Beedee
Assistant Pro
I can imagine year 2 of the new regs having decent racing.
Year 1 is all about who finds the best loophole (think Merc separating the turbo components, or Brawn's double diffuser, Red Bull charging the diffuser with exhaust gases). There will be something, one little thing that they do that provides a disproportionate advantage. And if that one thing is a fundamental design point that drives chassis design then one team could really dominate again and the others won't be competitive until at least year 2.
Year 2 everyone catches on and more teams are competitive.
Year 3 onwards, every team stretches every loophole as far as possible so that airflow is maximised for their car, and the air behind dirtied as much as possible for the car following again.
Of course if the Year 1 best loophole is found by the biggest budget teams straight off the bat then the other teams are stuffed for years. Again.
Year 1 is all about who finds the best loophole (think Merc separating the turbo components, or Brawn's double diffuser, Red Bull charging the diffuser with exhaust gases). There will be something, one little thing that they do that provides a disproportionate advantage. And if that one thing is a fundamental design point that drives chassis design then one team could really dominate again and the others won't be competitive until at least year 2.
Year 2 everyone catches on and more teams are competitive.
Year 3 onwards, every team stretches every loophole as far as possible so that airflow is maximised for their car, and the air behind dirtied as much as possible for the car following again.
Of course if the Year 1 best loophole is found by the biggest budget teams straight off the bat then the other teams are stuffed for years. Again.