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Originally posted by Rob_Quads
Did you prefer the previous few years when the majority of races were just a procession where by the position you qualified was the position you finished. If not what would you hav done to change things?

There were a number races last year where there were less than 10 overtakes ! in the whole race across the top 8 cars after the first 2 laps.

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Originally posted by emicen

How is this a good system? If you spent 75 out of 76 laps 1.5 seconds infront of the car following you and cocked up in one corner on the last lap, you should be able to defend to the end and still win. In this new nonsence system, you drop to 0.9s ahead of them, the hit the straight, DRS on, pass made, thats you fucked.
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Originally posted by Ben G
emicen did you even watch the race yesterday?

if so, i take it you sure people trying to overtake michael schumacher in the DRS zone but were unable to for laps and laps,

theres no doubt it makes overtaking easier, but it also requires driver skill too.

makes me laugh, people moan and whinge theres no overtaking and f2 has become boring, so when they introudce something that encourages overtaking, people put it down.

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Originally posted by Ben G
emicen did you even watch the race yesterday?

if so, i take it you sure people trying to overtake michael schumacher in the DRS zone but were unable to for laps and laps,

theres no doubt it makes overtaking easier, but it also requires driver skill too.

makes me laugh, people moan and whinge theres no overtaking and f2 has become boring, so when they introudce something that encourages overtaking, people put it down.

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By lap 40ish I'd got so bored I fell asleep, so I'd seen one overtake in to turn one and umpteen DRS back straight efforts.

I'm not saying it doesn't take skill, you're still trying to haul up a car from 200mph without overshooting under braking and with no driver aids. But putting together a section of corners to carry more speed on to a straight, naturally outdragging the person infront then getting the pass under braking is more of a challenge. Or nipping at the driver infront corner after corner to force a mistake.

I don't slag off all measures to encourage overtaking, for example KERS because its available to both drivers and they judge when to use it and can use it in response to a challenge.

This system just amounts to F1 hobbling the car infront as soon as the following car gets close, to force a pass. Its simply not a fair or rational system IMHO




Bold bit because seemingly having an opinion and explaining your reasoning puts sand in Jamie's fanny

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