero downforce as this is making the cars faster. He says you normally need to slow the cars down and make them safer.
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mo...ection-871464/ I suspect he will be right about the 2017 cars. Also remember the person who wanted these changes will no longer be directly involved in the sport. |
|
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
[Rules] Are more rule changes necessary ? | Marbot | Formula One | 51 | 27 Sep 2009 17:19 |
F1 future rule changes | TheNewBob | Formula One | 57 | 20 Dec 2006 09:19 |
Sensible ideas for future technical regs anyone?/Rule changes - more to come [merged] | AMT | Formula One | 74 | 12 Nov 2002 16:09 |
Future Tourer Future | Crash Test | Australasian Touring Cars. | 13 | 17 Jul 2002 23:01 |