Monaco should simply be a 10 lap 'sprint' on golf caddies or bumper cars no rules just wheel to wheel racing
Seem to be addressing the issue of following the car in front. Will be interesting to see if it's a half measure or a proper solution What's are peoples opinions on AWD? I've heard a few drivers say that the current formula is very limited with the current RWD only.
Washout makes sense, will allow drives following close to retain downforce. as will the change in brake duct rules, both of which should be pretty simple to introduce over the next few races. AWD could be interesting but it would rob us of things like Grojean under rotating the rear axle into the wall, you cant do that!
Short of having self-contained electric motors in the front wheels (have fun, pit crew!), I can't see how they'd be able to make an F1 car AWD... At least while not making them (even more) hideous. Plus, sideways action is half the action we get nowadays, having everyone glued to the track will make for much boredom.
A front wing with a larger span? They already have enough problems with them slicing each others tyres up, making them wider (I'm assuming that's what they mean by span, rather than depth as per the rear wing change description) will amplify that problem surely?
Surely they'd be in the hub or inside a [englarged] nose... ...though tbh if they went down that road they may as well just go '**** it' and just drive LMP1 cars...
EDIT: Forgot about this... https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1031327883690860 Still can't quite fathom how he got that car back to the pits and then manage 7th with the car in the state it was allegedly in
Interesting napkin analysis of Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull performance link Similar to what most already have worked out but interesting context as to where each team is seeing their gains over each other
http://www.planetf1.com/news/alonso-victorious-on-wec-debut/ Shockingly the combination of Alonso, Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima (remember him?) turns out ot be pretty rapid. Toyota had better win Le Mans this year, their luck in top tier sports cars is infamous, putting Alonso in one feels like tempting fate to me.
Yea saw an article pretty much stating that. Cars where free to race up until the last pit stop then hold position after. Alonso was also nursing a gearbox temp problem meaning he was short shifting. The car was well suited to Spa given the comeback from last and a lap down to second, it will be interesting to see if 18 more hours and track layout of Le Mans changes anything.
Interesting article about Alonso's Baku recovery drive I've said it for a few years now, Fernando is without doubt the benchmark for consistency - Hamilton and Vettel are faster on their good days, no doubt, but nobody gets the absolute maximum performance out of a car (damaged or not) every single lap, without fail, like ole 'Nando does. Yeah, he whinges on the radio a lot while doing it, but that's because you just know if he is complaining, it's because the CAR can't go as fast he can... unlike a lot of driver/car pairings on the grid. I think he actually uses the force sometimes - like when his DRS got stuck open at Bahrain and, instead of immediately sliding off the track at the first cornering opportunity, successfully defended his position... TWICE. I would love to see what the result would have been if he was still at Ferrari last year, I reckon he'd have that 3rd championship now.
Best bit from this story " All in all, Boullier, said the damage cost "20 points of downforce, more or less - so half a second a lap". Despite this, after changing tyres and front wing, Alonso returned to the race and lapped faster than team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne on all but a handful of laps." Solution, clone Alonso an bin Stoffel Vanbeige
