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To say that advertising revenue is the dominant force driving the regulation of F1 innovation is simply untrue. When it comes to limiting the speed of the cars,
by mberning 14y ago
To say that advertising revenue is the dominant force driving the regulation of F1 innovation is simply untrue. When it comes to limiting the speed of the cars, driver and spectator safety is the primary concern. If you talk to the engineers and drivers they are in F1 for only one reason - to be faster than everybody else. The fact that regulations exist is a part of racing. Doesn't stop cars from going faster every year. F1 is the most technologically innovative sport in existence today.
- Someone 14y agoTht drivers and engineers are in it to be faster says nothing about the sport; they aren't the ones paying the bill. Looking at the bills, I notice that many new regulations are cost-cutting measures (limiting testing time, limiting the number of engines used in a season) that are, AFAICT, solely aimed at leveling the playing field, so that races become more attractive, giving more teams a chance to compete, rather than to take part. We also have (http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/sport/motorsport/motorsport-f1-ferrari-future-massa/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/sport/motorsport/motorspor...) Ferrari complaining ""If Formula 1 is not any more an extreme technology competition, where the technology can be transferred to the road car, maybe we can see Formula 1 without Ferrari,"