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What is your preferred Monaco Sunday event format? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by ninth_plane@lemmy.world to c/formula1@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Knuschberkeks@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tbh I wouldn't change a thing, I had a tonne of fun yesterday. Once you've watched F1 for a while and understand what's going on in the background, even just watching the timing screens can be exciting. Watching the gap between Piastri and Russel, for most of the race you couldn't tell of it would open up to a full pit stop, at which point Piastri would probably have pitted, triggering a Pit stop for both Ferraris and Norris aswell. I get that more casual viewers need more on track action, and I probably wouldn't like if the whole season was like that, but for one race a year I think it's great.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same! I'm surprised by how many people think Monaco should be binned for the crime of being strategic rather than action-packed. If you're that affronted then watch F2 or MotoGP, there's much more overtaking in them!

[–] Knuschberkeks@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago

If all you care about is on track action, F1 is probably one of the worst racing series for you. Not even half the races are action packed, and that's been the case for probably 10-20 years or even more.

[–] calamitycastle@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Knuschberkeks@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago

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