So says Adam Cooper. This is positive. I think I suggested in my Artificiality thread that Canada should be the point from which they run two zones, increasing to three by the end of the season and, ultimately (maybe next season), moving to unrestricted use (but perhaps limited to ten button pushes per race or whatever). I'd like to see them move to a potentiometer-controlled system instead of an on/off switch. Let them learn how to gradually apply it as they exit the corner.
Merged by BLS. Job Done. EDIT : And again I lose by a whisker breaking some news..... What is going on today???
Yeah hopefully Red Bull wont be as quick as you lot tommorow. Anyway going ontopic... I think that it it will be absolutely manic with 2 drs zones with close cars fighting with positions.
Get back to Mod work BLS not 107% And No KERS is not working SA... Maybe a leak with a bit of Red Bull spilling in the system...
Two zones is better than one by far. The more they allow it, the better the spectacle for the vast majority of F1's audience. And I concur with Genji's logic that the sooner this presently gimmicky idea is de-regulated, the better it will be and the less gimmicky it will become. Of course, for the purists 'other side of the coin', the concern is that overtaking is being progressively cheapened - just as with any commodity when a market becomes flooded. But the answer is staring us in the face: if the benefit of DRS becomes too great (thereby producing too much overtaking), simply reducing the size of the DRS slot will reduce its benefit. Of course, the difficulty in adjusting the regulatory factors concerned with DRS is that there is a risk of messing things up too much by being too radical, too quickly. But this need not be at odds with my first sentence if they put the necessary thought into it and make effective use of simulation technologies.
Well regarding the rules and DRS......................**** em, simple enough. I want overtakes that are actually worth something.
Load of ol bolloxs. The more artificial it becomes, the less drivers' skills come into play. Yes, we enjoy the overtakes but it's getting silly now, it's as though the FIA are trying to think up ways of keeping the (casual) audience interested ?
Yes Browser, of course it is. The FIA are in league with Formula One Management in this regard, and their first priority is to make sure they can sell their product to the widest possible audience. If F1 doesn't reach out to the uninitiated, the sponsors will quickly lose interest because they depend not only upon repeat business but also new business. And if the sponsors lose interest, F1 fades out, soon to be usurped by a more popular replacement. To remain at the pinnacle of motorsport requires F1 to be the most popular on a global scale. So far, it always has been, and still is. But the world moves on and if F1 stands still, it will be rapidly blown away and cast aside. It is perhaps unfortunate to the hardened 'purists', who will watch regardless of the quantity and quality of the action, that they may perceive a cheapening of the 'show'.
As are FOTA, who of course understand sponsors' demands as well as anyone. It's worth remembering that it's only because F1 reaches out to the 'casual' fans that it is treated as respectfully by TV broadcasters as it is, which means we get such extensive coverage. If it reverted to a purists' minority sport we'd be lucky to find an entire season of just the races being broadcast late at night or on a subscription channel. With due respect to 5Live coverage, we could be watching it on the radio.
