mika
Still Wondering
The smart money says 18. I agree the Honda deal is dead.
(Remember the days when the first cut for making the grid was a lap time of less than 103% IIRC of the pole, now we are talking about just 18 )
Here is something to kick around,
The set up
As you know testing is limited this season. Also some of the track contracts are reported to have penalties for have less than a certain number of cars on the grid. At one time that number was a minimum of 24, I am not certain what that number is now or how the penalty works.
what if ...
Bernie and Max allowed teams to field a third car? They have one back up car. They have a test driver that has a Super License. Allow the driver to claim points in the drivers championship but don't allow the team to collect constructor points for the third car.
Figure out how to split the costs. Ferrari and McLaren would bite, and if BMW Renault and say Toyota joined in the experiment you could rotate it among the teams spreading out the costs and track time over more of the field.
It gives the participating teams track time to try different settings etc.
(Remember the days when the first cut for making the grid was a lap time of less than 103% IIRC of the pole, now we are talking about just 18 )
Here is something to kick around,
The set up
As you know testing is limited this season. Also some of the track contracts are reported to have penalties for have less than a certain number of cars on the grid. At one time that number was a minimum of 24, I am not certain what that number is now or how the penalty works.
what if ...
Bernie and Max allowed teams to field a third car? They have one back up car. They have a test driver that has a Super License. Allow the driver to claim points in the drivers championship but don't allow the team to collect constructor points for the third car.
Figure out how to split the costs. Ferrari and McLaren would bite, and if BMW Renault and say Toyota joined in the experiment you could rotate it among the teams spreading out the costs and track time over more of the field.
It gives the participating teams track time to try different settings etc.