Like Alonso did last year with Massa? Ooops, that was team orders. I hold Alonso in very high regard, I think he's probably one of the best drivers out there along with Vettel and Hamilton.
If you have two equal cars it makes passing almost impossible...no matter who is driving.
What do team orders have to do with electronic driver assists? :biggrin:
We have "equal cars" because of the silly rules in the first place.
People used to build their own cars, and choose their tire mfg. after testing with their own car, and the fastest cars ran up front and passed each other. Sometimes it was the car, and sometimes it was the driver.
Much of auto racing is now becoming boring because of the attempt to make "equal cars".
"equal cars" has now infected most forms of racing.
Yet we have people complaining because you can't pass.
No shit you can't pass...you're all driving the same car with the same tires and different decals.
We have now tried several things to get these "equal cars" to be able to pass. We've tried different grip tires with a tire rule mandating use of both types. We've tried smaller wings. We've tried KERS. We've tried DRS. And I'm sure I forgot a couple.
Still we basically get passes in the pits or when one car has a problem, or if it rains and a team guesses right.
Even when DRS works, what's the point? You know who will pass who, and you know exactly when and where they will pass.
If Vettel happens to be close behind Hamilton near the end of the race, and DRS is working as advertised at that track, then we already know the outcome. Vettel will pass Hamilton easily shortly after the DRS red line. Blocking isn't allowed and neither is more than one move, so it's a done deal if DRS does what is claimed.
We saw a little bit of what F1 should be when Brawn came out with their car that was a little different that squeaked in under some new rules. That car could pass often. That car could come from the back.
Driver aids were taboo not long ago. Frowned upon, too. Now they are putting them back on the cars.
Seems like F1 created the problem, and now they can't solve it.
It wasn't long ago that a guy like Nigel Mansell or Ayrton Senna or even Schuey could get put in the back and then storm right through the field. No trouble passing any cars. Even cars that were good.
Most of the F1 drivers today have no knowledge of such. They've never seen it while they were driving. They only know the new parade type racing. Qualify and stay there unless it rains or someone blows up.
Heck, with the new "equal car" strategy, even "advancing by reliability" is limited.
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