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Open Inspections for F1 Cars

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  1. f1jqcart

    f1jqcart Rookie

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  2. william

    william Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Interesting maybe, but not really feasible, IMO.

    I cannot see the top teams giving away technical advantages to the "lesser teams", at no cost.

    Beside, whoever copy a design is initially late in adopting it, and needs resources to develop it.
     
  3. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

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    Why bother spending 100s of millions if others can copy your homework?

    Rework the aero so that close following (<within 3 tenths) is possible, clean the aero as well so no spastic aero bits everywhere, job done. No need to have open inspections.
     
  4. VPX

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    I like the idea, increases the appeal of the show for fans.

    And, like william said earlier, one thing is to understand/see the concepts. The stacks to make it work properly is another business...
     
  5. tifoso2728

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    Whenever I attended a CART race, especially at Road America, the first thing I would do is find the tech inspection lane. Great, great stuff.

    If the teams are truly interested in fan involvement, they would be all for it.
     
  6. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

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    The fans interested in tech are few. Of those, the ones actually having a clue what they're looking at is absolutely marginal.

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    The open inspections are for teams, not fans. Brawn thinks the fans would benefit as teams know more about how others teams are doing things and can copy/improve on it, so cars would be closer together. THAT'S why he wants it, not so that fans can look at the cars, lol.

    It's the wrong way to go about it, and a pipe dream from Brawn as teams will NEVER agree to that.
     
  7. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Stupid idea. How is this suppose to improve the show?
     

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