Legendary and speculative what ifs?

[xpensive]

Nothing like a six-pack of three-bucks-a-can Norwegian brew to set of the imgination here.

I can begin with Ronnie Peterson signing to drive the McLaren M28 for 1979, the worst dog of the century, just before his tragic death at Monza 1978, why the honor to drive the contraption went to the luck-less John Watson.

But just two years later, John Barnard created the MP4-1 for the team, which by then was run by Ron Dennis.

[strad]

How about, What if Bernie hadn't gotten his hands on F1 and screwed it all up?

[Jersey Tom]

Strad just won the thread with the most legendary and speculative what if.

[Richard]

What if Moseley hadn't got hold of the FIA to ensure they let Bernie screw it all up?

[bhall]

What if Senna survived?

[Shrieker]

Probably more drivers would've lost their lives before making half the changes that took place after Senna's passing. And then some more...

[raymondu999]

Just for the sake of the thread - can we all agree to limit what-ifs away from "what if X didn't crash at Race Y?" That brings up too much debate.

For me... what if F1 was a spec series?
What if the Valencia circuit was never even created?

[Websta]

What if fan-cars weren't banned?

[bhall]

For me... what if F1 was a spec series?

You mean it's not?

By the middle of next season, if not sooner, I think it will be a de facto spec series by anyone's measurement.

[Red Schneider]

How long can a thread last with only questions and no answers?

[bhall]

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

[Red Schneider]

I knew this was a piss tank. I'm leaving you drunks alone.

[MIKEY_!]

what if all technical rules were relaxed...

[Cam]

If bhallg2k, raymondo999 and myurr all agreed for 3 consecutive posts - would that be equivalent to successfully dividing zero?

[raymondu999]

Lol. That was ONE issue mate. ONE.