[Official] Monaco Grand Prix 2024: Grand Prix Weekend Thread - Round 8 of 24

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Originally Posted by Rusty Nail

BT23C?
Wouldn't work, the FIA and other vested interests would never agree to a spaceframe car in anything other than the junior formulae. Think Formula Ford etc.

Mind you it's a great idea, but these days H & S kills all sorts of enterprise, not just in motorsport but in life in general.

WRT FF some of the best racing I watch is FF. How about a world championship for FF as an undercard to F1?

I know, I know, will never work, too many vested interests...

So we're stuffed, we just have to put up with what we've got or switch off...

No amount of great ideas or pontificating on here will make one iota of difference.

Yes, BT23C (F2 development of the BT23 for 68/69).

I know, health and safety, FIA, Insurance, blah blah blah.
It is OK for historic racers to risk their lives but not F1 drivers....

Am I being harsh?

Not about the drivers but the great Max M, after Imola 1994 decreed no one should ever die in a racing car when justifying the radical revamp regarding safety which led to everything we have today, directly or indirectly.

However, Max had seen a few of his contemporaries lose their lives when he was racing the very space frame F2 cars I was talking about, so I understand where he was coming from.

And if you looked at the number of accidents in space frame cars where the drivers were not injured, or the percentage of serious injury in comparison with the sheer number of entries in competition over the last 7 decades the accident/injury rate is relatively low.

All the ideas wont change a thing so in that much you are correct, but I did notice a comment on Racer magazine who suggested they use F. Atlantic/2 cars from the late 80'/90/s, so I'm not alone in my general thinking.

A simpler car, cheaper to build, run, and repair could make an alternative to running small trucks around Monaco.