The same reason that a $20,000 Honda doesn't come with active suspension. Spiralling costs are killing the sport.toto1041 wrote:why is active suspension still banned? i was driving my mercedes today and the thought came to mind as I realized that the electronic dampers are really great pieces of technology. lets put william's domination with active suspension behind us and let all the teams use it without limitations.
Then if a team comes up with a revolutionary solution that is far better there's no way another team can catch up because the budget is gone. But that's another story...Jersey Tom wrote:I'd rather have a series with open technical specs, open engine size, but...
(a) You are given a set amount of fuel for a race weekend.
(b) You have a hard budget cap for the year.
What I've been saying for years. Would really be great.Jersey Tom wrote:I'd rather have a series with open technical specs, open engine size, but...
(a) You are given a set amount of fuel for a race weekend.
(b) You have a hard budget cap for the year.
I think alot of us have been saying it for years, but when Max tried to push it through everyone seemed to hate it... why?Scotracer wrote:What I've been saying for years. Would really be great.Jersey Tom wrote:I'd rather have a series with open technical specs, open engine size, but...
(a) You are given a set amount of fuel for a race weekend.
(b) You have a hard budget cap for the year.
The reason I hated is that he wanted it done so abruptly. If you go back and read my posts I called for a gradual reduce of the budget over the next 3-4 years. I was thinking of all the people that work for these teams. They have to go somewhere and it's easier to find them a place in the company given some time than forced to let them go jobless.ISLAMATRON wrote:I think alot of us have been saying it for years, but when Max tried to push it through everyone seemed to hate it... why?Scotracer wrote:What I've been saying for years. Would really be great.Jersey Tom wrote:I'd rather have a series with open technical specs, open engine size, but...
(a) You are given a set amount of fuel for a race weekend.
(b) You have a hard budget cap for the year.
set the fuel amount for the race, not for the weekend, I want to see the cars run as much as possible.
No to active suspension.
Because what Max proposed was the usual bullshit he comes out with. He wanted:ISLAMATRON wrote:I think alot of us have been saying it for years, but when Max tried to push it through everyone seemed to hate it... why?Scotracer wrote:What I've been saying for years. Would really be great.Jersey Tom wrote:I'd rather have a series with open technical specs, open engine size, but...
(a) You are given a set amount of fuel for a race weekend.
(b) You have a hard budget cap for the year.
set the fuel amount for the race, not for the weekend, I want to see the cars run as much as possible.
No to active suspension.
You know what?xpensive wrote:I say bring back the gizmos.