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35 years ago today, F1 announced a grid of 21 teams for the 1989 season. Today they announced that having more than 10 teams has no value. (www.racefans.net)
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[–] regul@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (13 children)

What's the shortest start/finish straight on the calendar? The only real limit to the number of teams in my mind comes purely from how much longer the cars are that at a certain point the grid has to wrap around the final turn. I don't think we're anywhere near that on any of the current tracks, though.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Is there any particular reason or regulation why the F1 races couldn't use a running start like other categories? Where everyone departs from the pits at fixed intervals and then the race starts after a 0 lap. Is the grid start from standstill mandatory?

[–] regul@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Presumably you'd get less wheel-to-wheel racing, and considering that most recent rule changes have been in pursuit of more of that, it seems unlikely they'd take a course that resulted in less.

[–] PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, the first two or three laps are where the most passing happens and the cars generally set into a groove from there

Spec series like Indy and F2 keep the cars closer together for the entire race so there's action throughout

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