glad u getting sponsors in since this is a somewhat niche of youtube, but i think you slowly become the 3kliksphilip of F1, now only F1 has to listen to you :D superb video
Not sure what to say Stuart... Either you're trying hard to mimic Brandon Perna (ThatsGoodSports) with the ad, or you're just intending to look like a homeless British man who needs his news. i love it
Qualify as normal on Saturday and award constructor points according to this ranking and then hold a spec go kart race on Sunday to decide driver points.
You've forgotten the obvious one: we've always heard that f1 cars generate so much downforce that they could drive upside down. Well they should prove it by driving on the Monaco tunnel's ceiling.
I agree. I commented about joker laps months ago in a make F1 exiting or something video. But I think only 5 each per race as it will just get too messy with 20 cars needing to do 10 each. Also remove a lot of the aero from cars to lessen the effect of following close behind.
Even the drivers were complaining of how mind-numbingly boring it was, it's only saving grace was Charles 'heart-throb' Leclerc finally got his home win
Monaco is its own worst enemy. One group of fans won't shut up about tradition and prestige and how you can't change anything because it's always been this way. The other group of fans falls asleep because it's so boring. So what we are going to get is a race that never changes until it is completely scrapped.
And a minor change: If F1 want to make Monaco all about the history of the sport: Make it a throwback weekend, old liveries etc. Remember how good the Gulf livery McLarens looked this year?
I love the joker lap idea! I think it’s brilliant. Fixing the cars might be a better long term idea, but that solution will take time. The joker lap idea could be implemented immediately and you’re right, it will create enough extra strategy and mixup in the procession that it would fix Monico.
Yes I love it too, probably more realistic to have a small one considering logistics. Also it would be more feasible if the rejoin part isn’t on the race line for safety reasons. And probably just limit the amount of jokers so it doesn’t get too confusing to see who is effectively in the lead but a bit of chaos is in that regard is definitely welcome.
@@robnauta6470 They have the Mario Kart lane on Formula-e with matching infographics to see who did and who didn't do it, I think they could do something like that.
imagine if 1 car pases the cornor as someone comes off the joker lap ?? 2 driver deaths.. it would be like coming to a cross road not looking left or right 100000 times and then 1 time you will crash into someone doing the same.
Yes, that works especially in MotoGP where the rider serves a long lap penalty which is basically a joker lap, instead of getting a time penalty at the end of the race. It keeps the racing alive.
This might penalize them more than intended though since they would burn extra fuel they didn't anticipate. Might cause them to have to conserve fuel for the rest of the race depending on when the penalty occurs. I'm not really a fan of a variable penalty which changes depending on other external decisions.
@@stevehawke7315 but i would also see it as a FURTHER incentive to avoid penalties, considering you now have the knowledge that if you get a penalty, youre gonna lose out on time and fuel..
@@andrewduan5123 other than the halo device, I don't see any reason for the driver to be trapped (if the car land wheel first in to the water). It's not like f1 car have window. Idk what going to happen if the car went upside down into the water. Depends on speed, it can just be the same as hitting a concrete wall. Yeah. I'll wager it would be really dangerous.
Make Monaco a night race, on the extended track "Two Princesses Route" and remove the Nouvelle Chicane so there is one giant DRS zone from Portier into Tabac all whilst making the cars smaller too. Edit: Tabac chicane cannot be removed due to lack of run off, noted thanks! Either way though, smaller cars in 2026 ideally and an extended circuit would be nice. Perhaps the Tabac chicane could just be made less harsh and maintain a little more pace through it.
Monaco will never be raced at night it would be a nightmare for everyone and the joker lap idea has nothing to do in f1 and it would be a logistics nightmare too (the big one) The Monaco track won’t change and it does not need to, make the car smaller, enjoy 🤷♂️
9:48 Finally someone points out the dire consequences of the 2017 regulation changes that turned the cars into oversized, over-engineered boats that produced loads of dirty air.
