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Re: ideas to make f1 better?
Posted by 'Chris34' on 17 Mar 2015 @ 12:36

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'Doesn't 'stability' mean that every team is searching for a smaller and smaller amount of improvement and those minute amounts cost more and more....'

No it doesn't mean higher costs, how can the cost be higher to do the same job? A new engine design is higher costs, significantly higher, but an adaption to the existing design is far less in costs. When you do the same job day in day out you get faster at doing the job and more efficient, therefore costs start to reduce as you have more man hours available to focus on those little extras without having to recruit more people.

It also means that it's more and more important to have the best drivers in the cars. If the cars become more evenly matched then a talent like Alonso can be the difference between winning the race and finishing in 10th. If there is only half a second difference between the cars then we will start to see the focus back on the drivers abilities, not the drivers cheque book.

Think of it this way, if there was a difference of 0.5 seconds between the best car on the grid and the worst car on the grid, then in theory you could put somebody like Alonso in the worst car and he could make that worst car look like it's one of the best cars on the grid.

And because it's cheaper to compete, you get more teams wanting to have a go at it.

Watching Hamilton pressing all those buttons on his qualifying lap was impressive, but also ridiculous. It reminds me of my little brother playing on his Xbox. There is definately a skill to it, but it's not the skills I like to see in a driver. Set up the car, yes, but setting the car up for each corner, nah not for me.

Chris.

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ideas to make f1 better? by 'MattCortes' (16 Mar 2015 @ 21:57)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'gk43' (16 Mar 2015 @ 23:06)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'itpro' (17 Mar 2015 @ 0:14)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'Chris34' (17 Mar 2015 @ 0:33)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'itpro' (17 Mar 2015 @ 1:30)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'BrianP' (17 Mar 2015 @ 10:26)

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Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'richpudd2003' (17 Mar 2015 @ 10:44)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'LoneRanger' (17 Mar 2015 @ 11:24)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'PaulMRotax' (17 Mar 2015 @ 12:02)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'PaulMRotax' (17 Mar 2015 @ 11:33)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'MattCortes' (18 Mar 2015 @ 8:01)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'SimonS' (17 Mar 2015 @ 19:18)

Re: ideas to make f1 better? by 'pegassuss22' (19 Mar 2015 @ 14:26)

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