Paul Humphreys rambles on....

Formula1's future... As the last three races of the season beckon it is worth considering where F1 goes from here. The rules changes to make engines last longer, remove downforce and ending up with a driver doing as many miles on a set of tyres as the average car make one consider is the governing body really up to its job? The UK touring car championship went through a similar crisis a few years ago and did not fix the problem of one team with more money than the others dominating the sport. Safety is an issue but life and all sport is dangerous. As long as the risks are minimised then that is acceptable. Regarding A certain German driver's domination of the sport and his Ferari team, well the others had better make a better job of their 2005 racers and put all their drivers on performance payements ! ( Sep 24 2004, 08:00:00 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [2]

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I very much doubt things'll change. Whinning about Michael is just stupid. I'm sure when Babe Ruth was playing baseball there were alot of depressed (Fillinateam) fans around, but looking back it was a great era for baseball. The same exists in F1 right now, the greatest driver of all time can be seen racing every other weekend.

But the rules changes are always questionable. It's that gap between F1 being a spectical and being a test platform for "everyday technology". 1 lap qualifying has been a disaster and a joke. Parking the cars in Parc Ferme after qualifying is questionable. The only interesting bit has been that you can't judge the race solely by qualifying due to the fuel loads. But even that is deminished by Ross Braun who keeps pulling rabbits out of his hat.

The entire Ferrari Team does an excellent job and they work hard (and they get a bonus in their check for every F1 point!) and it's Williams BMW and West Meclarin that are a joke (at least they have kool servers). Look at BAR Honda and Renault... they are capitalizing big time.

Anyway, we go though this every single year and we'll make it thru yet again.

Posted by benr on September 24, 2004 at 10:48 AM PDT #

There are three pastimes that do not qualify as sport: F1, F2 and F3. So there! Now go watch some real sports, like Rugby, Finnish BoBall and Boule Petanque!

Posted by Hans J A on September 28, 2004 at 05:24 AM PDT #