CBeck113 wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 13:53
DiogoBrand wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 01:09
CBeck113 wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 22:27
...but it's so much better to hear "no, you can't push because you need to save fuel" or "I can't follow any closer because I lose grip and ruin my tires". Pinnacle of motorsports ...
First of all, I didn't say that. Secondly, are you saying that the solution to the boredom of drivers saving fuel and tyres is to make them care for the brakes as well? Seems counterproductive.
And last: With the current tyres there's a lot less tyre saving, and fuel saving is also gonna be solved soon enough with the increased fuel load.
So forgive me for failing to understand what you're arguing for.
I did not say or even imply that you said anything, except that F1 is the pinnacle of motor sport (see bolt text above), which I demented by using common phrases from drivers, teams and fans. Those statements disqualify it from being the best, because it is solely an engineering challenge, while the racing must succumb to planning for the rest of the season (power unit & electronics). What I will say now is that the cars are too easy to drive, since they are much less physically demanding and are only driven at their limit for a handful of laps.
What I am arguing for is that the ignorance of simply casting ideas aside without putting much thought into them (braking distance and weight comparison without data, but how good could modern steel brakes actually be?), while ignoring the fact that carbon fiber brakes eliminated braking as a differentiating factor in the sport. A technology change usually brings positive competitive effects, which is why I am very much for larger,"unthinkable" changes, year over year. Couple in a change to the rim size and you have a completely new suspension design & set up, which can benefit the smaller teams.
That "F1 is not the pinnacle of motorsport" argument is old, and relative. F1 is by far the fastest, most expensive, most advanced and prestigious motorsport. The fact that you don't consider it to be the best (which is completely understandable) doesn't change this. Fuel and tyre saving happens in every motorsport, it would be stupid to expect qualifying laps every lap if that's not the fastest way to finish a race, and it possibly never will be.
A technology change usually lets the richer teams invest a whole lot of money into research, and makes the sport go even more in the way of whoever has more to spend. I don't know if you've noticed, but since they changed a certain technology for 2014 the sport hasn't been competitive at all. So if I've casted any idea aside is because I
have put the thought into it, and got to the conclusion that simply changing things for no good reason and simply expecting that to somehow make the smaller teams more competitive and mix up the pecking order is not how you manage a business as big as Formula 1.
