News Details

Analysis: Should F1 heed the IndyCar season opener?

366. That, according to IndyCar, is the number of on-track passes that took place during the championship's frenetic season opener at St Petersburg. By contrast, Formula 1‘s rather sedate opening act featured just five overtakes after the first lap according to Pirelli Motorsport data. With F1 set to map out the future direction of its chassis regulations during this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, and with IndyCar already seemingly cultivating the rewards of a dramatic cut in downforce, surely such an enormous tally of overtakes telegraphs the obvious future direction to Ross Brawn and his team. However, if Ross was to be presented with such a comparison, he would almost inevitably...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Magnussen certain F1 overtaking issues...

Kevin Magnussen has hit back at the lack of overtaking digs at the 2018...
7y ago from Crash.net

Whiting: Easier-to-follow F1 cars a priority for 2021

Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting says producing cars that are...
7y ago from Crash.net

Ross Brawn Already Solving F1's Overtaking Problem

Ross Brawn has said that Formula 1 is already looking into finding a...

'Wide cars' not helping overtaking cause - Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo, the boldest of Formula 1's drivers when it comes to...
7y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Ryan Briscoe to coach RLL drivers, fueling speculation...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that it has brought on two...

Wienie 500 returns for second year in build-up to Indy...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that the Oscar Meyer Wienie 500...

Alex Palou responds to McLaren court ruling

Alex Palou has been ordered to pay McLaren Racing over $12 million...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Havertz, Gyokeres score as Arsenal complete perfect CL...

Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyokeres both got on the scoresheet as Arsenal...
41m ago from SkySports.com

Kai Havertz back among the goals as Arsenal muscle...

enal’s challenge for the Premier League title <a...
41m ago from TheGuardian.com

'He is absolutely garbage', 'He needs to go' - Fans...

Fans slammed the performance of midfielder Martin Odegaard in Arsenal's...
21m ago from SportsKeeda.com

'2026 and we are putting him there', 'Funniest guy' -...

Arsenal fans are unimpressed with manager Mikel Arteta’s decision to...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.