Flav: F1 needs one tyre supplier
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One tire supplier? WTF? Why don’t we just take it one step further and make sure every team has the same car?! While we’re at it, let’s make sure that there is only one fuel supplier. Hell, maybe we should also make sure that there is only one supplier for everything.
Modern F1 has progressed because the FIA has kept out of the supplier wars and only issued strict guidelines on materials, engineering and usage. Sure, they do check out manufacturers for quality control, but that is only in the interest of safety. Why should they get more involved than that?
I agree that the new no-tire-changes rule for this year does make things much, much harder for the teams…. but isn’t that what forces engineers to devise new ways to overcome the obstacle?
Maybe I missed something, but wasn’t F1 supposed to be the pinnacle of modern engineering?
I’m tired of people talking about Kimi’s “catastrophic suspension faliure” at the end of the European Grand Prix last week… I’m sorry, but racing is racing. He flat-spotted his own tire… he caused his own vibrations… he paid his own price.
This isn’t a Sunday drive folks- racing is racing.
Thoughts?
June 14th, 2005 at 10:06 am
doesn’t making everything exactly the same defeat the purpose of racing? Where’s the fun? I thought it was more than a test of the driver’s skill, but there you have it.