Will New 2008 Regs Happen?

[oziengineer]

After seeing RPM last sunday and hearing Ove Anderssen's comment on the whole issue being something like "It's another Max Mosley bomb to see how the manufacturers react," i think this time the head of the FIA is serious. He has apparently crushed the argument of the manufacturers and i myself think that a return to 1989 is iminent. You thoughts?

[300kph]

It will still develope to the better (I hope)....lot's of things will still to come....three years is a lot of time.

[oziengineer]

Yes, it is a long time. I don't agree with it because F1 the way it is is still a spectacle. I love seeing cars doing super fast lap times and I dont want it to go down hill, so much that ChampCars will be faster. If they want to do something to make it more enjoyable, they should change sport rules to make it more friendly on competitors and or put a stop to testing between races unless absolutely necessary. I don't care as long as the cars get faster instead of slower.

[yobro]

Well i have been reading F1 racing mag for this month and i found that they want to reduce the size of the engine.. again. This time to a V8 2.5litre. Iv always thought Formula 1 was about the speed and power, dont know what the FIA should be so concerned about it.

I know that they take saftey serious but sometimes I find they take it to far.

[JAG]

Originally posted by yobro
Well i have been reading F1 racing mag for this month and i found that they want to reduce the size of the engine.. again. This time to a V8 2.5litre. Iv always thought Formula 1 was about the speed and power, dont know what the FIA should be so concerned about it.

I know that they take saftey serious but sometimes I find they take it to far.

Too far!

The cars are lapping 5 seconds quicker, at least, than 4 years ago.

You all seem to be ignoring the fact that regs change constantly, in all formulas, yet in time the cars always end up faster as development continues.

Remember the fuss about the 'narrow', treaded tire F1 cars that were apparently too slow for F1. Well they're not too slow now are they!

[Sodemo]

Originally posted by JAG
Too far!

The cars are lapping 5 seconds quicker, at least, than 4 years ago.

You all seem to be ignoring the fact that regs change constantly, in all formulas, yet in time the cars always end up faster as development continues.

Remember the fuss about the 'narrow', treaded tire F1 cars that were apparently too slow for F1. Well they're not too slow now are they!

It was the FIA's insular myopia in 1997 that has brought F1 to this current state. When they narrowed the cars, they will corner slower, but they will go faster in a straight line, so they actually arrive at corners faster than previous, great thinking Max.

In 1997 they should have stamped on the rear wings there and then, and just stated maximum of 1 rear wing element, and reduced the engines to a 2.5 litre V-12.
They should have also increased the weight of the cars to 700Kg.

[JAG]

The cars corner faster than ever now.

Also lets not go away thinking everything was fin and dandy prior to 1997.

F1 has had its current problems since the early 90s, i.e. lack of passing etc.

[Stephenw]

F1 cars currently vastly out perform pretty much every race car the takesto a road circuit...

there is plenty of wiggle room there. I'm pretty much all for any change that brings back slicks!

[Robin Plummer]

All this talk of slowing down the cars...but they have destroyed all the the great circuits these day's anyway by putting chicanes in them. in 1998 when the cars got thinner in width they went faster down the hockenheim's straight's!

The 1992 cars looked best, big rear wheels!

[Armco Bender]

Gear levers and clutches

[Morris 1100]

Bring back riding mechanics!