Comments on: Will all twenty drivers see out the season? http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/09/17/will-all-twenty-drivers-see-out-the-season/ Not a real vee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rights and wrongs of the testing ban | F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/09/17/will-all-twenty-drivers-see-out-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-1504728 Rights and wrongs of the testing ban | F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:02:08 +0000 http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/?p=741#comment-1504728 [...] themselves up for a race weekend. This wouldn’t have been much of a problem last year, when all 20 drivers competed in every Grand Prix – an unprecedented [...] [...] themselves up for a race weekend. This wouldn’t have been much of a problem last year, when all 20 drivers competed in every Grand Prix – an unprecedented [...]

]]> By: 2009 F1 drivers: who will be dropped? | F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/09/17/will-all-twenty-drivers-see-out-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-1504727 2009 F1 drivers: who will be dropped? | F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:00:54 +0000 http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/?p=741#comment-1504727 [...] F1 drivers do you think will lose their seats in 2009? Could any of them, as Vee sugests, get dropped before the end of the year? Have your say in the [...] [...] F1 drivers do you think will lose their seats in 2009? Could any of them, as Vee sugests, get dropped before the end of the year? Have your say in the [...]

]]> By: Friend of Max http://doctorvee.co.uk/2008/09/17/will-all-twenty-drivers-see-out-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-1504726 Friend of Max Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:11:43 +0000 http://vee8.doctorvee.co.uk/?p=741#comment-1504726 I thought Piquet was a pay driver, no? I heard that they needed his money to pay for Alonso's return. Also, I can't quite agree that the "cars are all incredibly close to each other in performance." They may be closer than other years, and definitely having Toro Rosso suddenly surge helps defend this view. But incredibly close, really? And yet, I honestly prefer this to the single engine idea our good friend Max proposes. Axis has some good comments on this. It's great to see Alonso in that dog of a car; I like that the performance of cars changes during the year (BMW have clearly worsened, Toro Rosso the opposite); I like that some circuits suit some cars better than others; I like seeing Glock being able to defend himself quite well in a very fast Istanbul against a McLaren. If all the cars had the same engine, and if aerodynamics were limited--as I understand they will be next year--that particular duel with Kovalainen would probably would never have happened. At that time Glock was superior and I believe the inferior Kovalainen only got there because of his car. I've gone off track a bit... Back to the point. I will admit I do not want to see the remaining 20 drivers see out this season. This is what I want to see (it's a bit of a fantasy of mine)--I want to see Montezemolo kick Raikkonen out halfway through a racing weekend (in Toro Rosso vs Scott Speed-style) to walk down the paddock to go get Fernando off Briatore. That would be a riot. I thought Piquet was a pay driver, no? I heard that they needed his money to pay for Alonso’s return.

Also, I can’t quite agree that the “cars are all incredibly close to each other in performance.” They may be closer than other years, and definitely having Toro Rosso suddenly surge helps defend this view. But incredibly close, really?

And yet, I honestly prefer this to the single engine idea our good friend Max proposes. Axis has some good comments on this. It’s great to see Alonso in that dog of a car; I like that the performance of cars changes during the year (BMW have clearly worsened, Toro Rosso the opposite); I like that some circuits suit some cars better than others; I like seeing Glock being able to defend himself quite well in a very fast Istanbul against a McLaren. If all the cars had the same engine, and if aerodynamics were limited–as I understand they will be next year–that particular duel with Kovalainen would probably would never have happened. At that time Glock was superior and I believe the inferior Kovalainen only got there because of his car.

I’ve gone off track a bit… Back to the point. I will admit I do not want to see the remaining 20 drivers see out this season. This is what I want to see (it’s a bit of a fantasy of mine)–I want to see Montezemolo kick Raikkonen out halfway through a racing weekend (in Toro Rosso vs Scott Speed-style) to walk down the paddock to go get Fernando off Briatore. That would be a riot.

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