With the news that the top 10 will have to start on the same tyres they used in Qualifying, I reckon that the FIA should stop messing with the rules. To succeed as a sport, F1 needs stability... I have spent the last few nights wondering what I would do to the rules to improve F1, and obviously I'd want the rules to stay exactly the same for at least five seasons.
Here's what I think they should do:
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Budgets - cap them at 110 million Euros, or somewhere around that number. This will prevent the big teams from spending ludicrous amounts of money, but is not quite as draconian as the 40-million-Euro cap suggested last year.
Cars - Stipulate maximum dimensions for height, length and width. The cars' dimensions can be anywhere within these guidelines, but must not exceed them. Aerodynamic devices that are known to hinder overtaking, such as Double Diffusers, are banned. The driver's position must be so that his feet are behind the front axle. All safety features that exist in the cars today are to be carried over. Everything else - the wings, the body shape, the suspension, everything - is open for experimentation. Innovation is encouraged.
Rules - Former drivers are to act as official stewards, and the flag rules are to stay the same. Allow the teams to choose whatever tyre supplier they want, whatever compound they want to use, and however many compounds they want to use. In-race refuelling is banned. Go back to a simple points system that covers roughly the first half of the field. The rules are to remain stable, and will only be changed if there is a significant reason to.
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...And that's it for me. What would you guys change? :smile:
Here's what I think they should do:
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Budgets - cap them at 110 million Euros, or somewhere around that number. This will prevent the big teams from spending ludicrous amounts of money, but is not quite as draconian as the 40-million-Euro cap suggested last year.
Cars - Stipulate maximum dimensions for height, length and width. The cars' dimensions can be anywhere within these guidelines, but must not exceed them. Aerodynamic devices that are known to hinder overtaking, such as Double Diffusers, are banned. The driver's position must be so that his feet are behind the front axle. All safety features that exist in the cars today are to be carried over. Everything else - the wings, the body shape, the suspension, everything - is open for experimentation. Innovation is encouraged.
Rules - Former drivers are to act as official stewards, and the flag rules are to stay the same. Allow the teams to choose whatever tyre supplier they want, whatever compound they want to use, and however many compounds they want to use. In-race refuelling is banned. Go back to a simple points system that covers roughly the first half of the field. The rules are to remain stable, and will only be changed if there is a significant reason to.
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...And that's it for me. What would you guys change? :smile: