And the person who made F1 crap is named Bernie Ecclestone.
Exactly what I was gonna say.
And the only person that can make it not crap is Bernie Ecclestone. Either make changes to fix it or leave, please.
You know, it’s easy to say that he is the problem but just remember what he did for the sport. He developed the sport from a few lads racing mostly in the UK to an anual Sport-series which is going around the world, anualy watched by 500 Million people per race (!). I doubt the Formula one would even exist now if it wasn’t for Bernie. He truly is a mastermind. The Problems in my view are far more all the constructors in the strategy group. They all have different opinions on developement for the future, new rules and regulations and so on… that of course is perfectly fine, but in this group, they all have the power to deside on these things, but only if they all agreed on something and that’s never going to happen. You think Mercedes is intressted in changing anything, as long they are that good? Or Ferrari would desingn a new engine, shortly after they made the new V6 and use millions for the developement? I don’t think so. The best for the Formula One would be there would be one or two (Bernie and Jean Todt?) to decide what’s happening and what about rules and regulations and so on.Oh well, this concept might need a bit of work after all but all I trying to say is that it’s not fair, just to point at him and say “You’re the problem, when you’re gone, everything will become better”. Because it won’t
Indycar and the WEC. Two very different racing series with very different rules. Indycar is a spec series, all cars are equal in performance and it is down to the individual teams and drivers to emerge victorious on the battlefield loosely disguised as a racetrack. The WEC (World Endurance Championship) is on the other end of the spectrum entirely. Each team reads a rulebook, and comes up with a car that conforms to those rules, however, this rulebook is extremely broad and strongly encourages outside-the-box thinking. Winning a race is just as much in the hands of the gladiators who drive these machines to the breaking point as it is the team that builds them to push every known limit. While these two amazing racing series are on opposite ends of the range, Formula 1 is stuck somewhere in the middle. In the 1960’s F1 was an open series where only the most non-traditional drivers and thinkers could win. Since then, it has tried to stay an open series by allowing the teams to build their own cars but the rulebook is so strict, it may as well be a spec series. For a racing series to be great, it needs to fully commit itself to being either a spec or open series, only then will F1 stop relying on off-track drama to keep itself in the headlines. We’ll be back to hard, tough racing right up until the checkered flag flies splitting the difference between rival drivers and rival teams by mere inches. That is the world I want to live it.
In the comments on the blackfag site there is a video of Lauda suggesting they have cars with 1200hp big wings and wide tires. Why is this not a thing already!?!
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And the person who made F1 crap is named Bernie Ecclestone.
Exactly what I was gonna say.
And the only person that can make it not crap is Bernie Ecclestone. Either make changes to fix it or leave, please.
You know, it’s easy to say that he is the problem but just remember what he did for the sport. He developed the sport from a few lads racing mostly in the UK to an anual Sport-series which is going around the world, anualy watched by 500 Million people per race (!). I doubt the Formula one would even exist now if it wasn’t for Bernie. He truly is a mastermind. The Problems in my view are far more all the constructors in the strategy group. They all have different opinions on developement for the future, new rules and regulations and so on… that of course is perfectly fine, but in this group, they all have the power to deside on these things, but only if they all agreed on something and that’s never going to happen. You think Mercedes is intressted in changing anything, as long they are that good? Or Ferrari would desingn a new engine, shortly after they made the new V6 and use millions for the developement? I don’t think so. The best for the Formula One would be there would be one or two (Bernie and Jean Todt?) to decide what’s happening and what about rules and regulations and so on.Oh well, this concept might need a bit of work after all but all I trying to say is that it’s not fair, just to point at him and say “You’re the problem, when you’re gone, everything will become better”. Because it won’t
Indycar and the WEC. Two very different racing series with very different rules. Indycar is a spec series, all cars are equal in performance and it is down to the individual teams and drivers to emerge victorious on the battlefield loosely disguised as a racetrack. The WEC (World Endurance Championship) is on the other end of the spectrum entirely. Each team reads a rulebook, and comes up with a car that conforms to those rules, however, this rulebook is extremely broad and strongly encourages outside-the-box thinking. Winning a race is just as much in the hands of the gladiators who drive these machines to the breaking point as it is the team that builds them to push every known limit. While these two amazing racing series are on opposite ends of the range, Formula 1 is stuck somewhere in the middle. In the 1960’s F1 was an open series where only the most non-traditional drivers and thinkers could win. Since then, it has tried to stay an open series by allowing the teams to build their own cars but the rulebook is so strict, it may as well be a spec series. For a racing series to be great, it needs to fully commit itself to being either a spec or open series, only then will F1 stop relying on off-track drama to keep itself in the headlines. We’ll be back to hard, tough racing right up until the checkered flag flies splitting the difference between rival drivers and rival teams by mere inches. That is the world I want to live it.
In the comments on the blackfag site there is a video of Lauda suggesting they have cars with 1200hp big wings and wide tires. Why is this not a thing already!?!