Broken Masterpieces

March 05, 2005

Formula 1 - New Tyre Policy

(Written on my PDA at 6:20 PM, but posting now):

The bosses at F1 have decided to allow only one set of tires from qualiying until the end of the race. This sounds very strange and maybe even dangerous. My biggest concern in racing is always safety. The first race of the season starts in a few minutes so we'll see what happens.

(Back to real time):

The race completed and it was pretty interesting. Michael Shumacher (the man who donated $10 million for the Tsunami victims) had a horrible race and retired late in the race after a little incident.

The idea of almost any F1 rule changes seems to be to try and lower the effectivity of the Ferrari teams. They have been so dominant but I enjoy watching greatness. I hate the dumbing down to try and bring "competition". In the end it brings mediocrity and almost contrived racing.

Posted by Tim at March 5, 2005 09:09 PM
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