@Cristián Salinas See how does it matter to us if it's slower. Like we literally can't see it and even a 5 second slower lap time is nothing if you are given better racing
@Cristián Salinas How so? Removing dirty air from being a massive problem helps bring things closer, because of ground effect not caring too much. Cost caps reduce the advantage rich teams have, and making ERS more complex would introduce more strategy into the mix. Have you seen any team compete for 1st in the v6 era that isn't named Mercedes, Ferrari, and now Red Bull? There are huge gaps, and everyone deserves to win if their team is ingenious and their driver fast enough. These new regs will shake things up in the first few years, but afterwards things will fall back to being more stable.
He’s the problem. Look at Monaco from the last decade. From 09-16, were there any really good races? No. Honestly, I feel the 09-13 regs were a misstep as well. One that could have worked out, but the introduction of DRS and Pirelli tires put an end to the intrigue after 2010. And the 14-16 regs were even worse. The previous era cars I think were the perfect example of F1 cars. The 98-08 cars. I feel the length was perfect, the aero looked great and the noise of both the V8 and V10s were fantastic. The 95-97 cars looked excellent but they just like the modern cars, were to wide. F1 should be more nimble and agile. I think back to the 70s and early 80s design of F1 cars or the late 90s to late 00s. I think a mix of the two is the correct size. The smaller, less aero dynamic designs would reduce costs and the smaller size could create more action. I feel that’s the change that needs to be made. Go smaller and more agile.
Stupid Thing here is, that it would Kill every close Racing, and Overtake Trys. Because you know you are faster. So Cars would change Positions, without Overtaking.
What about monaco being a “Drivers only track”, where they race with a small historic spec car, so all cars are the same, and only drivers score points, and each team can put their livery on the car
Not a bad idea. I honestly think the cars just need to be lighter and smaller. I feel somewhere between the 70s to early 80s and late 90s to late 00s is around a good size. Keep them small and nimble.
1. take the Monte Carlo Rally 2. hold it again as the Grand Prix Weekend so there is no ice 3. use the F1 cars with radio coms and onboard cam so the race engineer can be the "codriver" 4. call it a day 5. wonder why the fatalities in and around Monaco are rising
5:25 Why not make that as a change to the track? Going around the Portier roundabout would create a new place for potential overtaking and the straight into the tunnel would be longer.
THANK YOU! I've been advocating for a Joker lap at Monaco for years now. So glad to see a voice of reason out there! Another crazy idea I've suggested (similar to your smaller car notion) is for F1 to run a special race at Monaco with no Constructor points, only driver points with smaller, spec open wheel cars built to resemble historic period cars. Let the drivers compete head to head with equal equipment.
@ during an actual exciting overtake moment the broadcast suddenly changed to a replay of lance stroll hitting a curb, causing the viewers to miss the pass.
the little joker roundabout would be awesome! i went to google maps and measured that going via the roundabout could add 50 to 55 meters on the long straight trough the tunnel, which could help with a bit higher final topspeed and interresting overtaking opportunities
I was always about F1 has to have structure and consistency. However, I would make an exception for Monaco. Imagine the joker lap, where some cars are on the joker lap with a safety car or take the joker lap and get stuck behind some cars and lose time. There would be a lot more strategy and having to overtake a lot more. I'm all for it.
Before watching: Let the drivers start in intervals and make the entire thing a time trial race. After watching: I did not mean a super qualifying sunday, I mean an Isle of Man TT style race.
@@taufiqutomo Uh, I don't think trying to alter the layout of one of motorsport's foremost heritage tracks is really what we should be thinking of doing.
Ditch the race, add an extra qualifying session and award half points for both sessions. Everyone loves Monaco qualifying, it's the races that are a procession.
Here is a crazy idea. How about keeping the qualifying on Saturday as is and then on Sunday , instead of f1 cars, the drivers are given formula student cars to race.
The 'joker route' concept is something i've been thinking of for a long time.... a circuit with alternate routes. It's such a good idea. It adds another tactical battle into it to keep teams guessing and stop predictable strategies worked out before the grand prix... the only thing is the rejoin.... it just needs enough time to run side by side to avoid an accident
this all makes far too much sense! absolutely love the idea of the joker laps. It works really well in WRX and could add an element of excitement that is really needed. If they’re happy to change qualifying then surely they can’t be too scared of trying something like this out
I was wondering if that extension around the roundabout would help the current cars since the turn is faster and the straight is slightly longer. But yeah, the cars are just too chonky.
