exactly =D>richard_leeds wrote:I agree that we need to see the cars on the limit of traction more often. Then we'd see drivers having to lift off on fast corners, that brings doubt to their mind, that sorts the men from the boys.
There are some classic corners where drivers used to play chicken with the traction and you'd hear them lift off the gas. Nowadays those corners are dead and they keep their foot down the whole way.
I can even give you year when it all went wrong. In 1999 Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta had their Eau Rouge stunts with the BARs and from then on nobody had a problem to pass Eau Rouge/Radillion on full throttle. It shows the problem is as old as the year 2000. This coincides with hugely expensive aero programs by the rich factory financed teams. In fact Jacque probably got his ideas from observing better cars with more downforce not having to lift. So you can conclude that it started to go wrong in 1998 when they cut the car track width from 2000 to 1800 mm and introduced the grooved tyres. Both were wrong because the mechanical grip and stability was reduced and the reliance on aero increased instead of the other way.