ernos5 wrote:Speed beyond what we've seen before would definitely make F1 more interesting. That's what we need, faster cars. After all you can't call this the pinnacle of motor sport then. Yes the V8's are pretty loud, but on TV they put the volume of the cars right down so you can't hear the cars, just the commentators blabbing on about the obvious aspects of the race.
F1 is already fast enough to be called dangerous. But it's not life threatening, look how safe the cars are! Faster cars would definitely be more exciting, especially seeing how the drivers cope with these cars and which ones would be willing to take risks. They get paid so much, might as well make it risky and worth it.
SO back in 89 when Senna & Prost & Mansell and Piquet were all running F1 was not the "Pinnacle" of motorsport because those cars are not as fast as todays? Your argument is asinine... F1 is clearly the "pinnacle" of open wheel racing in 2009 and it would continue to be under the 2010 regulations. Nobody involved with the sport, not the FIA, not the drivers, not the teams would want unlimited rules... it would be too fast and far outside the safety required for the drivers & fans.
If I put you at a fast corner in F1 you could not tell me which of the 20 drivers went thru that corner the fastest, whether you were at the track or watching on TV.
NAme 1 open wheel(or closed wheel) car, racing today, that can lap Silverstone, or Turkey, or Monza or even Monaco faster than an F1 car.... THERE is NONE, and that is what makes F1 the pinnacle of open wheel racing.
If you actually examined the 2010 regs you would see that the cars the capped teams would be running in qualifying trim would be much faster than this years cars.
