Tuesday, July 31, 2007
It's plain, the rain, makes a race insane
Martin Brundle has often said in the past is that all Bernie would have to do to make the races more interesting would be to install sprinklers at the circuits. It certainly was an exciting race.
Although I'm sure Martin was half joking it certainly fits in with one of the most common suggestions for improving Formula 1: lowering the grip level in the car by significantly reducing the downforce generated. This would make the cars harder to drive which is clearly exciting and also make overtaking easier.
In the pub fourstar asked me if this was the best race of the season or was their a purity problem due to the weather?
I throw the question open to all. Also adding a related second question: is the best race always the most exciting?
Although I'm sure Martin was half joking it certainly fits in with one of the most common suggestions for improving Formula 1: lowering the grip level in the car by significantly reducing the downforce generated. This would make the cars harder to drive which is clearly exciting and also make overtaking easier.
In the pub fourstar asked me if this was the best race of the season or was their a purity problem due to the weather?
I throw the question open to all. Also adding a related second question: is the best race always the most exciting?
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Well, yes, as the grand prix was finishing I was thinking 'fun, but hardly a real race'. I think we need to institute something like the German purity law.
It is enjoyable to have rain because the grid gets mixed up, and the disparity between cars and drivers increases, so we see lots of overtaking, and lots of crashes, but it would get dull to see it at every race.
Many argue that rain is 'a great leveller', but it is also a great unleveller. Different cars work better or worse with the intermediate or full-wet tyres, in drying, or wet, or getting wetter, conditions. And the difference is suddenly 2 or 3 seconds, instead of 2 or 3 tenths.
It seems teams spend little to no amount of time developing their cars for wet conditions - it would be a waste of budget, really - but wouldn't it be great if Spyker designed next year's car specifically for the rain? They'd guarantee winning any wet race - it's better than trailing around at the back with one point a season.
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It is enjoyable to have rain because the grid gets mixed up, and the disparity between cars and drivers increases, so we see lots of overtaking, and lots of crashes, but it would get dull to see it at every race.
Many argue that rain is 'a great leveller', but it is also a great unleveller. Different cars work better or worse with the intermediate or full-wet tyres, in drying, or wet, or getting wetter, conditions. And the difference is suddenly 2 or 3 seconds, instead of 2 or 3 tenths.
It seems teams spend little to no amount of time developing their cars for wet conditions - it would be a waste of budget, really - but wouldn't it be great if Spyker designed next year's car specifically for the rain? They'd guarantee winning any wet race - it's better than trailing around at the back with one point a season.
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