And you were in control of setting the rules for F1, what would they look like?
Car Specifications:
>Minimum car weight is a nice, low, and round 500kg
>Car width is 2 metres
>Car length is 4.5 metres
>Engine choices are turbocharged V6, V8, V10 and V12
>New teams get Cosworth units free, but must pay for everything else
>Maximum engine capacity is 3250cc for NA engines and 1625cc for Turbo engines
>Maximum fuel consumption is 200kg for NA engines and 150kg for Turbo engines
>Maximum turbo pressure is 4.0 bar, as per 1987 regulations
>All engines must be homologated for a minimum of 20 production examples just for fun
>Special racing fuels reintroduced
>At least two tire manufacturers; FIA will even pay for there to be competition
>Rear tire width is set at 20 inches, 2 more than they were in 1992 and earlier
>Chassis length from driver's feet is 20cm
>Assymetric braking systems allowed
Teams:
>If you have a car that passes regulations, you're in
>1 car teams allowed
>Heritage teams protected - Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Brabham once they inevitably return
Calendar:
>16 championship races, four in each region; America, Southern Europe, Northern Europe and Pacific
>Four optional non-championship races, one per leg held on a unique venue with GP2 cars on the grid, like it was in the 60s
>These NC races are basically the racing equivalent of Olympic bids, every venue and country vying for the F1 to turn up on their doorstep
>Four straight weeks of racing per leg (five if you include NC races), followed by a 2 (1) week break to last a total of 154 days (5 months)
>Each round has two FIA-approved tracks apart from Monaco which they must alternate within 3 years (so no more than two consecutive races at the same venue)
>Renovate Hockenheim back to pre-2002 layout, keep Tilkeberg's desecration as a shorter MotoGP layout I will shoot anyone that called the old track boring
Qualifying:
>One whole hour on Saturday for drivers to set the best possible lap time, that's it
>Unlimited laps, but cars must start on the same fuel and tires that they finished qualifying in
>Pitstops allowed only if you wreck your tires or run out of fuel, permitted once per season per driver
>Any other infringements or suspected cheating means you DNS
Race:
>One spare car per team per race weekend
>Maximum of 25 cars on the grid, 107% rule relaxed to 108% but enforced in all cases
>Race length is 100 minutes or 300km, whichever comes first
Flag Rules:
>Safety car only called out when car or (cars) involved in an accident are parked on the racing line and cannot be moved
>Green flag called on the lap following the point at which the hazard(s) was successfully removed from the circuit
>Red flag if any unauthorized person, animal or vehicle breaches the track
>Flags are sent via radio, red automatically slows the cars down to pitlane speed, blue and yellow force fuel mixture to leanest
Other:
>Old F1 logo brought back
>UK TV airing rights revert back to BBC, no song other than The Chain may be used as the theme
>Course cars are specific to certain venues (e.g. Countach at Monaco, Ferrari 348 at Monza) with the only rule being they must be able to keep up with F1 cars
>Marshals are equipped with proximity sensors that go off when a car comes within 10 seconds of their current position
Rounds:
America (1st leg)
South America - Sao Paulo/Hermanos Galvez
Central America - Hermanos Rodriguez/Long Beach
United States - Indianapolis/Watkins Glen
Canada - Montreal/Mosport Park
Southern Europe (2nd leg)
Spain - Catalunya/Jarama
Monte Carlo - Monaco
Mediterranea - Estoril/Hungaroring
Italy - Monza/Imola
Northern Europe (3rd leg)
UK - Silverstone/Brands Hatch
Germany - Nurburgring/Hockenheim
France - Magny Cours/Paul Ricard
Europe - Spa-Francorchamps/A-1 Ring
Pacific (4th leg)
Asia - Sepang/Shanghai
Australia - Melbourne/Adelaide
Japan - Suzuka/Fuji
Pacific - New Zealand/Macau the two remaining Grand Prix races that were never made a part of Formula 1