The shape of future F1?

Hey, don't say that too loudly. People might put together a movement to end it and I really hope to make it to the event one day.

 

Require helmets on the golf course. If it saves one life (and it would have) it's worth it...

 

We need a F1exit (fixit) around here.
Back to something like the mid 1980s.

 

Basically the end is near for F1 because of the coming of electric cars, which means that corporate sponsorship will shift to F-E, plus the a lot of Millenials and Generation Z now see ICE cars as being akin to cigarettes or child molesters, the cars suck donkey balls, Mercedes is dominant, and closed cockpits are coming, and even the open wheel format is under threat, as seen from the latest models for Formula E cars. Basically F1 will turn into a 2 hour LMP type series with BEV cars. I want the 90s and Prost-Senna or Hakkinen-Schumacher Schumacher-Senna Schumacher-Hill Schumacher-Villenueve back.

 

Ssshhhyyyeeeaaahh right!

 

It WILL happen within 5 years.

 

Then why not just dump these cars altogether and run some
sort of 'unlimited' LMP car?
Or how about what we once knew as a 'Can-Am' car?

 

I've seen the writing on the wall for F1!




It said: Pirelli, Rolex, Heineken, DHL...............

 

Can-Am cars could be faster than F1 back in the day, and as I´ve said other times, F1 should not be defined by the looks of the car but for being the ultimate racing series. A F1 car should always been faster around any track than anything else in the planet and a single seater with covered wheels would be faster than current cars, just like back in the day they deleted the fenders because the car was better without them.

Just for the sake of tradition I´d just keep some sort of open cockpit, delete the fake second seat of the sports car for being detrimental for performance and would limit the size of the bodywork to not make them look too similar to sports cars.

 

You and me both Jana.

You get my point though.

 

F-1 is open wheel, open cockpit ... has been for 60 years. Evolution, as someone pointed out just above, is natural, and I welcome it. But having - essentially - a closed cockpit and enclosed wheels is not F-1 evolution; it is an entirely different form of motorsport which we already have.
The clock is ticking ...

 

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Totally agree with you mate. Of course that F1 should evolve as the automotive world is evolving. However, F1 should always be open wheel, open cockpit racing as this is the spirit of F1!
I'm scared that F1 is slowly becoming endurance racing! No disrespect to endurance racing of course.

 

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And talking about open wheels ,yes the more the merrier for me
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I don't see Formula E lasting another 3 seasons let alone shaping the future.

 

Nah, my opinion is that Formula E will last for many years to come. EV's are the future and there must be a top grade open wheel electric championship. F1 will remain hybrid so Formula E is the only way to go for FIA.