F1: Are 3-Car Teams Are a Good Thing?

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TenEightyOne
What is that supposed to mean? Who were you addressing? :)

That's just how a "formula" works ;)
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What he clearly is saying is the Formula one Car doesn't Apply to a GP2 Car.

But if it was allowed im sure the term for what defines a Formula 1 car would obviously be changed.
 
mustafur
What he clearly is saying is the Formula one Car doesn't Apply to a GP2 Car.

But if it was allowed im sure the term for what defines a Formula 1 car would obviously be changed.
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It wasn't clear; he quoted a rule and wished somebody (who he didn't name) luck with it. It's obvious that the F1 technical regs change year on year so I find it unclear what he meant.

mustafur
because having spec cars is exactly not F1, since day 1.
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I have to agree. I think there are three types of motorsport; stock, spec and prototype. Formula racing at the top level has always been pure proto... if F1 changed to become a spec series I think it would lose a lot of fans. I also think it would gain
quite a few - after all Indy is a very successful - but to me it just wouldn't be Formula any more.
 
TenEightyOne
It wasn't clear; he quoted a rule and wished somebody (who he didn't name) luck with it. It's obvious that the F1 technical regs change year on year so I find it unclear what he meant.
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Fair enough but it's subjective.


I have to agree. I think there are three types of motorsport; stock, spec and prototype. Formula racing at the top level has always been pure proto... if F1 changed to become a spec series I think it would lose a lot of fans. I also think it would gain
quite a few - after all Indy is a very successful - but to me it just wouldn't be Formula any more.
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As much as I wish it was True saying Indycar is successful is far from the truth, and its most succesful period(90s) was when it was much more Open Regulated and not spec.
 
Soundtrack
The unlikelihood of a 2 tier 2015 Championship.

Nobody in particular, anybody with interest in this thread.

This is Formula One.
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Maybe it's just me but when I read your posts it's like watching the-guy-who-reads-the-movie-taglines being rehabilitated into the community :)
 
Yes they are a good thing, but not a great thing and could quickly evolve into a not so good thing. However, in early stages will be a good thing.
 
...until Lotus and/or Sauber are wiped out. Backmarkers are important in the development of future talent. The only way I could agree to 3-car teams is if 1 seat is set aside for "academy" drivers or GP2/FR3.5 graduates, but that does mean that out of the 2014 field of 22 entrants (excluding Lotterer) 6 will leave the sport, although it could be argued that most of those 6 are, in the words of Bernie Ecclestone, "makeweights".
 
DK
The only way I could agree to 3-car teams is if 1 seat is set aside for "academy" drivers or GP2/FR3.5 graduates...
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Now that's a good idea. That might actually see some funding falling down the tree too.
 
There might be some problems though:
  • A team's 3rd driver might be waiting a while for a promotion.
  • If a slot for 1st/2nd driver opens up at one of the other teams, does it go to their third driver or will they get effectively skipped for someone from another team?
  • Maybe this is less of a problem if you don't like Red Bull potentially having some rear gunners, but I suppose this will mean the end for Toro Rosso.
  • A 3rd seat could still be sold to a pay driver, e.g. Max Chilton.
 
DK
  • A team's 3rd driver might be waiting a while for a promotion.
  • If a slot for 1st/2nd driver opens up at one of the other teams, does it go to their third driver or will they get effectively skipped for someone from another team?
  • Maybe this is less of a problem if you don't like Red Bull potentially having some rear gunners, but I suppose this will mean the end for Toro Rosso.
  • A 3rd seat could still be sold to a pay driver, e.g. Max Chilton.
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Reading through that... I'm not sure how much that would change F1. All those things pretty-much happen now, it's just that the feeling of "deservedness" amongst drivers might change with the large teams fielding more cars.
 

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