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2007 Formula One Thread

I think my problem with the old system was the way that the running order was decided. If you had a bad race or an engine failure in the previous race then you would be qualifying 18th or something when the track was slow so you couldn't get into the top 8 if you where a front runner. In this situation it could take you 2 - 3 races to make up for a bad result. I think thats what happened to Kimi in 2005.

My opinion is that a race should be a weekend and what happens at one race should have no affect on the next.

Super Aguri where quick, but that car was on pole in Australia last year!
 
R.Youden said:
Bernie has been speaking to the media, again. Now he wants to change the points system. He says that the points for the top three 10-8-6 does not encourage racing. I agree with him there. What was wrong with 10-6-4. If they want more teams to get points then make it 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-2 plus 1 for pole and 1 for fastest lap.
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Why not returning back to the 9-6-4-3-2-1 system plus granting extra point for pole and fastest lap? That would be ideal points system in my opinion.

Reasoning being that giving too much points will make it more important to finish every race. Currently the 2nd place driver can many times think that 8 points are already earned (given that the car can make it to the finish line) and that the extra 2 points is only 25% more --> no reason to try anything stupid and risk the 8 points.

But if the winner got 9 and the 2nd place driver only 6, the points difference of victory is 50% more than one would get from the 2nd place. And furthermore, if the effort did bring extra point for the fastest lap, then it's 67% more than the safe and secure 2nd place.

Also, one retirement from 2nd place (minus six points) would be compensated with two victories (two times plus three points). Currently one retirement from 2nd place is minus eight points and one needs four victories to compensate. It makes sense to not drive for victory because penalty for a mistake is so big.

It would also require FIA to drop the fuel rule from the qualifying session. If there's an extra point for pole position, then everyone should be given equal chances to race for it. That too would make me happy. I want to know that the pole really goes to the fastest driver of the day. In my opinion race strategies belong to the racing day and not to the qualifications.
 
I think soon that Honda will get the better of Super Aguri. If Honda had used the RA106 and developed it into the RA107 then they will be further up the grid BUT they have limited amount of development work that can be done with the old chassis. The new RA107 has potential far outstretching the Super Aguri.

I am sure that this is the same with every other team, if they ran the car they finished the Brazilian grand prix with then they would be about half a second faster now, but that car does not have the potential that their new ones do. Ferrari used to do this and I am surprised more teams don't do this anymore.
 
That's true. Of course, it's all the more reason for Super Aguri to go for broke at the beginning of the season and pick up some points before the newer chassis bump them down the grid.
 
Thinking about it, from what I can remember just before I left Honda the situation was that for the first three races Super Aguri would run the RA106 with Honda running the RA107. After the third race Super Aguri would get all the old parts from the RA107 and Honda would have a large upgrade. So maybe Super Aguri wont want the new RA107?
 
JFreak said:
It would also require FIA to drop the fuel rule from the qualifying session. If there's an extra point for pole position, then everyone should be given equal chances to race for it. That too would make me happy. I want to know that the pole really goes to the fastest driver of the day. In my opinion race strategies belong to the racing day and not to the qualifications.
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I would love for that to happen. And personally, I preferred the "12 laps, one hour" format, and if they want to equalize the TV time, require at least one lap in the first/second/third 20 minutes.

giganten said:
Did you work for the F1-team, can I ask what you did?
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My guess is software, seeing as he left due to the forthcoming spec ECU.
 
giganten said:
Did you work for the F1-team, can I ask what you did?
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I had the glamorous title of "Electronic Parts Integrity Controller". My main responsibility was to ensure that all the electronics on the car worked correctly when it got to the track (not always that easy). I was also responsible for the design and manufacture of our factory based test equipment, such as our virtual car.

The reason I left was a) to complete a masters degree in electronics, and b) as stated, the single ECU was killing electronics in Formula One with everything being purchased from TAG so there was no need to test anything or have factory based test equipment! Thanks Max!
 
R.Youden said:
The reason I left was a) to complete a masters degree in electronics, and b) as stated, the single ECU was killing electronics in Formula One with everything being purchased from TAG so there was no need to test anything or have factory based test equipment! Thanks Max!
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Do you think you'll ever want to go back if the opportunity arises?
 
Lord Blackadder said:
Do you think you'll ever want to go back if the opportunity arises?
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I think the main thing is that I am an electronics engineer. The only way I would go back is as such. I would only go and work there on my terms if you like.

But if the opportunity did arise then I would jump at it. From an engineering point of view it is a great environment to work in as you tend to get a very large budget and you can work with the best equipment.

Anyway its bloody 3am and on with the race.....
 
Guys, apropos to nothing, the Oz GP is the first time I've seen a GP in Australia (moved here in December) and I was amazed to find that Murray Walker is one of the main commentators!

Genius returns! :D
 
Well Kimi won a pretty uneventful race (it will be so much better without Schumacher!). Alonso finished 2nd with Hamilton 3rd.

Great drive by Lewis, Kovalainen was very poor in my opinion. Made a number of mistakes where as Hamilton was very smooth. I am sick of how ITV are making such a big thing about him. He is a racing driver, it is his job and he is very talented and he is in a very quick car.
 
Hamilton certainly has his bread buttered on both sides with McLaren at the moment...Cue the crushingly oppressive UK news coverage. Congrats to him though on scoring a podium in his first race.

Looks like the stage is set for an epic Kimi vs Alonso season.

I expect to see a lot of Massa too - Hamilton will have his work cut out for him to repeat the feat.
 
KIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

You are the man. Have another swig of that champagne. Just like we thought, it was the car last year, not you. I will sleep well tonight.

Everyone else... watch out for Heidfeld and Kubica! Sauber may have been just a "first step" into F1 for both our current Ferrari protagonists. But if things continue like they did today, Sauber may be fighting Renault for 3rd by the end of the season!

Dear Tony Kart: you can have Schumacher during the season as well. We're doing just fine without him! (And this comes from a Schumacher admirer.) He may have been an icon while he was in the sport, but the status quo has been unequivocally upended since his departure.

Here's to the start of an incredibly refreshing season.
 
Jon'sLightBulbs said:
Here's to the start of an incredibly refreshing season.
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Have to agree there. Schumacher was undoubtedly an incredible driver, but this race really felt good to watch and that's not been the case for a while.

Also, I think the criticisms of the ITV coverage on Hamilton are unjustified. On Oz TV, there was much talk about Hamilton, and it was substantiated when Murray Walker interviewed Stirling Moss afterwards and Moss stated that Lewis is quite possible the most exciting thing to happen to F1 for years.

The last time a rookie had that sort of impact he went on to win seven world titles.
 
Counterfit said:
But now I'm wondering, will Schumi ever have corners named after him?
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Maybe he'll get a few run-off areas named after him... ;)

Seriously though, he does deserve one or two, perhaps at the scenes of his best races - but then so does Mika Hakkinen.
 
Kimi did a great race, exactly like I thought.
Hamilton did impress me. I know he was good, but 3rd in his first race.
Kovalaninen and renault was an disappointment.

I know it only was the first race for the season.
But I have to change my top 5, I think Kovalainen will have problem whit the car and lose important points in the beginning of the season.
gianten said:
my guess for the top 5:

1. Kimi
2. Kovalainen
3. Massa
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
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1. Kimi
2. Massa
3. Alonso
4. Hamilton
5. Maybe Kovalainen
 
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