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Given overtaking is impossible for similarly matched cars and drivers can avoid pitting simply by driving slowly, what kind of event would you have for Sunday?

Best I can think of is an elimination style event: cars are released from the pits in reverse grid order with a 3s gap between each, and if you can stay within 1s of the car in front for a whole lap, that car is eliminated unless they're also within 1s of the car in front of them at the end of the lap (I guess the last checkpoint would need to be just before the pit entry).

Worst I can think of is a series of duels, where Kevin Magnussen is given an SUV and a 3s gap, and drivers need to successfully overtake in an F1 car within 1 lap.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Just make the cars smaller and it will be fun again instantly. The f2 race on Sunday was absolute box office

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Exactly. With the new regulations coming in they will be a bit smaller again, but probably not sufficiently so to allow full blown racing at Monaco again, but it's a step in the right direction. Compared to 20 years ago, modern F1 cars are big lumbering beasts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Monaco has always been a procession. You have drivers complaining about the overtaking at least since the 1980s, probably longer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

It won't make any difference, really.