Driver+Seat minimum weight is the easy option. 80KG or something should include all drivers and won't punish you for being what is essentially 'average' build.
Rules shouldn't be changed based on how they'd affect the running order. And then scrap the minimum weight for the rest of the car.
I don't enjoy F1 when there are huge performance gaps between the teams. I much prefer it when the racing is close and there's no telling who might come out on top, but the reality of F1 is that we rarely get to see this. There is usually one team that does a better job than the others or finds a new development that gives them the edge over the competition. Ferrari and Red Bull have had some of the most dominant periods in recent F1 history, and now that they appear to be struggling they suddenly have the best interests of the sport at heart and calling for rule change.The irony in this is just astonishing. I'm close to 30 years of F1 viewing... and I really may not make it past 30 if we're heading down the path that we seem to be taking. These teams are playing in to the hands of Bernie, who's allegedly looking to get control of F1 back. Having the sport devalued sure would bring down the price in such a manoeuvre. Honestly... it's a joke!
Another couple of teams? Plus the Haas team that would be 28 cars unless he knows somebody is pulling out
Wheres Anonymous when you need them? Just need someone to publish what we all know is happening and hopefully ruin those who have played the 'sport' for years.
She a regular on sky or something? Saw her on their yesterday and it confirmed that i wasn't going to watch the build up.
Autosport said there are likely to be 2 (Haas and Kolles). Which would bring us up to the 13 teams they tried to have for 2010. Anyway I wouldn't expect to see Caterham next season and Lotus are doubtful.
Adam Cooper ‏@adamcooperF1 1m Interesting to see that both McLarens have replaced a significant number of brake system components under parc ferme conditions Adam Cooper ‏@adamcooperF1 46s A lot of new parts for Vettel related to a wastegate issue he had yesterday
Todt: The F1 turbo rules were agreed five years ago, Mercedes have simply done a better job 6 April, 2014 Jean Todt with Matteo Bonciani, Helmut Marko and Christian Horner in Bahrain FIA president Jean Todt has lashed out at teams who are criticising Formula 1 and even lobbying for change in the early phase of the all new era of F1. Ahead of his much-vaunted meeting on Sunday with Bernie Ecclestone and Luca di Montezemolo, the FIA president hit back at criticisms of the sport in the wake of revolutionary rule changes. “Making a judgement after two races is like George Lucas or Brad Pitt speaking ill of their next film – [as if to say] don’t come to the movie!” Todt told Auto Motor und Sport in Bahrain. The Frenchman admitted that he suspects that the criticisms are being made because those complaining loudest are struggling to keep up with dominant Mercedes. “Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari knew for five years what engines they would need to use this year,” said Todt. “Mercedes has simply done a better job. Such is motor sport.” Two wins out of two for Mercedes Todt said the only potentially valid criticism is about the quieter noise made by the turbo V6s. “I can understand if people think the sound is too quiet,” said Todt. “So we will look at ways we can make them a little louder.” As for suggestions Formula 1 should axe the fuel flow rule, he explained: “I could live without it, but the engineers tell me that then we would need ten engines per year instead of five.” Todt was particularly critical of his former Ferrari boss, president Montezemolo, who has slammed the new fuel limits as having turned Formula 1 into an “economy run”. “Luca should first talk with his engineers and then he would be better informed,” he said. ”There has always been fuel saving, even with the V8 engines of last year. How many times did we hear on the radio: you have to save fuel?” Jean Todt witl Luca di Montezemolo and Michael Schumacher Another rule change proposed by the naysayers is a relaxing of the engine ‘freeze’, but Todt said: “Everyone would have to agree, but why should the Mercedes teams do that?” Indeed, Mercedes’ Toto Wolff rejected the theory the rules need to be urgently changed because Formula 1 is now too slow. “We are eight tenths off pole from last year…so what are we talking about?” said the Austrian. ”We are in a brilliant technical revolution and we are talking the sport down. Is it because we have an agenda?” He ruled out rule mid-season changes, saying that tweaks are only possible for 2015, “but I don’t see that happening,” he told reporters. “Apparently some [teams] are saying “we haven’t managed to make the car efficient and fast with 100 kilograms (of fuel), so let’s add 10 kilograms — sorry, we didn’t do our job in the way we should have done”. Niki Lauda with Toto Wolff “I find this whole discussion absurd,” said Wolff. His Mercedes colleague, Niki Lauda, also ruled out agreeing to rule changes within 2014. “Otherwise, why didn’t everything change last year, when Red Bull was always winning?” he is quoted by Italy’s Autosprint. Lauda was particularly critical of the reigning world champions’ griping, ”(Last year) I was happy for him. But now I say to him ‘Helmut (Marko), you can’t always win! The new rules were decided five years ago. They are fact and we have to live with it.” “Red Bull at the moment is not behaving in accordance with its supposedly fun and energetic image,” Lauda charged with a frankness to match rival and equally outspoken countryman Helmut Marko. (GMM) Subbed by AJN. Related News Read more http://grandprix247.com/2014/04/06/...rs-ago-mercedes-has-simply-done-a-better-job/
F1 Fanatic ‏@f1fanatic_co_uk 31s Ferrari have replaced the turbocharger and MGU-H on Raikkonen's car (no penalty).
