jadeseal7 said:Why on earth would they get rid of aerodynamics? So we can have even slower cars? Because clearly, that’s exactly what everyone wants—more people crying about how slow they are.
Exactly. 👍
de Ferran absolutely nailed it with this quote:
He’s convinced it’d be a massive mistake for Formula 1 to go swinging for the fences with huge rule changes just because a bunch of recent fan surveys suggested it. Not exactly a genius move.
Henry Ford once noted that if he’d actually bothered to ask folks what they wanted, they probably would’ve just asked for faster horses. Same goes for Steve Jobs—if he’d waited around for people to tell him what they needed, nobody would have ever dreamed up the smartphone.
"Look, understanding the fan base matters, sure," de Ferran said. "But at the end of the day, the actual product being delivered has to be driven by the people running the business."
And besides, if they actually went ahead and slapped some aero restrictions in place, the same crowd screaming for it would be the first ones whining that Formula 1 is boring and completely sucks. 😁
The only thing Formula 1 actually needs is to do the exact opposite of all those half-baked ideas about adding even more restrictions. 🤦
What we actually need to do is just scrap this mountain of rulebook restrictions and let the engineers and crews have their way. Let them actually build what they want.
So, you're telling me aero development and engine builds are just completely wide open? Total freedom. Great.
And we really need to set some dead-simple rules, like:
Look, the rules basically say the car can be "as quiet and small as you want," while also saying it needs to be "as loud and huge as possible." Make it make sense.
The rulebook says the car can only have an engine up to a certain displacement and a specific number of cylinders... that's it.
Testing is allowed, literally, all the damn time...
Whatever. Let them keep doing whatever they want, as long as they can afford it.
All this whining about things being too expensive? It’s exactly what caused this mess. We ended up spending way more than we used to just to stay in place. There’s zero actual progress happening because the rules are so restrictive that you can't even dream of a revolutionary breakthrough without having an absolute mountain of cash.
That’s exactly why the big players with actual money stay away from Formula 1. Let's be real: no serious manufacturer wants to jump into this circus just to humiliate themselves like Honda or Renault did. Why would they sink a fortune into specialized tech that has zero application for their street cars? Plus, there's no guarantee they'll even be competitive out of the gate. From a marketing standpoint, it’s a massive gamble—you're more likely to end up looking like a total joke than actually selling cars. Not exactly the kind of commercial you want.