MSport Talk: Frank Motorsport Opinions & Debate

Sunday just gone I decided to forgo the F1 and watch the first round of the 2015 World Endurance Championship. And I am glad I did, the race had just about everything, action throughout the classes, not too many stoppages (full course yellow periods - which I feel worked extremely well) and drama at the front of the field - on more than one occation with the demise of the leading Porsche in the 2nd hour and the final moment steward decisions. Now, lets concentrate on that for a few moments. The number 7 Audi, which won the race finished near as makes no difference 4 seconds ahead of the 2nd placed Porsche. However in the dying moments of the race and after 6 hours of racing the Audi was penalised for leaving the track while lapping an Aston Martin and gaining an advantage by keeping the chasing Porsche behind the slower GTE mobile. The Audi was already a good lap ahead of the chasing cars before it made it's final "spalsh n dash" pit stop and, around 45 secs ahead bef...

A question that has been asked for a good many years now, many a time a website, blog or magazine (remember them) would ask the question, tens of thousands of fans - keen to have their voices heard and the magic and spectacle of the sport (apparently it is still a sport) return would answer and then... The FIA bans drivers from changing their helmet designs. So, I expect you are all excited to know just what I would do to bring the action back to the series. However, it will not be a quick fix, some suggestions may work others, maybe not, we will probably never know, I would be interested to see who does and does not agree with these proposals. We shall start with the racing itself. Here goes nothing! Racing: The cars need to be able to pass one another, cleanly and on track, and not only because one driver has better tyres, or has DRS or can use a KERS system to make his car faster than the car he is pursuing, the cars need to be able to get close to the back of the car in f...