Microw@lemm.ee to Formula 1@lemmy.world · 9 months ago35 years ago today, F1 announced a grid of 21 teams for the 1989 season. Today they announced that having more than 10 teams has no value.www.racefans.netexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down17
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-link35 years ago today, F1 announced a grid of 21 teams for the 1989 season. Today they announced that having more than 10 teams has no value.www.racefans.netMicrow@lemm.ee to Formula 1@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareregul@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoPresumably you’d get less wheel-to-wheel racing, and considering that most recent rule changes have been in pursuit of more of that, it seems unlikely they’d take a course that resulted in less.
minus-squarePizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoYeah, the first two or three laps are where the most passing happens and the cars generally set into a groove from there Spec series like Indy and F2 keep the cars closer together for the entire race so there’s action throughout
Presumably you’d get less wheel-to-wheel racing, and considering that most recent rule changes have been in pursuit of more of that, it seems unlikely they’d take a course that resulted in less.
Yeah, the first two or three laps are where the most passing happens and the cars generally set into a groove from there
Spec series like Indy and F2 keep the cars closer together for the entire race so there’s action throughout