So then we should get rid of Spa, Austria, Baku, Zandvoort, and Monaco? Now I know some of these tracks are not everyone’s favorites, but it seems smaller cars would be easier. Plus smaller cars would make racing better at every circuit.
First there is already a size regulation. Is that size regulation better for racing? Seeing that almost everyone says it makes passing hard regardless of track. I think it is safe to say no, it is a suboptimal size. Remember they used to be smaller, a lot smaller. So this would be like going back to before tire deg.
Second you’ll notice that I said
Plus smaller cars would make racing better at every circuit.
Clearly I’m not trying to change the cars for one track I’m not sure how you think I said that.
Lastly if you’re going to argue the Imola is too narrow and should go away. Then you have to argue about all the other tracks I listed because they are all narrower. The cars not fitting is not the tracks fault it is the cars fault.
If you want to argue lmola is bad for another reason that’s totally fine but if that’s true then why did you respond to a post about car size, instead of something else.
Lastly if you’re going to argue the Imola is too narrow and should go away.
Never said that.
What I am trying to get at, is that you can’t force every race to be the same. And trying to is just going to lead to disaster.
Shrinking the cars isn’t the silver bullet that’ll fix whatever issue people have, especially at a track like Imola. It doesn’t matter how big the cars are if they can only take one line through a corner.
Really you haven’t said much. So I had to infer your argument based in part on you choice to reply to my original comment. All you have said is a vague thing about not making cars for just one track or not making every track the same. Two thing I didn’t say should happen.
If you are not going to articulate a clear position with some logic behind it or even respond to my position, don’t bother all you are doing is trying to move the goal posts.
Your original comment gave absolutely nothing to go off. What does the “right size” mean? You’ve never once explained that.
You can watch the WEC race at Imola this year and see that the cars aren’t the issue. Or even the 2005 F1 race. It’s just the nature of the circuit. Something that when I’ve brought up you’ve ignored.
So your hypothetical question is either, design the cars to do something the track won’t allow, or dump a track that doesn’t encourage overtaking. And I would much rather F1 dump Imola, then get lost chasing shadows. Hence the mention of Canada and early Pirellis.
Now you’ve also said that I must want other narrow tracks off the calendar. Which is a major leap in logic that i don’t follow. And I’ve no idea how you came to that conclusion.
Shrinking the cars isn’t going to fix anything. There is so much more at play. WEC Hypercars are bigger than the old LMP1 cars, but the racing is a lot better. Which according to you is physically impossible.
respond to my position
I have. Repeatedly. But it is quite hard when I don’t think even you know your position.
The racing was terrible even when the cars were smaller.
This isn’t a difficult choice.
So then we should get rid of Spa, Austria, Baku, Zandvoort, and Monaco? Now I know some of these tracks are not everyone’s favorites, but it seems smaller cars would be easier. Plus smaller cars would make racing better at every circuit.
If you want to engineer every race to be the same sure. We tried that after Canada 2010, those early pirellis were something.
Okay… Not sure how you got that take from what I said…
You can’t just change the cars for the sake of one track, a track that has historically been difficult for racing.
Similar to how forcing Pirelli into high deg tyres, chasing the energy of Canada 2010 was not a good move.
Not similar at all.
First there is already a size regulation. Is that size regulation better for racing? Seeing that almost everyone says it makes passing hard regardless of track. I think it is safe to say no, it is a suboptimal size. Remember they used to be smaller, a lot smaller. So this would be like going back to before tire deg.
Second you’ll notice that I said
Clearly I’m not trying to change the cars for one track I’m not sure how you think I said that.
Lastly if you’re going to argue the Imola is too narrow and should go away. Then you have to argue about all the other tracks I listed because they are all narrower. The cars not fitting is not the tracks fault it is the cars fault.
If you want to argue lmola is bad for another reason that’s totally fine but if that’s true then why did you respond to a post about car size, instead of something else.
Never said that.
What I am trying to get at, is that you can’t force every race to be the same. And trying to is just going to lead to disaster.
Shrinking the cars isn’t the silver bullet that’ll fix whatever issue people have, especially at a track like Imola. It doesn’t matter how big the cars are if they can only take one line through a corner.
Really you haven’t said much. So I had to infer your argument based in part on you choice to reply to my original comment. All you have said is a vague thing about not making cars for just one track or not making every track the same. Two thing I didn’t say should happen.
If you are not going to articulate a clear position with some logic behind it or even respond to my position, don’t bother all you are doing is trying to move the goal posts.
Your original comment gave absolutely nothing to go off. What does the “right size” mean? You’ve never once explained that.
You can watch the WEC race at Imola this year and see that the cars aren’t the issue. Or even the 2005 F1 race. It’s just the nature of the circuit. Something that when I’ve brought up you’ve ignored.
So your hypothetical question is either, design the cars to do something the track won’t allow, or dump a track that doesn’t encourage overtaking. And I would much rather F1 dump Imola, then get lost chasing shadows. Hence the mention of Canada and early Pirellis.
Now you’ve also said that I must want other narrow tracks off the calendar. Which is a major leap in logic that i don’t follow. And I’ve no idea how you came to that conclusion.
Shrinking the cars isn’t going to fix anything. There is so much more at play. WEC Hypercars are bigger than the old LMP1 cars, but the racing is a lot better. Which according to you is physically impossible.
I have. Repeatedly. But it is quite hard when I don’t think even you know your position.