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**kSmica** · 09-22-2009, 04:45 AM

As far as I'm concerned I watched F1 mainly (like 85-90%) for the technology involved.
Nowadays we get to see plenty of pictures of the internals of the cars, things that we couldn't even dream about 20 years ago and were still scarce 10 years ago. However in the same time the technical side started being restricted and standardized to the point where IMO it lost 50% of it's appeal.
I'm still as interested as I ever was but I get a better kick from looking to the internals of a LeMans prototype nowadays than with a F1 car.

I really couldn't care less about who wins the championship or if there are more than 3 overtaking moves per race as long as I know that the cars that compete are against state of art automotive technology representatives not some dumbed down restricted, standardized and frozen mixes of aluminum and carbon fiber.

I used to think that way also but this standard F1 has somehow won me over, I just love what Force India did in the last two races, that would not have happened with free regulations. I've said here that I support the engine freeze but maybe that should be lifted if the regulations guaranteed somewhat competitive engines for the whole field. Those minus 100bhp Ford ED V8 days should never return.

09-22-2009, 04:45 AM	#40
kSmica Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 631 Senior Member	As far as I'm concerned I watched F1 mainly (like 85-90%) for the technology involved. Nowadays we get to see plenty of pictures of the internals of the cars, things that we couldn't even dream about 20 years ago and were still scarce 10 years ago. However in the same time the technical side started being restricted and standardized to the point where IMO it lost 50% of it's appeal. I'm still as interested as I ever was but I get a better kick from looking to the internals of a LeMans prototype nowadays than with a F1 car. I really couldn't care less about who wins the championship or if there are more than 3 overtaking moves per race as long as I know that the cars that compete are against state of art automotive technology representatives not some dumbed down restricted, standardized and frozen mixes of aluminum and carbon fiber. I used to think that way also but this standard F1 has somehow won me over, I just love what Force India did in the last two races, that would not have happened with free regulations. I've said here that I support the engine freeze but maybe that should be lifted if the regulations guaranteed somewhat competitive engines for the whole field. Those minus 100bhp Ford ED V8 days should never return.
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