Why Ben Sulayem pushes on with new team process despite F1 criticisms
Why Ben Sulayem pushes on with new team process despite F1 criticisms
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I really hope that they get at least one of the new teams on the grid. Despite the protests from the current teams, I think it will help grow the sport, provide more seats for drivers, and more jobs in motorsport, and it will just be super interesting to watch
I agree. More teams will lead to more competition and more racing--the entire reason anybody watches the sport.
Or it leads to more back markers and blue flags, watered down revenue for the smaller teams and therefore less competitiveness from them resulting in even less competition. F1 is booming right now but it won't forever. Instead of new teams f2 should be made into a real world championship imo. That would create much more competition than some billionaire wasting money in f1
There is obviously a minimum threshold that must be met. That's why there are provisions in place to make sure any new entrants have the potential to be successful--107% rule, facility inspections, 200M anti-dilution fund, etc. In fact, since the anti-dilution fund is distributed evenly the current backmarkers would have a financial windfall for the first several years of an 11th team.
The current backmarkers aren't even what I'd consider true backmarkers. Sure, Haas, AT, Alfa-Romeo, and Williams generally finish towards back, but at least they're all competitive with each other.
If you don't want to see traffic and backmarkers then should there even be 10 teams? Perhaps 9, or 5, or maybe they should only let the two fastest teams race. Traffic is an inherent part of racing.
, but at least they're all competitive with each other
Yes and that took forever. Did everyone forget how bad it was just 10 years ago. How many teams we lost that just drove around in last and didn't add any value
It wasn't long time ago that when more teams raced (2014 11 teams, 2012 12 teams), iirc 107% rule solved the blue flag problem.
I am still annoyed if the end of a race is spoiled by the leaders having to go through traffic non stop