Exactly my point. Minimal invasive action for now, cars will come out of the tunnel side by side. Then the ball lies in the court of the fia to make the cars smaller. As we've seen before, f1 constructors are more than capable to get lost time back!
Have 3 ferries lined up right b4 the tunnel (basically where the track starts running along the coast). Twice during the race the cars have to stop and take the slow ferry across to Rascasse. You can't just wait to take the ferry at the end when everyone else already has cuz there are only 3 ferries, you can only use them when one is back from dropping off a previous driver. So you have to plan and anticipate the ferry strategy not only of your direct opponents but the entire field.
make a pitstop for special water tires, then take a large runup and let them drive over the water, add an ejector seat in case they lose speed and start sinking, i'd watch that
I love the (small) joker lap idea, but you could get a similar effect by just increasing the minimum number of pit stops from 1 to 3, which seems way more in the FIA and fans' comfort zones
The racing did look amazing, and although I wish the best for Formula E - I was saddened when I looked at lap times. I know the layout changed a bit, but even accounting for that, it looks like an F1 car from about 1972 could beat them !?!
@@willdarling1 Slower racing is part of the reason it was more exciting and easier for side by side and many passes, along with their "attack mode" strategy mixed in. FE is still nearly 100kph off F1 top speeds, no one expected a close lap time.
@@willdarling1 I mean, the current lap times being so far off is kind of why FE exists, to drive innovation in EV technology, particularly in the batteries. The main reason for the lap times being off is that they have to lift and coast at the moment to finish the race; if battery technology gets to a point where they could go flat out for 45min+1, they would be rapid. Not F1 pace mind, the amount of downforce that F1 has would cause too much drag for an FE car to be efficient enough.
My 2 cents, before watching the video! (so I don't get influenced by it) Quali in Monaco is amazing, so make it longer! Add a Q4 top 5 shootout (1 lap only maybe). And since the race is boring, make it shorter, with 2 mandatory pit stops (most of the overtakes and the action happen there, usually). Also, make it so every one has to use all of the 3 different tyre compounds. Edit: also, award points for quali and decrease the amount of points for the race.
I'm halfway to the opposite idea. Quali works as is, so leave it be. The race though? Make it a 100 lap test of endurance, like it was back when Moss won his first. The added specter of reliability concerns will spice up the show in the absence of overtakes. Oh, and one more thing.... MAKE THE CARS SMALLER!!
@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 I've seen this idea of smaller cars brought up quite often. How though? Make teams invest tens of millions into a smaller car just for one race? Only a bunch of teams would have the resources to do that. Make cars smaller in general? Well... they just agreed upon the new regulations. Good luck changing things now, just to accomodate for better racing in Monaco. Use other cars? Not F1 anymore, sorry... Regarding your other ideas, i don't know. An endurance race at Monaco would kinda be a torture to watch. Excitement doesn't come from retirements or crashes, in my opinion. (Edit: I'm not saying endurance is about retirements and crashes, far from that. It's just that Monaco is not suited for endurance imho and F1 cars aren't either...) My "proposal" focuses on already existing rules. So no major changes would be required, it would be easy to implement and easy to follow for viewers. Just one more stage of quali and one more pit stop, which are the areas were Monaco shines! More of that, less of the rest.
@@Ok-fu5yi I'm not an expert, but I don't think size is the most important factor in that. This year's cars seem quite capable at overtaking, for example.
I've never seen so many GOOD crazy ideas in 10 minutes of video Somebody share this with Stefano Domenicali because we absolutely NEED the GigaJoker (having cars that can actually overtake would be nice too)
Don't know about these. The problem with the first one is that weather conditions will determine the winner. The giga lap would have to close off too much road to be viable
I think the layout of the Joker lap would already help as it makes the tunnel “straight” longer. At the moment it feels that with DRS they would need and additional 100m or so to actually make a pass at the chicane (as in, the chicane comes too early).
These are some great ideas! I had a similar idea to the super pole myself, although I think the best idea is to make the cars smaller and more agile. No idea why they thought making the cars bigger would make better racing
For the people who want to know the music at 8:56 it's Luigi's Theme from Mario Strikers Charge Football, a surprising choice of music but a welcome one!
One shot Qualifiying in the F1 cars, then race in one make f3 cars! The teams get to show who has the fastest car and then the drivers have to show what skill they actually have in equal cars.
