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You are spot-on! At the moment, F1 has little diversity and lots of restricting regulations. Formula-E is even worse, with everyone driving the same cars. NASCA

by f055 12y ago

You are spot-on! At the moment, F1 has little diversity and lots of restricting regulations. Formula-E is even worse, with everyone driving the same cars. NASCAR, or Indy, is not better either. All the revolution and innovation is in WEC (World Endurance Championship), it's the one with the Le Mans round. This year, 4 strong competitors arrive in the top class and this is the series to watch http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/toyota/contenders-ready-porsche-and-toyotas-2015-le-mans-racers-revealed/ http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-picture...

daphreak 12y ago
Everyone is driving the same car only for the first season. Second season they are opening up the motor and inverter for improvement and modification. In the third it sounds like the battery will be opened up as well. My guess is that they want to keep things as competitive as possible between the drivers. Slowly opening up the playing field for modifications will keep the races interesting but still foster innovation (at least for the first few years).
- gsnedders 12y ago
  The main aim with the limited number of allowed modifications is to keep the cost of entry low, such that the brand new championship actually gets entrants. It's hard to justify a large budget for an unheard of championship.
  - f055 12y ago
    I was really excited for FE, but at the moment is too like gokarts for me. But if your predictions come true, and they open up everything, I would really like FE to become as crazy as the innovative F1 years of 70s, 80s and early 90s - where just the speed and winning mattered, without the carbon and safety levels ruining the sport...
    - vl 12y ago
      >too like gokarts for me. But even Formula 1 is essentially pimped-up shifter gokart.
      - f055 12y ago
        Thanks to too restrictive regulations. I miss the times of four-front-wheelers, gas turbines and vacuum-undercarriage.
proveanegative 12y ago
>At the moment, F1 has little diversity and lots of restricting regulations. What would Formula 1 look like today with no restrictions beyond basic driver safety?
- makeitsuckless 12y ago
  It would consist of just two or three remaining teams being able to raise the funds to compete... Or in other words, it would no longer exists, because the public would lose interest in the lack of competition.
  - f055 12y ago
    The funding cap currently in place makes sense, but the extremely restrictive construction rules don't. Some public, including me, lost interest anyway a few seasons ago. I would love to see F1 with say $50M max season budget and no rules :)

by f055 12y ago

daphreak 12y ago

Everyone is driving the same car only for the first season. Second season they are opening up the motor and inverter for improvement and modification. In the third it sounds like the battery will be opened up as well. My guess is that they want to keep things as competitive as possible between the drivers. Slowly opening up the playing field for modifications will keep the races interesting but still foster innovation (at least for the first few years).

gsnedders 12y ago
The main aim with the limited number of allowed modifications is to keep the cost of entry low, such that the brand new championship actually gets entrants. It's hard to justify a large budget for an unheard of championship.
- f055 12y ago
  I was really excited for FE, but at the moment is too like gokarts for me. But if your predictions come true, and they open up everything, I would really like FE to become as crazy as the innovative F1 years of 70s, 80s and early 90s - where just the speed and winning mattered, without the carbon and safety levels ruining the sport...
  - vl 12y ago
    >too like gokarts for me. But even Formula 1 is essentially pimped-up shifter gokart.
    - f055 12y ago
      Thanks to too restrictive regulations. I miss the times of four-front-wheelers, gas turbines and vacuum-undercarriage.

proveanegative 12y ago

>At the moment, F1 has little diversity and lots of restricting regulations. What would Formula 1 look like today with no restrictions beyond basic driver safety?

makeitsuckless 12y ago
It would consist of just two or three remaining teams being able to raise the funds to compete... Or in other words, it would no longer exists, because the public would lose interest in the lack of competition.
- f055 12y ago
  The funding cap currently in place makes sense, but the extremely restrictive construction rules don't. Some public, including me, lost interest anyway a few seasons ago. I would love to see F1 with say $50M max season budget and no rules :)