Five ways to improve F1


Emerson Fittipaldi in his heyday © Sutton Images
In an interview in the Times, former world champion Emerson Fittipaldi’s outlined his five-point plan to enhance Formula One. Cut costs “They spend a fortune in wind-tunnel testing alone. Reduce costs and the slowest teams would catch up and make it more even.” Limit downforce “They need to reduce enormously the downforce in the cars, the only way to bring back overtaking. We need more mechanical grip so that you have longer braking areas, can set up the car coming out of a corner, get in the slipstream and then overtake.” Close the pitlane “When the safety car goes out they should close the pitlane. Now it’s just a lottery.” Lift ban on team orders “It is a very stupid rule. It’s why they are called teams, it’s why they have two cars. If a driver is leading in the championship, everything has to go in his favour. What is wrong with that? It’s so easy for teams to camouflage their orders anyway. All they need to do is tell one guy on the radio he has a problem with his brakes. They can bend the rules very easily. In the old days they would even swap cars, so why do we have this ban now?” Retain traditional grands prix “These places are the soul of racing. The Americas are under-represented. We have Canada back, but there is no USA, no Argentina, no Mexico. We need to stay in the heartlands.”

Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/11/five_ways_to_improve_f1.php

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Challenge to builders

Okay guys and girls, I've got a challenge for any or all of you. In the April,2012 issue of "Street Rodder" magazine is something called the Grimes Collection beginning on page 52. /these are some crazy roadsters. There are six of them altogether. Now I know there are some builders on this forum that could do justice to this collection in models. How about it? Wouldn't this be cool for a show or even just sitting on your shelf. I'm not sure I have the skill to do any of them but I may have to give it a try anyway. Come on gang, let's see what you can do!

Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1001947.aspx

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