Grosjean: Modern F1 'too predictable'
Romain Grosjean thinks modern formula one is too boring.
"As a young person, I wouldn't watch," the Haas driver admitted to Auto Motor und Sport.
"It's too predictable. Who will win? Hamilton or Vettel. Who else is on the podium? Bottas or Kimi. Who is behind them? The Red Bulls," Grosjean added.
"Before every race we already know the answers to those questions."
Grosjean said the main problem is the gap between those top three teams and the others, which he says are all filled with talented drivers as well.
"The difference to them and us is two seconds. But are Lewis and Seb two seconds faster than us? I don't think so," said the Frenchman.
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In totally agree. Romain Grosjean you got it in one!!!
100% with you Romain Grosjean. Boring. "The difference to them and us is two seconds. But are Lewis and Seb two seconds faster than us? I don't think so," said the Frenchman. and I believe this, Put you and Max in the Ferrari or Mercedes and lets see a proper race...
I have already proposed a variation on this theme. What could be done is have drivers fight for the points separate from the cars, and the cars separate from the drivers. In other words decouple the drivers from the car-teams. There are 10 car teams and 20 drivers and 20 races. During the season each driver would get to drive each car for two races. That would entirely even the odds. We would then get to see the best cars and the best drivers.
Bagsy driving the Ferrari for the two weeks before the FIA installed the sensor...lol but on a serious note not all drivers would fit into the different cars, so you'd end up making generic cars and that's before you have the problems with sponsorship and the teams that are doing poorly switching development to the next year, just before your favourite driver is due to drive the car. You wouldn't have to think so hard to imagine a situation where a team that perhaps didn't want a particular individual to win to sacrifice both points.
I understand your thoughts and you like the rest of us want good racing but F1 has always had two or three teams at the top and the best drivers finding their way to those teams but I couldn't see it working in that format and in any event then it would cease to be F1.
I fully understand and agree. I, really, did not mean to carry this scheme out literally. But something radical has to be done to prevent this sport from becoming a weekend of statistical analysis and modulator strategies.
Yes, Simon that would be great and would really show which team and driver is the best.
Sorry, my mistake. I took you too literarily.
If they find a way to diminish the amount of regulations (and that is really difficult), we mày see best, or at least fun races in the future. Wing and/or twin Lotus, 6 wheels Tyrrel, fan Brabham, etc. It can be ok to limit the revs, or ending power, as soon as you let open the type of that power. I also miss the reserve cars (see no reason for not having them back, even with the limit of PU's or trans), the pre-qualifyings, and many other things. It been too extremely politicaly correct. Ok, people do not want to go back to the cars built in the back of the garages with little hammers, but the amount of requests to be able to participate of a F1 race/season is out of proportion. How many teams have endure through a season in pre-qualifyings without been able to get one single race start, but they tried. Starts with 28 cars, .... Now they are talking again (funny no) about a 3rd car per team, but everyone knows that it will not happen....