New ARW use clarification

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I was going to continue the debate in the Ferrari thread but thought this would be better.

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=399223&FS=F1

Basically, the FIA are making it so that a 600m area will be marked with white paint at the end of the straight, and it is in this area that the Adjustable Rear Wing may be activated, and the requirement of being within one second of the car in front "will be calculated at the corner before the designated straight"
 
I like the idea of the movable wing (it essentially removes a 40+ year-old rule that had no real merit to begin with), but the 600-meter rule is just going to be another excuse for officials to watch replay to scan drivers with a fine-toothed comb, instead of letting actual racing decide the outcome on the track.

After all, the last thing drivers need are more rules to consider while piloting a small aircraft with inverted wings at high speeds while pressing their drink button.

And as a fan, the biggest thing I was personally hoping this off-season for was more stringent rules and ways the officials can try to introduce more decay into the sport. :sick:
 
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the 600-meter rule is just going to be another excuse for officials to watch replay to scan drivers with a fine-toothed comb, instead of letting actual racing decide the outcome on the track.
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Actually, I'm pretty sure the way the system works will prevent the driver from using the ARW at all unless they're a) within one second of the car in front, and b) within the six hundred metre zone. There will likely be some kind of timing beam across the circuit measuring the distance between the drivers. When a driver is within one second, the system will allow the ARW to activate. If the driver is not within one second and tries to use the ARW, nothing will happen.
 
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...There will likely be some kind of timing beam across the circuit measuring the distance between the drivers. When a driver is within one second, the system will allow the ARW to activate. If the driver is not within one second and tries to use the ARW, nothing will happen.
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Hmmm...makes sense. But I wonder of what use is all the trouble; there's not much tangible use for this sort of system outside the sport.

Sounds neat, but it nags me that it all sounds so artificial.
 
The idea is not that it replaces overtaking, but aids it. It's designed to give the driver a little something extra when he needs it the most. Between KERS, the ARW and the must-have design approaches of 2011 (like the forward exhaust), it's going to be impossible to say that any one pass will be solely down to the ARW.
 
The whole point of this was as a stop-gap until 2013, they wanted to increase overtaking more naturally, which they hopefully will have done with ground-effect cars in 2013. But in the meantime, they have developed this solution to help in the short-term. Its also a little bit of an experimentation I guess, at least they are trying.
Also, they (the FIA and the teams) have stated the rules will be flexible in case the racing does become artificial, so it can only be good that they are experimenting with this, the more research done into what can help overtaking, the better.
 
I hope they completely get rid of it when 2013 comes as it's not racing in my view. But I will tolerate it until then.
 

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