Hmmm. Sounds like 1965. I've played Grand Prix Legends (a videogame
with golden age F1 cars). You wind up in the wall about every other lap.
Cost cutting is very easy. Control the one thing that actually affects
cost--the availability of money. I'd love to see F1 done on a budget.
Say 50 million per car. You'd have some very creative fiddling, but
that's just an accounting problem. A couple of tame economists and a
handful off former IRS agents and you'd be able to frame and manage
the rules.
The current approaches are like trying to control the amount of
clothing your wife buys by limiting her underwear. Besides being
dangerous to your health to even attempt such a thing, the truth is
that clothing expands to fit all available closet space, just as TR3
parts do. If F1 doesn't control the upper limits of expenditure, then
expense will grow to use all available funds--and even in these
nervous times, there's a lot of money available to top level F1 teams.
Can a team with a $50 million budget compete with one that has
$500mm. Obviously not.
McLaren and Ferrari would go nuts, but it would result in real racing
throughout the grid--not just at the pointy end.
Pointless to speculate about such a thing I guess, that bell isn't
likely to get unrung.
On Oct 20, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Terry Stetler wrote:
> My idea for cost cutting is quite simple.
>
> Instead of a maximum rev limit, institute a minimum stroke limit.
>
> Say, 4 inches.
>
> Change the spec tire to a Dunlop L series.
>
> Ban wings.
>
> Give a weight break to front engine cars.
>
> Then we will find out who the real drivers are, and not just the
> guys who have
> the nerve to test the absurdly high limits of today's F1 cars.
>
> Terry Stetler
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