Constructive F1 Strategy Group and Commisson held in Paris

All makes sense to me. They always used to do a standing restart in the 60's - 70's 80's... cant remember when they went to rolling re starts.

 

T-Wings gone will be great.
Interesting that the Halo is buried now. I doubt they'll get the screen ready for 2018. By the time a proper solution is engineered cars development will have progressed too far for such fundamental changes.

 

Does is mean they're sticking with the ridiculous 3-engine rule?

 

"Measures will be taken to ensure that oil will not be used as fuel. In addition, only one specification of oil may be used for any given power unit during an event"

They've been using oil as fuel??? WTH?

 

That was the rumour suggested to explain Mercedes' special qualifying mode last season where they were suddenly 0.5 seconds quicker in Q3 every time - that they had an engine mode where oil was deliberately used, possibly to reduce detonation or possibly to burn for additional energy.

 

Please bring back refueling. The pursuer can make little gain on the race leaders two second pit stop. Oh, and steel brakes.


IMHO

 

Please don't. And while they're at it they need to get rid of the tire regulation foolishness. The fewer reasons for pit stops, the better.

 

If there are no pit stops, there will be virtually no changes in the order except for car failures, once the first few laps sort themselves out, that'll be it. Bad idea. They should be encouraging smart strategies, not smothering them, they are the only thing that keeps people watching to the end

The oil in the fuel ban will reduce Mercedes dominance because they will be forced to qualify without their advantage, so this year, maybe ferrari would have been able to get a few and lead from the front, rather than do under and over cuts and rely on tyre performance, shame it's not immediate

 

Different driver skills results in varying tyre wear rates and therefore overtaking. Take young Max as a prime example. A single pitstop would benefit drivers who have speed AND are kind to the car.

 

Bring back full speed racing in the pit lane.

 

I agree entirely.

No more gimmicks!!

 

It would be artificial and favour only certain cars or drivers, whereas the flexibility to use different pit strategy will play to different strengths of different cars and drivers, which means more racing and less predictability. Surely, the point is to see more racing, more chances for overtaking and less procession?

Plus, imagine the moaning on here from the elton fans when he blows through his tyres ten laps before everyone else and ends up midfield or worse, we'll never hear the end of it