Formula One: The Autosport F1 poll -- Do the fans have the right idea?

Just only a week ago, a British motorsport magazine, Autosport, made a survey which fans from around the world put in a questionnaire on certain items that could or would change things in formula one.

The idea was simply to see whether answers from the fans would be any different from what the participants would have.

The results themselves proved that formula one and it's association, the F.I.A., do not certainly have to listen to the fans, but it would certainly be necessary that a little advise could be used, especially when changes will occur next season and beyond.

Besides the governing body causing all the mess, some opinions that the fans surveyed were well in the same agreement as me.

These included what should be made illegal.

These days, F1 is getting way too high tech, and this could cause the car to be more of a computer, more than just a car that you can feel when you are going though all the straights and corners.

Also the F.I.A. should make all the rules of Formula One.

Good idea, but they should stick with them, rather then move from one change to another.

Any idea should be taken to the managers and team owners, for a full approval, before the rule in fully enforced.

Things like no single chassis formula, no same tire formula, all teams can enter F1 if they want to, tire changes, no two day race weekend, and the inclusion of formula 3000 ( next year GP2 ) as a support race, wins over my opinion just like the people who took the survey.

Now for the disagreements.

Apparently, most of these fans do not know much about a race car.

Do I? Yes, because I have taken race schools with cars from the 1990s to the present as tools to drive, and these schools cars are very different in all those ten years. (With the exception of a V-8 instead of a V-10 engine.)

Many of these fans in this opinion want the cars to be slowed down by eliminating wings and to penalize the top drivers, put successful ballast in their cars.

Who are they kidding? Drivers, who win, win because they are the best.

Yes, I am getting tired of Michael Schumacher winning every race this year too, but this may never happen in a formula one era again, and when it does, it will come crashing down, and another driver or drivers will challenge for the title.

Putting ballast in the cars and using some goofy points system to spice everything up is mad.

As for the elimination of wings, there have not been any wings on Formula One cars since the mid 1960s.

I feel that they made wings for down force, to keep the driver on the track. Remember LeMans a few years ago when that Mercedes flipped over three times only to fall upright?

It was caused by wind coming up underneath the car.

Wings, on any type of car, especially F1, need to stay.

So what should be the final plan?

Everyone has an idea, but this is mine.

* Keep the chassis the way they are, they might be fast, but after a couple of serious wrecks this season, they are safe.

* Return the slick tires because grooves are just making the cars faster, and they will need better grip when they have smaller V-8 engines,( which I also agree on as well), and if the car has no driver aids, they at least will have some sort of control.

The survey was a good idea because it shows where everyone stands on this issue.

The F.I.A. might just ignore this, but that is my opinion.