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If luck or even skill turns unto him, Rosebrg, then Ricciardo, Bottas, Verstappen and why not? Massa.
Haha nice! Without offense but it is quite stupid to believe that, in fact I would believe it if Germany would have made any action after the Malaysian win.
I like conspiracy theories, but I believe more that the F1 crysis is being planned than believing that. No offense.1 – Reduce costs and introduce things that are not that expensive to sustain F1. An example is bringing back those V10 engines.
2 – Getting rid of Bernie (as said above) and put people that are responsable and make up good decisions for the love of the sport. And that they work well on money.
3 – Introduce V10 engines
4 – Vanish suscriptions and lower ticket prices
5 – Open F1 to the social media.
6 – Attract important slonsors that could also promote the sport hugely.
7 – Ditch DRS, and make tyres more durable (No medium compound, just SSoft, Soft and Hard)
8- Allow teams to do creative designs within some specific results- like in the early days.
9- Just make it closer to the fans.@andybantam I had the exact same feeling when I began watching the sport. I was a Schumi fan only, and liked the V10 and cars of then. But i missed them so much, so so much.
When talking about the engine, I said that like the sound. When the car is accelerating it sounds powerful, amd now that they sound is improved in Australia I liked it even more. But I repeat, the V8 amd V10 are miles better.
Woth drivers I think that you’re write. Some of them looked like a bunch of desinterested people when it comes to interviewing, when in the 70s we had James Hunt with his epic comments. The most close to him is Raikkonen, but he has been warned about his comments so many times that he is annoyed of interviewing so much. Drivers must be like Hunt and Raikkonen, in my opinion.
Also I forgot to talk anout tracks…. damn. First in my mind was Sochi. Awful track and that terrible turn 1, or turn 2. What the hell were thwy thinking about when making that corner??? They annihilated all chances of overtaking in that circuit. Abu Dhabi is a great circuit, but not F1. I like India, playing it on games is very fun, but again, not for F1. As well as Korea, same feeling. Is it so hard to make a decent track like Austin or China? Because the majority of the tracks are ruined just beacuse of nasry desings insteead of clean corners for overtaking. Challenging but essencial for racing.
And also a new opinion about something.I don’t understand why in some races overtaking with DRS is neccesary. Look at Canada 2014, for me one of the most overrated races ever. Yes it was tense and epic with 5 drivers for the win, but the only non-DRS pass was Ricciardo on Perez, which was essential for his first win. All the other ones had DRS. All of them. So I was really annoyed when that race was voted better than Bahrain and Hungary, that they had exceptionally racing. The same runs Abu dhabi, Sochi and now Brazil. It is painful to just watch a driver past with only a button deploying extra speed. Utterly awful.
Also the cost for racing. Oh my god. Here in Mexico it is more cheap going to Bahrain for the GP than going here the new Mexican GP! Even Austin is cheaper. A lot cheaper. Even Monaco is cheaper! I’ll just say that because I’ll faint with all the ticket prices.
And yes, F1 is unnecesary expensive. Is better dealing with more accesibility than with more money. I really hope someone or something changes Bernie’s mind beacuse it’s devastating my passion.
@andybantam
F1 is obviously in a crisis right now. I’ve been watching F1 since I was 4, in 2004, and now that I’m 15, I can now understand how lost F1 has gone right now.
First of all, the Australian GP. Yes, it was painfully boring,and although I didn’t watached the race live due to reasons I’ll mention later I was biased by those 15 cars starting. Unbelievable. I know that in doesn’t compare to the Indygate in 2005, but with all the things sorrounding the event, I considered it a controversial race along with Japan 2014 and Silverstone 2013.Then the new engines. Here I kinda agree, because I have a mixed feeling about them. They are very fast, as we saw in Monza and Canada last year but they are constantly on fire or just with issues. The sound is not the perfect one but they are pretty good. But if you ask me if I prefer this or the V8, I prefer the V8. Even a V10 for sure. These engines need to be at the height of the V10 and V8 to be spectacular for me and for the people, and sadly they aren’t. They can be upgraded, yes, but it needs time. F1 needs time right now, although is running out too.
Then the regulations. Here I’m a bit confused as a 15 year old, because when you mentioned “The 2009 regulations created lots of great overtakes” I thought that maybe yes, and maybe no.
If you remember 2010 was a processional year in terms of racing. This was because of Bridgestone. Back then overtakes were worth watching.
2012 for me was the perfect year of F1. Pirelli got it right nearly at every race, and the racing there was mental (ditching DRS). Incredible. I miss it so much.
2013 is forgotten to me, and 2014 was kind like a 2012 but with this new engines. My point is: Which are the best regulations for F1 so it can be perfect? Fast degradating tyres? Better aero? Or driving skill? Why F1 can be like it was in the 70’s? Every race was spectacular and it was like watching a Bahrain 2014 race like 10 times in a season.Then the coverage. Yes, it sucks. Here in Latin America F1 is not live anymore. Suscriptions arrived. I couldn’t follow F1 as I was doing all this years and it was bad. Very bad. I don’t know which route F1 is taking, but Ecclestone looks like a Mexican politic with all his hunger on money nowadays. He is the reason F1 is on crisis right now. But does he care? No! He just wants money! The phrase “The main origin of all disasters and bad things is the love to money” fits in here.
Since the accident of Bianchi F1 has just slipped down, and it keeps going down. We lost Caterham, nearly Manor, the German GP, then the news on nearly every round-up where a driver of someone who works on F1 critizes the sport, Ecclestone whining about everything, the Sauber issue, money for the teams in order to stay in F1, boycotting races, changing regulations so Mercedes can fall, what the hell?
This is not the F1 I watched on 2012. Or even 2013.
Something needs to be donde. Like I said, F1 needs time to recover from that fall it suffered, but it’s time is running out too.That is a question I’ve been asking myself during the winter.
I think that given the changes that the cars had last year and that this year are slightly different, I guess that DRS will be almost the same, if not a bit more powerful.
I don’t know much about aerodynamics, but with the changes I think that they got the correct balance on 2014.
I don’t know you @craig-o, but last year, the only races where I was annoyed of DRS was Germany, China, a bit on Spa and Monza. I was going to mention Canada but given how the overtaking was so difficult on that race it was OK for me.
There were a lot less races with DRS overkills than in 2013, so I think that is alright for me.For all those guys who are waiting to see how the F1 2015 game will look like, check this out:
http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/f1-2015-the-game-details-and-images-leaked.101043/
They are only five pictures, but all have something that are worth talking about.
@f1fanf1fan Fair enough to be honest. Watching the drivers sliding around everywhere in Suzuka was kinda exciting, but I imagine that they must have been annoyed with that aspect.
