New Rules

[Apex]

So they fia has tried and tried to slow the cars down but have not really got it right. Why? I feel it is because the root cause has been missed, every time.

The way in which the fuel price is heading, it would benefit the motor industry greatly if economy is increased. While teams try to convince themselves that F1 technology is introduced into roadcars we all know its not the case. What if the F1 development could be used for roadcars, would the technology not be worth much more?

If the amount of fuel was limited during a race the teams would be forced to reduce HP, therefore downforce and drag. Extracting the maximum amount of energy out of the engine would be a major design objective.

This would slow the cars down, which aids the safety. Effort would be spent reducing drag and increasing efficiency. This would surley be more beneficial to the motor manufactures.

[uzael]

then some people will complain that it's a 'mileage race'.....


Honestly though, the more I watch motogp, the more I think that they are on to something there with their format.

No refuelling, no tire changes. Just hard racing all the time.

[Reca]

I always liked the idea of a limit to the maximum fuel usable during the race, the problem with it is that it was already tried and, as uzael said, many people hate it because they remember these races as economy runs with drivers slowing down in the last laps just to reach the end.
A better idea that would eliminate this problem would be the old suggestion to establish a maximum fuel rate. Alternatively with similar results, there’s the air restrictor at the intake, simple and widely and successfully used in many series, you can set a maximum of the air mass flow that consequently will allow little variation in the fuel rate since the fuel/air ratio changes in a relatively strict range.
It would be technically very simple and would still allow research to improve performances although focused in different areas but again the problem would be the people’s perception, many think that an air restrictor isn’t in the spirit of F1. Honestly I would prefer by far an air restrictor and more freedom in the design, than the limitations FIA imposed on the V8.

No refuelling, no tire changes. Just hard racing all the time.

the good old days of no refuelling... the funny thing is that they added it to bring excitement... Another proof that FIA doesn’t usually understand the consequences of the rules they impose. And that’s because F1 isn’t a spec series where teams have to passively accept the rules, in F1 teams adapt the cars to the limitations to exploit all the advantages and minimize the disadvantages.
Sometimes FIA looks like the old man building Jurassic Park and teams act like the dinosaurs... paraphrasing Jeff Goldblum’s character : “teams always find a way”...