8 Small Tweaks That Could Do F1 A Load Of Good
1. No more stub noses
Sure, the nose designs are what they are due to the beneficial impact they have on aerodynamics, but the cars just look damn odd with them! The stubs are not quite as bad as 2014, but still…
2. Cutting ticket prices
In the grand scheme of things, trimming down the ticket prices at the majority of race events is actually quite a small change and one that would definitely impact the fans and the turn-out.
3. Front tyre width increase
In general the tyres are set to increase in width in 2017, which is good. Overall cars are limited by the front tyres, especially at corner entry. Increasing the width would mean higher grip levels, quicker speeds and better braking, which could boost overtaking.
4. Social media interactivity
F1 has made big leaps forward on the social media front over the last few years but there is still SO much to do. The sport doesn’t really seem to get what a great promotional tool it can be. Creating an official Facebook page would be a start, while broadening the range of content offered on its YouTube channel - not to mention enabling videos to be viewed from other websites, as is possible with pretty much every other motorsport channel - would also help to spread the word.
5. Bigger race numbers
It might just be me and my poor eyesight but the race numbers are far too small on the cars. They need to be big, bold and with individual designs (which is the case for some). It is tough to spot the numbers from trackside and is also tricky while viewing on television too. It is a tiny detail but one that would have a positive impact.
6. Free helmet design
Yes, bring back the freedom to change-up helmet designs mid-season. For 2015 a new rule was put in place meaning drivers couldn’t drastically change helmet liveries, cutting off the chance to use special one-off designs. Some of these really were awesome and it would be great to have that creative freedom back.
7. Fancy camera angles
F1 doesn’t have enough fancy camera angles. There is a lot of scope in this area and the sport has only just dipped its toes in the water. 180-degree cameras and visor cameras have all been tried out but fail to make regular appearances. And what about 360-degree views? Shaking things up and giving far more variety make viewing the action on TV much more exciting and engaging.
8. Upping fuel limits
But, F1 has been going for a greener image recently, right? Well, yes. But do the engines really need to be quite so economical? Even upping the fuel and fuel flow limits by a small degree would allow for quicker cars, faster lap times, drivers pushing more and (maybe) slight noise changes too.
What small things would you bring in to help improve F1? Share your suggestions below!
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I’ll get roasted for saying this.
Am I the only one who finds f1 seriously enjoyable? I get a few tweaks could be made and agree with a lot on the list. Free helmet design and bigger numbers would help get to notice drivers and fancy camera angles always make a overtake look awesome. But it’s still great, and the only boring race last year in my opinion was Mexico (excluding the Fins and their beef)
In the meantime, if you want some real fun watching f1, pay attention to Verstappen.
I’m 110% with you on this.
Yeah, you’re a rarity. For shame really, there’s quite a bit in it for me that I find personally interesting with the arrival of the new engines that 2009-2013 didn’t exactly have for me with the locked-spec engines.
Honestly, the only season I can say I paid a good amount of attention to and watched a fair amount of races in F1 was 2014 (which in general is very difficult for me, since F1 comes on at god-awful times for me, even COTA somehow.)
I still really enjoy it. I wouldn’t still be writing about it if I didn’t but being nit-picky, these things could really help
“In general the tyres are set to increase in width in 2017, which is good. Overall cars are limited by the front tyres, especially at corner entry.
Increasing the width would mean higher grip levels, quicker speeds and better braking, which could boost overtaking.” TYRELL P34.
*tyrrell
What kind of logic do you have behind that statement?
Bring back the Nurburgring and Imola
Rotary Engines
Ground effect
Fan cars
adaptive suspension
closed cockpits
passenger seats (rides given during qualifying to social media competition winners.
increase the number of gearboxes per season, and make them 10 speed.
H gearbox and ground effect
I’m going to continue to say it, 8 (especially the fuel flow limits, which the driver has no control over) doesn’t make much sense when the tyres are still far more limiting to any effort the driver has in pushing than the fuel itself (which at some races, isn’t even used to the full amount.)
Also, the thing to be worried about something like #3 is the giant aero penalty that’ll come both to the car and cars behind, with with the whole tyres being nothing more than a giant rotating mass with a giant drag and lift penalty situation.
I think a reduction in Aero complexity would be amazing, the cars have huge dirty wake that makes passing and following closer harder. To make up for make the tyres gripper
So sounds like you want it top be more like nascar
I’m gonna get roasted for this.
The nose rule was brought in as a safety measure. With the higher noses, cars could hit the tyre of another car, and get flung up in the air. With a lower nose, that doesn’t happen. The phallic noses are just teams way of sticking to the regulations and getting air under the car at the same time.
A front tyre width increase would slow them down on the straights. considering they dont have as much power anyway, you dont really want to take more speed away.
Fancy camera angles would be nice to watch, but we have to remember that these guys are still trying to race these cars. You cant just stick cameras all over the cars. Weight reduction bro!
I think the “economy run” style of F1 adds another element of strategy to a race, and it’s good for all of us in the long term. These guys are trying to make heaps of horsepower and use no fuel doing it. at some point, their ideas are going to make their way into production cars. All these eco-boxes we see getting around might actually be fun to drive in the future.
What if they made everyone drive a Reliant Robin?
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