Initial idea is great, but THAT just ruins it. So, we have a spec formula efficiently with FIA deciding whether it is advantage/disadvantage and how much it matters.Shaddock wrote:To ensure that the cost-capped cars have neither an advantage nor a disadvantage when compared to cars running to the existing rules, the FIA will retain the right to adjust elements of these freedoms.
It will just open the door to accusations of political interference from the FIA.timbo wrote:Initial idea is great, but THAT just ruins it. So, we have a spec formula efficiently with FIA deciding whether it is advantage/disadvantage and how much it matters.Shaddock wrote:To ensure that the cost-capped cars have neither an advantage nor a disadvantage when compared to cars running to the existing rules, the FIA will retain the right to adjust elements of these freedoms.
This is the STUPIDEST thing imaginable.
I'm not sad right now.
I'm depressed.
I agree, it's more of a mess than ever...Shaddock wrote:It will just open the door to accusations of political interference from the FIA.timbo wrote:Initial idea is great, but THAT just ruins it. So, we have a spec formula efficiently with FIA deciding whether it is advantage/disadvantage and how much it matters.Shaddock wrote:To ensure that the cost-capped cars have neither an advantage nor a disadvantage when compared to cars running to the existing rules, the FIA will retain the right to adjust elements of these freedoms.
This is the STUPIDEST thing imaginable.
I'm not sad right now.
I'm depressed.
Exactly. And the opposite also true - a small group of very bright engineering minds may design "new" Lotus 78, or MP4/4 or F2004 and FIA will come and say, ooops, cna't be that fast....Shaddock wrote:Yes, no matter how badly you design & build your car for under £30 mil, the FIA will artificially speed it up to keep up with the non capped cars.
that's why I think it needs to be for all teams. This is an All-or-Nothing type of rule. if it's selective, we'll turn into the WWF or racing.Shaddock wrote:"The FIA has a lot of experience in performance adjustment and equivalence"
Renault’s mass damper by any chance?
Why do you need to develop any thing new and be innovative, when the FIA will just equal the performance across all the teams. “If the team is profitable, it can pay a dividend to its shareholders” Teams will build the cars cheaply, innovation costs money, and get the go faster stripes from the FIA.
vall wrote:wondering what the team's reaction will be and if they will be so willing to sign the new Concorde agreement?