The last idea is IMO the best one. The F1 cars have a hard time following in dirty air. Make the cars easier to follow in dirty air, and you get better racing...basically everywhere.
Joker lap sounds like a properly exciting and viable idea. It works really well in Rallycross. Putting the mega joker in would cause traffic carnage for the locals and would add cost and headaches for the organizers - a tough sell.
@@chainbear they're millionaires because they are good at holding on to money, at other people's expense. If money was no object, I'd erect a temporary extension to the waterfront and widen the track around the swimming pool section to add some spectator areas, but more importantly, overtaking opportunity
Watching highlights of Formula E at Monaco, I say just let them use the track. They’re clearly better suited for it and made a super entertaining race.
I actually love the joker lap idea, there needs to be some way to make sure there isnt a crash upon rejoining but apart from that, I think it could actually work
This was an awesome video! My Papa was from Nice (near Monaco), a chef in Boston, loved to race as a hobby (w/ his Austin Healey, license plate SCARGO 🐌). I never got into racing, but everytime i see bits of the Monaco race, i think "This COULD be amazing if the cars were smaller. I might even become a fan." -- so i did a search and found this video! 🎯🍻 I also love that joker idea!
Count me in for Super Mega Qualifying Sunday, with the the 3 aggregates during their 3x20 minute time slots. This would be awesome, AND the one at a time baby-qualy on Saturday would still be fun to watch as well. One question - how would the order for Saturday be decided? Best lap from FP3? Current position in the individual Drive’s Standings?
How about stealing the "Domination" mode from DiRT Showdown? You still get some points for position, but a good chunk of your points are based on who set the best time in each sector. That way you can get big shifts in points even without overtaking
The week before the race, the race organisers throw a dart at a list of numbers from 01 to 99. Every lap of the race, the drivers' lap times are all recorded down and the drivers are awarded 1 point for each lap times that has the number from the dart throwing in it. So if the dart lands on the number 51, the laptimes that have 51 in it will be given 1 point, eg: 1:10:51, 1:51:23, etc
I do not know what kind of a living you make with your efforts, but you deserve more anyways. Every video is incredible and your 2020 recap was the best piece of content I had seen that whole year, if not more. If I would ever be a fan of anything, I'd be your fanboy every time.
Fix the cars, use the joker lap but actually being an actual part of the lap, create an extension at the southern portion of the harbour and make it a night race. Done.
then they definitely have to also restrict length, otherwise the cars will look even dumber than they look already. even f2 sizing would greatly improve racing i believe
Just shorten them and let them use whatever tyres and strategy they choose. Some of us are old enough to remember some all-time classic races at Monaco, in the past, even at 2 metre car widths
And/or: there is plenty money in Monaco to engineer some added space.. land can be reclaimed in the harbour (moving the harbour a little, essentially) or a causeway could be built in such as way that it results in an overtaking opportunity.
I loved the Formula E race, but I’d add one more difference between it and F1 - Formula E can use attack mode at any point on the track given them more opportunities to close the gap and overtake. Formula 1 only has DRS on the main straight, which is never enough for an overtake. On most tracks, this is fine with me. But it’s a problem here in Monaco
Attack mode always starts at the activation zone, in this case going way off line to the left of Casino Square. The three key differences are 1: attack mode always lasts a defined period, versus DRS resetting the next time the brakes are used 2: you can begin an attack mode period on any lap except the first two (unless safety car or full course yellow which is basically VSC) so long as you're not already in attack mode 3: activation is essentially a mini-joker, you have to go off-line and lose time and possibly track position to activate it and get the higher power. F1 aero means the space within a few seconds behind any other car is a perma-joker, making you work harder to hold the gap until it's small enough for DRS.
Also regardless of car size, Monaco is a single line circuit at f1 speeds. The fact formula E is much slower is actually the main reason the can run side by side.
Coming back to this months down the road--mega joker is brilliant for two reasons: 1) real opportunities for overtakes, and 2) the length of it introduces greater variability in time to complete than the mini joker, so just as with a pit stop, if someone is ~20s (or however long the joker lap generally takes) ahead of another driver and takes the joker, it suddenly produces an exciting moment of "will he stay ahead or not?" where sometimes the driver does stay ahead and sometimes he doesn't. The mini joker, being shorter, would be equally about strategy, but less about risk.
