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1000+ hp, 12 cylinders, H-shifter, fat slicks, steel brake discs, no DRS, no driving aids, high kerbs, gravel runoffs, long straights and daunting turns.
xpensive wrote:I wish the womanizing and hard-partying drivers of the 70s would come back, like James Hunt and John Watson, oh mama!
Harking back to the old days isn't outrageous. An openly gay driver would be properly outrageous for the misogynist world of F1. Ideally a chain smoking swearing leather boy/girl would cause the most upset.
Failing that, how about the Bernie corruption case leading to FOM being wound up and put into public stewardship under the control of a technocrat with an allegiance to the Green Party?
xpensive wrote:As the alternative ERS-thread seems to have lost it's initial crispness, I'm bold enough to try another pet-idea;
I wish the womanizing and hard-partying drivers of the 70s would come back, like James Hunt and John Watson, oh mama!
I'm not a fan of the current personalities but I also hate that kind of personality too. I don't see the appeal of these douchebag types. I would have constantly referred to James Hunt as James Cunt if I was around back then.
-Get rid of DRS
-Get rid of Kers
- Allow refuling
- Have at least two tyre manufactures who can make whatever tires they want, no artificial tyre rules
- Make the tyres bigger ( something like in the early 90es)
- Introduction of simple ground effects (Venturi Tunnels)
- Small Front Wing (early 80es style)
- Lower and wider rear wing, but very simple in Design.
-Power vs areodynamic downforce ratio has to lean more towards power again.
- Liberal engine rules which allow ca up to 900hp
- allow development of engines, no homologation.
- wider cars (220cm)
- no electronic driver aids at all
- less possibilities to change car settings while driving
- Spec gear box and spec electronic systems
- Have titanium plates at the bottom of the car again, we wanna see those sparks [-o< [-o<
Racing:
- Go back to the traditional 60 minutes Qualifying but with no lap regulations.
- 2x 2 hours of free practice on Friday
- 2 hours of free practice on Sataurday
- 30 minutes of warm up on Sunday
- No Park Ferme rules after qualifying
- Teams can use as many engines a season as they want to
- Adjust race distances (Every race should at least last 90 minutes)
Tracks:
Run off areas have to be run off areas again. So gravel or grass.
Organisation:
In order to reduce costs,
- drastically reduce number of teammembers
- drastically reduce use of wind tunnels
- ban simulators
- salary cap
Testing:
- During the season there are testsessions after race weekends from Monday to Wednesday ( ca 5 times a year)
-Attract more teams again, there should be at least 13 teams on the grid.
-Give out more money to smaller teams
And my dream calendar: 18 races
1.Grand Prix of Australia: Melbourne
2. Pacific Grand Parix: Aida
3. Grand Prix of San Marino: Imola (real Tamburello again, no problem in today's cars)
4. Spanish Grand Prix: Barcelona
5. Grand Prix of Monte Carlo: Monaco
6. Austrian Grand Prix: Spielberg
7. Grand Prix of Luxenburg: Nürburgring. (In my very personal view i don't see why Formula One can't do Nordschleife, but ok i know that will never happen, so Grand Prix track)
8. British Grand Prix: Silverstone
9. Canadian Grand Prix: Montreal
10. Grand Prix of the United States: Elhardt Lake, Road America
11. Grand Prix of California: Long Beach
12. German Grand Prix: Hockenheim (old layout!!! Get it done!!)
13. European Grand Prix: Jerez
14. Grand Prix of Belgium: Spa
15: Italian Grand Prix: Monza
16. Grand Prix of Brazil: Sao Paulp
17: Grand Prix of Japan: Suzuka
18: Oceanian Grand Prix: Adelaide
10x times Europe, 3X times North America, 2 times Japan, 2X times Australia, 1X South America
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xpensive wrote:As the alternative ERS-thread seems to have lost it's initial crispness, I'm bold enough to try another pet-idea;
I wish the womanizing and hard-partying drivers of the 70s would come back, like James Hunt and John Watson, oh mama!
I'm not a fan of the current personalities but I also hate that kind of personality too. I don't see the appeal of these douchebag types. I would have constantly referred to James Hunt as James Cunt if I was around back then.
Douchebag...naaah...?
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