F1 2008

The latest proposal is out

[www.fia.com]

I wonder if GP2 will have to be "scaled down" at the risk of it becoming the faster series?

Someone kill this thread.

hmm interesting.. i like the width increase.. back to 97 looking cars lol

without barge boards sidepod desing will be interesting and pretty cool im sure

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

GP2 will be altered so that it closely resembles a Ford Fiesta championship, I'm sure. And the way it's going, F1 will be consist of Minis within a decade.

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Yay lets ruin all the innovation in F1!

All this FIA specified stuff...christ...

Looks a very good proposal for the majority of it.

- Slick tyres
- One tyre manufacturer
- increased car width (pre-1998 stylee again???)
- no more winglets, barge boards etc.
- decreased downforce on the car even more
- manual gearbox
- no tyre heaters and smaller engines and no spare car to keep costs down for smaller teams


etc etc etc.

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lemming dont take this mickey of fiestas... mym mams got one HEHEHEHE

Some of it sounds good to me, especially getting rid of traction control, reducing aero to 10% of what we have now and a single tyre company. Innovation will come in new forms than just crazy winglets ,flip-ups and stupidly expensive and unreliable gearboxes.

so lets go back.. 11 years ago (2k8 slogan)
sounds nice but surely bigger teams will blame what they will call "11yr money waste"

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Just note USA doesn't like F1 (since 1981)

Hungarian GP, 1997. Last laps just when damon's problems had just begun:
(Louise Goodman has just reported that Damon Hill was on the radio with Tom Walkinshaw)
Murray: "How do they do that, Martin? How does a man talk calmly and especially to his team boss, when Damon in the situation he's in?"
Martin: "Well, you press a little button on the steering wheel and start talking, Murray. There's a little speaker in the front of your crash helmet..."
(excerpted from the "Brundle's Quote Central")

I think rules must stay as they are...problems always appears on first times, but with the time you'll learn about them, I'm sure any of us is going to be happy, for example if some extra rules are added for next year. That's just for experience. A good example was the first qualy of this year, it caused a lot of expectation, but then everybody was like "...I'm not sure about it"

These appear to be on the right track for making interesting racing

wether or not the teams will agree is a different matter...........



GEARBOXES
- All cars will be fitted with gear ratios, final drive ratios and differentials which have been manufactured by an FIA designated supplier to an agreed specification
- Gear changing will only be permitted by the use of a manually operated mechanical linkage to the gearbox
- Clutches will only be operated via a foot pedal connected mechanically to a release mechanism

Reasons
- to restore control over the clutch and gear changing to the driver
- the use of standard gearbox internals will result in a very significant reduction in expenditure



BODYWORK
- Downforce will be reduced to approximately 10% of current levels
- Drag will be maintained at current levels
- Overall car width will be increased
- By stipulating maximum and minimum dimensions cars will be




LS's Tip of the week
ESSENTIAL OILS aren't essential unless you're an engine, a gearbox or a twat

I think these have been already posted and discussed:

[www.grandprixgames.org]

aah i missed that thread ( hence me not participating in it )




LS's Tip of the week
ESSENTIAL OILS aren't essential unless you're an engine, a gearbox or a twat