New Cost Saving Agreement

[old man]

Originally Posted by JamesH

Problem is that the cars would be slower than FPA, F3 etc.

And there are probably series like this already!!

The more money that is thrown at a race series, the less like a race series it becomes. The best car races are those seen at club events around the world, not in f1. Minuscule budgets, closely matched cars, low horsepower, limited aero. And yet the racing is so much better. But, and this is the big one - NO-ONE wants to watch proper racing, or there would be more spectators at club events. They are just not shiny enough.

Have to agree that the best racing is not neccessarily the most expensive, I have watched some wonderful class 1 kart races in my time and the FF festival in its old guise was always a feast.

F1 is supposed to be the pinnacle of motor sport technology and a free-for-all tecnical battle would only end in domination by one or two teams with no new ones coming into the sport. We almost reached that position just a few years ago, now we have full grids and the best battle for the championship we have seen in years. In the end we need a compromise between fully regulated technology and freedom of design. Some areas need to be free to reflect current economic problems like energy consumption. I tend to agree that restrictions on aero development are needed though