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Originally Posted by Graham
Yes, but the point is that the strategies and tactics of an endurance race are not the same as those of an F1 race.
Imagine you're the director of an F1 camera team on an 8 mile circuit and you're trying to keep tabs on all the cameras needed to cover that length to ensure you don't miss showing some of the action!
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i'd rather have a race where there was too much action than just one pass all race
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Originally Posted by Graham
Which is why I'm saying the new tracks are good because you *can* pass!
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yes but only usually at one point on the track i.e into the hairpin after a long straight
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Originally Posted by Graham
Personally I think that the pit-stops should change, but by using a US style system where you can only have 5 people on the other side of the pit wall instead of the 20+ you have in F1.
Currently it is the refuelling that takes up most of the time, unless there's a problem the tyres are finished long before the fuel. If, OTOH, you could only have five people working on the car, tyre changes would be much longer and it would get back to being a *team* sport because the mechanics would have to make sure they got it right.
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i'd get rid of the stops altogether.. there aren't any tyre stops next year they have to last the whole race which is why it's strange that refuleing is left in. I just think the FIA is trying to find ways to make the racing artificial as they can't get much action on the track. That's what refueling is meant to do but i don't want my racing done on a spreadsheet and computer simulation that says doing this will mean we can pass in the pits.
That's what the one lap qualifying and one engine per weekend were also mant to do.. it was meant to make the front runners have a mistake on their run or loose an engine and have to start near the back and overtake.
What i'd like to get rid of on cost grounds is all the sensors and computers.. why not just let the driver feel and work out what the car is doing rather than a computer.. it puts things back into the drivers hands and means they can make more of a difference..