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I really wished there was a version of F1 with less mechanical and technical regulation to see what human ingenuity could achieve.
by wintorez 6y ago
I really wished there was a version of F1 with less mechanical and technical regulation to see what human ingenuity could achieve.
- barrkel 6y agoThe regulations exist both to put a cap on what the teams need to spend on R&D (if it's too much then smaller manufacturers and teams pull out and there's only two or three cars on the grid), and to make it safer for the drivers.
- vl 6y agoThe irony of course is that current very severe R&D limits on testing to reduce spending are significantly reducing competitiveness: if some team already has inferior car, they can’t improve it because they can’t test improvements!
- Aaargh20318 6y agoThe solution seems simple to me: take the drivers out of the car. Let them operate the cars remotely, then they can get rid of all the safety regulations. It both removes the risk for the driver and makes the sport more exciting to see at the same time.
- getlawgdon 6y agoyuck.
- mft_ 6y agoIt bites both ways. If you restrict things heavily, the teams have to go after increasingly-expensive diminishing returns - meaning the biggest budgets usually win out. At least if you have greater technical freedom, there’s the chance for someone from a less-funded team to concoct the next double-diffuser, as there’s probably less of a link between budget and sparks of innovation.
- in3d 6y agoYou might end up with something like Red Bull X2010. But you'd also reach the limits of human ability to withstand G-forces without passing out, especially in high speed turns and under braking.
- wintorez 6y agoMaybe if we remove drivers altogether, things start to get interesting. What I want is a race were all the cars don’t look identical.
- ip26 6y agoCertainly some of that is down to regulation, but simple physics bears a lot of the responsibility. The competitive field will tend to converge on the most aerodynamic shape given the constraints of the day.
- ip26 6y agoF1 made 1,500 horsepower thirty five years ago. If such an unrestricted series existed today, we'd probably be looking at 3,000+ horsepower, 300-400mph speeds, and either a) autopilot features (for faster-than-human reactions) or b) absolutely ridiculous levels of fatalities.
- wintorez 6y agoIf it was up to me, I would create a race where the only limits were: 1) Combustion or electric engines only, no jets or rocket boosters 2) Should fit within a box of certain height-width-depth 3) No human drivers, only remote or AI 4) No type of weapons, or ramming, etc. Only pure speed. I think that would have been an interesting race to watch.
- wbl 6y agoToo dangerous. You got to spend the weight on roll cages to protect the driver and need rules to ensure that that happens.
- SteveNuts 6y agoSee rule 3
- TylerE 6y agoThe closest thing to that is probably hill climbing. Some of the unlimited cars at pikes peak are beyond insane... wings the size of a barn door
- WalterBright 6y agoJust have it fly to the finish line.
- mft_ 6y agoHuman drivers provide a lot of human interest for the humans watching...