Artificial wet races for F1???

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Please no!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89706

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has backed Bernie Ecclestone's idea of introducing artificial wet races in a bid to increase excitement in the sport.

Ecclestone put forward his radical idea this week, suggesting that the suspense created by using sprinklers to wet a circuit mid-race would be a much better way of improving the show than having moveable rear wings.

"There are race tracks that you can make artificially wet and it would be easy to have such systems at a number of tracks," Ecclestone told the official F1 website.

"Why not let it 'rain' in the middle of a race? For 20 minutes or the last ten laps? Maybe with a two-minute warning ahead of it. Suspense would be guaranteed and it would be the same for all."

Ecclestone's idea may have divided opinions among fans, but tyre manufacturer Pirelli believes that such a move would be great for F1.
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Here's the problem... the idea has the potential to make money for the sprinker operator... imagine some teams getting info ahead of others re: the timing.
 
O yea what a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!

I would love it, you guys have to admit the most exciting races are wet races and it levels the playing field. This would be such an epic plan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe some prefer watching cars go round and round after everything settles down but i love drama and rain = drama which = excitement.

Awesome idea!!!!!!!!

Those boring tracks that we watch go round and round and sit for 2 hours to watch nothing really but round and round rubbish would be transformed in minutes by in coming rain.
 
Coming in 2020, F1 becomes the new Death Race! Machine guns, rocket launchers and even artificial snow!
 
killadoob said:
O yea what a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!

I would love it, you guys have to admit the most exciting races are wet races and it levels the playing field. This would be such an epic plan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe some prefer watching cars go round and round after everything settles down but i love drama and rain = drama which = excitement.

Awesome idea!!!!!!!!

Those boring tracks that we watch go round and round and sit for 2 hours to watch nothing really but round and round rubbish would be transformed in minutes by in coming rain.
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But it's hardly rain, it's artificial rain... somehow I can see the timing being predictable to the teams with the inside connection.
 
encryptedbread said:
But it's hardly rain, it's artificial rain... somehow I can see the timing being predictable to the teams with the inside connection.
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Not really a weather system is in place that says rain is imminent in 2 minutes and will last for 10 minutes. Let the games begin. All teams know it's coming perhaps the intensity will be unknown much like normal rain conditions. Perhaps the rain will last longer than predicted because if they make it like actual weather it should be unpredictable.

The other thing is watching 52 laps of a 70 lap race with nothing but cars going round and round. Yipppppeeeeeeee. I only sit through so many gp's because i consider myself a true fan and no matter how boring it is i will watch every lap but goodness me some races need to be spiced up somehow.
 
killadoob said:
The other thing is watching 52 laps of a 70 lap race with nothing but cars going round and round. Yipppppeeeeeeee. I only sit through so many gp's because i consider myself a true fan and no matter how boring it is i will watch every lap but goodness me some races need to be spiced up somehow.
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You're watching the wrong sport then :p
 
killadoob said:
Not really a weather system is in place that says rain is imminent in 2 minutes and will last for 10 minutes. Let the games begin. All teams know it's coming perhaps the intensity will be unknown much like normal rain conditions. Perhaps the rain will last longer than predicted because if they make it like actual weather it should be unpredictable.

The other thing is watching 52 laps of a 70 lap race with nothing but cars going round and round. Yipppppeeeeeeee. I only sit through so many gp's because i consider myself a true fan and no matter how boring it is i will watch every lap but goodness me some races need to be spiced up somehow.
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So how do you guarantee that Charlie Whiting or whoever else doesn't use the sprinkler system to a teams advantage? Remember, some teams may be more prepared for the wet with their setup, tyres, etc. in advance of the race... if it's your back pocket team, you turn the sprinklers on for alot of the race. It's too open to manipulation of the outcome. Perhaps that's Bernie's plan all along.
 
I will watch my last GP if this comes to pass. Blerrie KERS & push-button wings and **** are banal enough already.
 
Yeah, can't wait to see the artificial snow and machine guns mountain on the front spoiler, lol.

Can I drive the truck that takes out any opponent you don't want to win? :D

Serioulsy, though, hope this doesn't become a permanent fixture, I don't mind watching the cars go around for 72 laps without incident, sometimes the jockeying for positions is just as interesting as seeing bits of someone's front spoiler flying everywhere.

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Serioulsy, though, hope this doesn't become a permanent fixture, I don't mind watching the cars go around for 72 laps without incident, sometimes the jockeying for positions is just as interesting as seeing bits of someone's front spoiler flying everywhere.


Sometimes watching 1st 2nd 3rd 4th etc just go round and round is bloody boring, turn on the sprinkles and let's have some fun!!!!!! Who gives a crap who wins, i watch sport for excitement and round and round is kinda boring until the sprinklers light it up!!!!!!

Rain in 5-20 minutes o yea it's on!!!!!!!!!!! who blinks first!!!!!!! OMG it would be the most epic thing if they manage to pull this off.
 
killa, you sound like you'd be far happier watching NASCAR on ESPN than watching F1. Guaranteed three hundred and plenty km/h accidents, and for the rest of the time the cars really do just go 'round and 'round. :p

F1 is being over-regulated, which is stifling competition. All manner of artificial twaddle is then dreamt up to enliven the impotence that the FIA themselves cause with their penchant for regulating absolutely frigging everything. Here's what I'd like to see: the massive rear wings are apparently just about solely responsible for the lack of overtaking so... ban them. Then set an upper and lower limit for weight, height, length and width and that's it. Let designers design and let engineers engineer. Foster creativity instead of forcing a dozen teams to come up with basically the same car because every little detail is regulated beyond the ridiculous. 1.5l turbos competing against 4l V8s competing against rotaries... bring it on. Bring back a bit of the madness of the 70s and 80s. Let's see 6 wheels and massive fans and all kinds of weird stuff. Let F1 be the pinnacle of motorsport - leave chasing each other's tails in identical cars for the lower formulas... and the Yanks.
 
I like to watch NASCAR as well, usually it's just highlights so they jump from lap 20 to 200 to an accident to 300 etc. :D

One time I did blink during NASCAR, next thing there was an engine lying in the middle of nowhere, and some dude with a helmet on and steering wheel in his hand walking towards it.... the rest of his car was somewhere else. Thing is, I don't know the NASCAR drivers, so usually choose the best looking car near the front, and root for him, lol.

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enigma243 said:
I will watch my last GP if this comes to pass. Blerrie KERS & push-button wings and **** are banal enough already.
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Somehow I don't believe you! :) I must admit some of the best races I enjoyed were wet! Perhaps they could program the sprinklers to randomly activate? No human intervention once the lights go off?
 
NetDude said:
Somehow I don't believe you! :) I must admit some of the best races I enjoyed were wet! Perhaps they could program the sprinklers to randomly activate? No human intervention once the lights go off?
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Nah, ****it. What next? Special Forces snipers tasked with livening up the PGA Tour...? Although, that I would watch. :D
 
enigma243 said:
Nah, ****it. What next? Special Forces snipers tasked with livening up the PGA Tour...? Although, that I would watch. :D
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:D That would certainly make golf a more interesting. Heck, could probably have it classified as an "extreme" sport then!

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Pfffttt... what would really make it exciting is an intersection where the roads cross without any robots :twisted:
 
DCS said:
Pfffttt... what would really make it exciting is an intersection where the roads cross without any robots :twisted:
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Heh, makes me think of a game I played years ago, Destruction Derby, one of the tracks was a figure 8, caused total chaos if cars collided at the intersection!

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