Ferrari Mailing List: F1 technology, or whatever it was...

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Larry wrote,

> Isn't another way to look at it that the less
> differentiation among vehicles, the greater the
> importance of the drivers' skills -- and what's so
> terrible (and necessarily boring) about watching a
> competition based primarily on that
> criterion?
>  
>  Rick wrote,
>> The flatter the owners can make the playing field,
>> the closer the points. 


Good point Larry.  As a competition between drivers,
it is exactly as you describe.  And that is exactly
why the owners of F1 do this.  They want a close
competition culminating in a championship decided on
the last lap of the last race!  And I'm all for that.

The issue we were discussion was not the game but
rather the "assumption" that F1 is the pinnicle of
motorsport technology - which it is in some fields -
but it is NO LONGER advanced when all the technology
is dumbed-down to equalize the field.  In terms of
driver's aids, my new M-B has more technology than the
2008 F1 cars.  For those of us who follow F1 for the
technology, the competitor's champship, not the
drivers, it is a disapointment.

I guess the only thing that bothers me is that F1
Management claims the pinnicle of racing AND the
pinnicle of technology.  And they can't have it both
ways.   But I am in error.  They can claim anything
they please because this is the entertainment
business.

rick