I totally agree that the current tyre regulation are bonkers, both the start on quali rule (if you apply it, make it the same for the whole grid!) and the use 2 compounds rule. I would completely favour a return to complete freedom of choice for the drivers. After all, F1 should be about driver skill shouldn’t it?

The other think I’d like to change is to have control parts. We already have a standard ECU and for 15 years had a standard FIA refuelling rig. The parts in question could be hidden from casual view but make a big difference to the racing.

1) Rear wings. Anyone remember the Handford wing in Indycars? Basically a big angle bracket that cleaved a massive hole in the air giving major slipstreams on straights. A common complaint these days is that cars only pickup a slipstream when they’ve nearly hit the car in front. Mandate a standard big irregular object to be concealed in the rear wing and bingo.

2) Brake disks. Longer braking distances give much more chance for passing so how about providing the teams with a standard disk (or choice of disks). I can’t name who supplies brakes for the different teams so I doubt the general public bothers.

3) Engine covers. This year the cars are looking rather ugly again after the big cleanup of 2009. The shark fin is probably the worse in my mind so give them all a standard clear perspex engine cover. That was we get to see the engine in all it’s glory too!

The important thing though is to work at the things that are invisble to spectators and don’t diminish the engineering challenge of the pinnacle of F1.