Formula 1: Forgiving ambitions, and mergers & acquisitions

One of the ways to overcome this situation, and to make Formula 1 more interesting, is to bifurcate the series into certain classes, such a way that each classes has their own objectives, and traits. This has been followed in other genres of motorsport. Maybe Formula 1 should take a lead out of the rivals in making this series a bit more interesting. The benefits of such a move would be racing without any external forces, or artificial racing as you would call it.

Let’s call it this way – Class I would just involve the main regulations, and it would feature the top 4 teams, while class II would be offered more technological freedom, involving the midfield teams, while the class III would be powered with extra horsepower and technological freedom to make the races more exciting. Problems are certainly bound to arise.

Bifurcating the teams would be a problem, and most importantly, Formula 1 would be difficult to get used to, but this can be an escape route for many people who do not wish to see racing in the artificial manner by asking Pirelli to produce softer compound tyres, and risking the lives of drivers, and also the controversial use of DRS.

This can also be seen as a desperate attempt of Formula 1, but it does offer more relativity to teams, especially the backmarkers who are lost in the glory. Since the teams would be fighting within their own classes, more championships are involved, and the sponsors would be happy to assign themselves with the many other teams.

These kinds of suggestions might have arisen in the past, but when Formula 1 pays no respect to the backmarkers, suggestions like these will arise again, along with the speculations of mergers and acquisitions of teams, and also questioning the team’s future, which will lead to an uneasy situation, and also the inclusion of more desperate measures, making racing a bit more senseless while risking the lives of racers involved.

FIA: Time to make some sense?

One of my friends recently was speaking against the FIA, and was really hoping that the International Tribunal (IT) would punish them for being so ruthless with their regulations, especially on granting Pirelli a free test during the in-season at the expense of other teams, and later backtracking on the same.

We have heard many analysis on the controversial Mercedes Test, and how Mercedes escaped a major punishment, only because of the loophole in the regulations. But again, regulations are something to do with those who set them. All we can do is argue until there is a change of guard at the top level.

Can we say that FIA maintained a diplomatic appeal, by not acting against Pirelli or trying to gather sympathy of other teams by backtracking on the regulation?

Some of the recent decisions by the FIA are logged in as controversial. We can also talk of pit lane speed limiter from the Hungarian Grand Prix and the decision to restrict camera persons to only certain locations, mainly due to a faulty wheel nut?