So how can the FIA slow the cars??

I can only think of reducing engine power, AND ONLY HAVING 1 TYRE COMPANY!!!

That is the problem the tyres, if there were one this wont have happend. I say keep michelin!!

Tell me how you think they (FIA) can slow the cars.

they'll **** about with the aero package, change the compound of the tyres, probably make them use 1 litre engine or some thing equally stupid






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Or add extra grooves to the tyres

um... give them smaller brakes.. duh!

makes them brake earlier for corners thus creating more overtaking oppertunitys and thus slowing lap times...

FIA WHY WONT YOU LISTEN TO ME!




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They could go to a one make series i.e. everyone uses a Mclaren.

That would would slow things down alright!

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its funny because its true....and everyone would have poor reliability opening the door to surprising races and winners!




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and that's assuming if any of them finished

LOL!.. Ron Dennis would love it.. he couldent lose no matter how bad his car is

200Mph rev limiters. If it works in the pit lane it can work on the track, and then it is those with the best acceleration, aerodynamics and drivers who win. Keeps the engine big (although limited)

Or

Instead of McLarens, use Minardi's..... They make a few quid flogging them to other teams and we see an automatic increase of approx 3 to 4 secs per lap!



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palamino, been thinking on your suggestion.....it might give slightly better chance of overtaking but i cannot see how it reduces speed?
The reason they want the cars slower is because they go to fast on straights and too fast around corners.
Worse braking doesnt slow the straight line speed from 220mph, just means they have to brake a little earlier.
It also means that if a car can take a corner at 80mph before losing traction, it will do so, if the next year thanks to aero' tyre, etc it can take the corner at 90mph it will, regardless of the brakes.
The amount of grip is what needs reducing so that the cars that are going around a corner at 150mph can be forced to go around them at no more than 110mph before they lose traction and risk major oversteer/understeer problems.
Again, smaller brakes cause the ever spiraling straightline top speed to be lowered fractionaly earlier to the ever spiraling cornering speed. Granted it may add a second to the lap times but in the wrong places when it comes to the reason for speed reduction which is safety. And this second will soon be swallowed up with the still increasing grip/power the teams are producing race by race.
I agree it may help in the overall overtaking problem, but not in the speed reduction this thread is talking about.

Maybe a simple T-bar rear wing would be a good way of reducing aerodynamics and grip to the rear wheels. (a car spoiler type wing with just one central bracket, the width of the car but only 8 inches deep)



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@twiglet - Well your right it wont reduce mid corner speeds, but it WILL reduce laptimes, and depending by how much you reduce brake sizes, the slower the laptimes. I geuss mid corner speed can also be lessened by the removal of power steering....




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but i don't think the FIA are too worried about longer laptimes as opposed to actually slowing the cars down for their own safety.
Still think the smaller brakes might be an interesting idea for further research to see if it causes more outbraking during overtaking.



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So how can the FIA slow the cars??

Make the tyres triangle...

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the latest issue of F1 Racing says engines will be cut to 2.5 litre V8s, and therefore will produce around 700bhp. this will be done by 2006, with a "raft of chassis changes"



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Putting in more groves seems to be peoples answers

You cant keep putting in more groves. It will get to the point where the actaull contact patch will buckle under the weight because it has to be too thin. Adding groves cant solve things forever




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Hopefully the FIA will keep adding grooves to the point it goes full circle and we end up with slicks again

Engine limiters would be terrible.




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slicks on the back, 5 grooves on the front



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= understeer city




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Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

what happened to the plans of introducing laterla grooves to the tyres they were talking about a couple of seasons ago? the dry tryes would look aweful with grooves all over them.

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will only understeer if going too fast for the traction of the fronts. Thus...slower cars/lap times



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