I would also like to see a return of H shifters, one of the things that great racing drivers used to do was dance on the pedals as they Heele'd and Toe'd or double de-clutched, just watch Senna in the late 80's/ early 90's Mclarens, (although by then he had a 'sequential' stick shift), things were so much more busy and hectic then, and those who could go through the gears efficiently were faster and more reliable whereas those who we'rent would break their cars and spin due to locking the rear wheels.
There are two opinions on how F1 should go forward, some think F1 should be all about racing action and excitement, and others think that F1 should be about progress and technological advancement, obviously fully manual gearboxes and H-Shifters arent exactly leading edge technology.
However technology has advanced so much now that it has made racing efficient and boring, so I think the best route to take is to go down the route of makng the cars less sophisticated, hopefully leading to more exciting racing.
I'm very excited about the shift towards more mechanical grip, I'd love to see cars that have some downforce but still have to be slid about a bit in order to be quick.
Ofcourse the cars are only half the problem, most currejt F1 tracks suck, I think the problem is that Herman Tilke follows a 'formula' when he creates his tracks, most legendary tracks were built at random or followed the contours of the land (par example Brands Hatch, for the most part runs around a natrual bowl in the land), this means that they have unusual cambers and tricky bumps/elevation changes that Tilke tracks simply don't have, I think Tilke tries too hard to create a track that encourages overtaking and so ends up with this formulaic mess.
EDIT: It might be interesting next year when cars are less reliant on Aero, because I think that Tilke tracks may suddenly become great for ovetaking, as there are often lots of overtaking spaces, but aerodynamics prevent the passes from being carried out, once the aero problem is removed, we may see the amount overtaking rocket next year.
There are two opinions on how F1 should go forward, some think F1 should be all about racing action and excitement, and others think that F1 should be about progress and technological advancement, obviously fully manual gearboxes and H-Shifters arent exactly leading edge technology.
However technology has advanced so much now that it has made racing efficient and boring, so I think the best route to take is to go down the route of makng the cars less sophisticated, hopefully leading to more exciting racing.
I'm very excited about the shift towards more mechanical grip, I'd love to see cars that have some downforce but still have to be slid about a bit in order to be quick.
Ofcourse the cars are only half the problem, most currejt F1 tracks suck, I think the problem is that Herman Tilke follows a 'formula' when he creates his tracks, most legendary tracks were built at random or followed the contours of the land (par example Brands Hatch, for the most part runs around a natrual bowl in the land), this means that they have unusual cambers and tricky bumps/elevation changes that Tilke tracks simply don't have, I think Tilke tries too hard to create a track that encourages overtaking and so ends up with this formulaic mess.
EDIT: It might be interesting next year when cars are less reliant on Aero, because I think that Tilke tracks may suddenly become great for ovetaking, as there are often lots of overtaking spaces, but aerodynamics prevent the passes from being carried out, once the aero problem is removed, we may see the amount overtaking rocket next year.
I almost lost it there...
