+1andartop wrote:Here's an idea:
- Allow half the teams unlimited testing for free: Ferrari and McLaren will be allowed free testing, as will whichever is the best team of the previous season.
- Make the other half of the teams pay 200000 quid per test to the fans (fans can register to the official F1 website and the money can be transferred to their accounts via paypal) and allow them free testing in the best corners of each track only if they don't want to pay. For example, in Spa they can run up from the downhill section after the first corner through Eau Rouge to the beginning of the straight, then stop by the side of the track and be transferred back to the pits.
- Reassure all teams that all the best corners will be free to test and this will be a huge benefit for F1.
Why should these be separate concepts?JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:In my opinion I think it would be best to have the Tests either on the Monday after GP Sundays, or as a set event that fans can attend.
Wait, why are we giving the teams who need the testing the least the ability to have them free here?andartop wrote:Here's an idea:
- Allow half the teams unlimited testing for free: Ferrari and McLaren will be allowed free testing, as will whichever is the best team of the previous season.
How would this work logistically, when you've got to keep various bits of the car warm/cool. Why are we saying these teams aren't allowed to test the whole track?- Make the other half of the teams pay 200000 quid per test to the fans (fans can register to the official F1 website and the money can be transferred to their accounts via paypal) and allow them free testing in the best corners of each track only if they don't want to pay. For example, in Spa they can run up from the downhill section after the first corner through Eau Rouge to the beginning of the straight, then stop by the side of the track and be transferred back to the pits.
Define "best" corners.- Reassure all teams that all the best corners will be free to test and this will be a huge benefit for F1.
That's the new format for 2011. As cost cutting measures, Bernie and Sky have decreed that cars only run on the best bits of the track. That's why we can only see those parts on TV, the boring bits are being sold off to a supermarket chain.beelsebob wrote:How would this work logistically, when you've got to keep various bits of the car warm/cool. Why are we saying these teams aren't allowed to test the whole track?
I put this idea to Peter Windsor via the Flying Laps facebook page and this was his answer:Fil wrote:Surely a post-GP monday test, with tickets available, is the only solution.
It seems that for some reason the teams are against the idea, I guess they're after more privacy for their testing.The Flying Lap You'd think so, but the F1 teams estimate that it would cost an extra £15m per year, per team, if they were to do this. Don't ask me how they calculate such a sum....