I like to take credit (or the blame?!) for what became the DRS zone... my idea used a temporarily raised rev limit rather than moveable aero, but the principle is exactly the same; right down to the 1 second gap requirement... this was some half year ahead of DRS being first announced:-
machin, on Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:59 pm wrote:Here's a simple fix to make F1 more interesting, without changing the current cars at all (ok, maybe a little bit of extra code in the standard ECU):-
VIRTUAL SLIPSTREAMING
Basically, when a car gets within 1 second of the car infront the rev limit is raised by, say, 1000rpm... giving the chase car extra power until he is alongside the other car at which point the rev limit is brought back to normal.... the result is exciting racing that still promotes good design (if you can pull out more of a gap than 1 second then you "break" the virtual slipstream and can pull away....
With the new engine rules that we anticipate the virtual slipstreaming effect could be through an increase in turbo boost (assuming the small capcity, turbocharged engines is what we get)....
OK, its a bit "false", but with winged-cars there is no escape from the fact that a following car simply is at a disadvantage compared to the leading car. If we want better/closer racing we need to re-dress the balance... and this is a simple way of doing it....
The original thread here:-
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8134&hilit=machin+virtual&start=60
Anyway, back to the current topic.. its not completely out of the bounds of possibility -what if Kubica's accident was even worse and he lost his arm, but then a company came along and built him a light-weight interface that took the place of the arm and actuated the steering...? Would the FIA stop that driver from competing???? Even though the driver received his injuries in an FIA sanctioned event?! I think there's an ethical question there that creates an interesting scenario....
