Formula-One 2005
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:36 am
I don't know if anyone else is a rabid fan of formula-one racing like I am, but I was curious to know other people's opinions on the upcoming 2005 F-1 season. In particular, the new rule changes.
To me, the rules changes are quite drastic, and in my opinion kinda crappy, although I think it will level the playing field some.
For those that don't keep up on F-1, here's some of the rule changes:
-Engines are cut down to 2.4 litre V-8's, from the 3.2 V-10's. (You can still run a V-10, but with an RPM limiter which will result in less hp than the V-8) Also, for the 1st time in F-1 the materials used to build the engines is regulated.
-Engines must also last through the whole race weekend. pratice, qual, and race day.
-Tires must also last the entire race (I see this as a HUGE safety risk). The only tire changes will be for weather conditions.
-There are also increased chassis regulations which cut down diffuser sizes, regulate the rear body cladding, both resulting in less downforce.
These are the main rule changes for this year. The schedule has increased to a whopping 19-races with the saving of the british GP at silverstone and the addition of the Hungarian GP.
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My opinion on this year is that it will be quite a different F-1 season than the recent Ferrari/McClaren dominated previous years have been. With the increased regulation, comes more evenly matched cars (at least that's the plan) and with projected lower costs, even the lesser F-1 teams should be able to put together some points this year. Competition will be tight and racing will be more fierce because there will be less pit-stops to make up time on (Due to no tire changes) Overall, I think it will make for better racing, which is what the F-1 bigwigs want.
I'm not so sure I'm so keen on this idea though. F-1 is supposed to be the best of everything. Engines, materials, tires, chassis, and drivers of course. But I think the rules is killing too much of the true potential of technology. If F1 got rid of these regulations, we would be seeing some cars that would be almost unimaginable in their performance. The problem with that is that money will determine the winner more than anything else. Temas like minardi, or jordan would just not be able to compete with the ferraris, mclarens and williams's of the world (Not that they have done much recently)
Conclusion: I am looking foward to this season more than I have in recent years. Mainly because I want to see if we will finally have some more competition due to the rule changes. But I just wish that there didn't have to be so many rules to make it competitive.
Oh and I just want to see Schumi get his ass kicked!! I can't stand him! (I've been a Mclaren fan since the days of the late Ayrton Senna) I remember watching watching his last race at San Marino when I was 10-years old.
To me, the rules changes are quite drastic, and in my opinion kinda crappy, although I think it will level the playing field some.
For those that don't keep up on F-1, here's some of the rule changes:
-Engines are cut down to 2.4 litre V-8's, from the 3.2 V-10's. (You can still run a V-10, but with an RPM limiter which will result in less hp than the V-8) Also, for the 1st time in F-1 the materials used to build the engines is regulated.
-Engines must also last through the whole race weekend. pratice, qual, and race day.
-Tires must also last the entire race (I see this as a HUGE safety risk). The only tire changes will be for weather conditions.
-There are also increased chassis regulations which cut down diffuser sizes, regulate the rear body cladding, both resulting in less downforce.
These are the main rule changes for this year. The schedule has increased to a whopping 19-races with the saving of the british GP at silverstone and the addition of the Hungarian GP.
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My opinion on this year is that it will be quite a different F-1 season than the recent Ferrari/McClaren dominated previous years have been. With the increased regulation, comes more evenly matched cars (at least that's the plan) and with projected lower costs, even the lesser F-1 teams should be able to put together some points this year. Competition will be tight and racing will be more fierce because there will be less pit-stops to make up time on (Due to no tire changes) Overall, I think it will make for better racing, which is what the F-1 bigwigs want.
I'm not so sure I'm so keen on this idea though. F-1 is supposed to be the best of everything. Engines, materials, tires, chassis, and drivers of course. But I think the rules is killing too much of the true potential of technology. If F1 got rid of these regulations, we would be seeing some cars that would be almost unimaginable in their performance. The problem with that is that money will determine the winner more than anything else. Temas like minardi, or jordan would just not be able to compete with the ferraris, mclarens and williams's of the world (Not that they have done much recently)
Conclusion: I am looking foward to this season more than I have in recent years. Mainly because I want to see if we will finally have some more competition due to the rule changes. But I just wish that there didn't have to be so many rules to make it competitive.
Oh and I just want to see Schumi get his ass kicked!! I can't stand him! (I've been a Mclaren fan since the days of the late Ayrton Senna) I remember watching watching his last race at San Marino when I was 10-years old.