elemental Wrote:
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> Frantic Wrote:
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> > To spice this racing up we need more
> retirements
> > and stuff
> >
> > I agree with that, since FIA prohibited
> touching
> > the cars between saturdays and sundays and with
> > the engine freeze the grid is way too
> reliable...
> > anyway i think that reliability will be over
> (at
> > least for a year o two) in 2013 when turbo
> engines
> > will be hitting the track (it would be awesome
> if
> > we go back to the times when only 10 or 12 cars
> > finished the race... i remember Monaco 1982, in
> > the last two laps or so four or five drivers
> > retired, after being each in the lead. i cant
> see
> > that happening now
)
>
> Not my kind of F1. As much as I enjoyed the 90s,
> I'm glad reliability is good nowadays. Whilst it's
> interesting to have unpredicted results, something
> of a novelty, it's not too satisfying when it
> comes about through random misfortune. Fisichella
> at Spa in 2009, Vettel at Monza in 2008, Hill at
> Hungary in 1997 (albeit aided by Frentzen's
> retirement), Perez's disqualified 7th in
> Melbourne, etc these are the kinds of races which
> I can appreciate for their bizarre yet earned
> outcomes. Maybe a win's a win, or a 5th place in a
> Minardi's a 5th place in a Minardi, but it's
> nothing much to be proud of IMO when it's simply
> inherited through car failures. It just seems
> strange to me to be "bored" of seeing results like
> today where the quickest drivers/cars are rewarded
> for being quickest. Isn't that what motorsport's
> about?
you´re right, but what I was trying to say is that is better not having all the field as reliable as it is nowdays. is bad to have so poor reliability too, the best thing is an equilibrium... im not saying that every race has to have a HRT in the points
but every once in a while its nice to see an unexpected result due to a front´s car failure... when was the last time we have had a blown engine during a race? Alonso in Sepang 2010? it is a long time...
Another thing your post made me realize is that today the front running cars are way too ahead of the midfield cars and the fact that teams like Renault dont have a very good driver makes the chance of having a strange result even lower... Imagine what a renault can do in hands of Rosberg or Alonso or Vettel. And im saying Rosberg because I think Mercedes have a very poor car driven by 2 awesome drivers