Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Re. F1

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Or just get your fix once a year and watch Le Mans...

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> On Sep 6, 2014, at 8:10 AM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> I agree with most everything posted. And I offer a few thoughts.
> 
> 1. Double points is stupid. It effectively negates the results of a number of 
> earlier races, at tracks with historical significance. It also enters a 
> randomizing element into the championships. AND given that the stewards can 
> take points away, impose grid penalties and impose 
> drive-throughs/stop-n-goes, the 'show' can be stage managed just the way 
> Bernie wants it: Championships decided on the last lap of the last race.
> 
> 2. In-season testing ban is stupid.
> 
> 3. Frozen engine development is stupid.
> 
> 4. Penalties for racing incidents are stupid.
> 5. Claims of environmentally conscious racing are just greenwashing.
> 
> 6. Rev-limits are stupid.
> 
> 7. Banned movable aerodynamics, except for the double standard of where they 
> are not banned, is stupid.
> 
> 8. Banned traction control is stupid.
> 
> 9. Banned anti-lock brakes is stupid.
> 
> 10. Banned anti-dive hydraulics is stupid.
> 
> 11. Banned continuous ratio gearboxes is stupid.
> 
> 12. Banned launch control is stupid.
> 
> 13. Regulated fuel burn rates and capacity limits are especially stupid since 
> this is a self regulating issue. You want to burn more fuel? You have to 
> carry more fuel (weight).
> 
> 14. Brake by wire is stupid. What's next? Steer by wire? Soon we won't even 
> need the precious little pretty-boy drivers at all!
> 
> What they have done is remove all the driver aids that we enjoy on our daily 
> drivers and religated the high-tech gadgets to controlling the cars to 
> converge them toward mediocrity. That was tried in the '80s with other 
> sports; Lets give every player a trophy, independent of performance. What we 
> got in exchange is the plethora entitled millennials that we now have to 
> endure.
> 
> Yes, I'm disillusioned with the so-called sport. Its just turned into a spec 
> series. And yes, I know its an entertainment industry, like all professional 
> sport. And I would be just as disillusioned if Kimi and Fred were dueling at 
> the sharp end.
> 
> I still watch all qualifying and all races and sometimes FP2 (since that's 
> all we get), but I now watch only on DVR so I can actively avoid the 
> sponsors. DirecTV's jump-ahead-15-seconds button is genius. I just hit that 
> button until I see cars going round and round again.
> 
> Finally, some argue that with all the high-technology driver aids allowed, 
> the series would turn into a parade with the top performers at the front. 
> That may be BUT, shouldn't the top performers be at the front, instead of 
> regulated so that everyone gets a trophy?!
> 
> My rant concludes.
> 
> -rick
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