@@gianb3952 the purple parts he’s suggesting to be used as a joker route, if you were to add those to the current track and just make them a regular part of the track everybody uses throughout the race, you’d have more room for a possible overtake! You could even take out the current start finish straight and before making the last turn, go straight and then back up rue grimaldi, you’d end up back at turn 1 again! There’s more room for drs
Would need to investigate further to see if there was sufficient space for marshals, run off area, etc., but that could be interesting to see. Wonder If someone could make a modded track for RFactor or Assetto Corsa just to see what it'd be like
Smaller as in as which era small? Overtaking in Monaco became almost impossible in the 80s if not before that so I don’t really understand all of these moans that monaco gp is boring. It’s a proper street circuit and with that come the great things as well as the drawbacks.
So, firstly I concur that the "Jewel in the Crown" thing is extremely irritating and for me a major part of why I really dislike Monaco and rail against it constantly. I like the ideas of 1 & 2 (hyper joker is a bit excessive given the state still needs some level of functionality. The best "Monaco Fix" I've seen prior to this (there's been a spate of them) was on Josh Revell's channel, to bridge over the track and take the hairpin in the opposite direction. Search Josh Revell Solving Monaco's overtaking problems (kinda), it's the last suggestion in the video.
You can do a few minor tweaks to the track as well. First get rid of Anthony Noghes corner and open up Rascasse. 2nd move the Nouvelle Chicane down further to allow a bigger breaking zone. Finally widen Casino Square and Mirabeau just a little bit. This would only require minor structural changes that could be done between seasons.
Or - just give everyone LSD... Drivers, crews, The Prince etc... Let's even dose Crofty, those in attendance & the viewers at home. Then see if everyone enjoyed the Trip around Monaco.
Would only work if there was a mandated number of stops, and it would have to be a lot more then normal too. Plus, takes out the element of driver skill, and swaps it over to pit stop crew skill. It's still skillful, of course, but not the same, so it's not pointless to have both.
The "super qualifying sunday" might pose a problem, as in: if starts to rain, or if it started wet but after one hour the track is dry again. Also, it looks like the best solution is indeed the car. But then F1 should use 'custom' parts, which, if I reckon correctly, is an abominable idea in the F1 community.
No "might" about it, changing conditions with single car qualifying create grossly unfair situations where driver A is allowed to do his laps in the dry and driver B is required to do them in the rain. To preserve fairness the conditions need to be the same for everyone and that's only possible with an open lapping format like we have for qualifying now. Yes, if you wait too long you might get screwed by a red flag or rain or something, but it was your own choice to wait that long. Also the sliding time window "super qualifying sunday" would likely just turn out like elimination qualifying did, where it just kind of peters out towards the end.
The joker lap we thought would be a good idea a few years ago, its nice to see it. In ours it was 39 laps round the round about and 39 inside but they can choose when they take it. It gives a great run into the tunnel. The other idea was using the round about but splitting the lanes side by side to give the car behind a run at the car in front
#4 Exactly. The principality should buy and tear down some buildings to create an overtaking point. If they’re serious about putting on a good race it’s an investment they should make. Otherwise they’re in for a future where the most exciting action is a stuck wheel nut.
It would be interesting, for just one or two seasons initially, to abandon Monaco and use, say, Circuit Paul Ricard. During those two seasons redesign F1 cars to be shorter and more compact, which could offer just as much grip on a lighter car, while reducing the "clear air turbulence" effect, thereby helping overtaking and wheel to wheel racing. If successful, this would allow Monaco to be used once more.
Here's an insane idea: make it a team race Instead of having all 20 cars out on track, each team can only have one car on track at a time. Instead of pit stops, when one driver enters the pits the other can be released. The teams can then change tyres, setup, etc. (maybe even let them refuel like in qualifying) while the other car is out on the track. Require something like 2 or 3 changes so teams have to strategize when each driver takes their stint, and that also gives more opportunities for over/undercuts. Make it so that both drivers have to drive at least 30 laps. Both drivers get the points of their team's finishing position, but whichever driver set the fastest lap for each team gets a single bonus point. That adds an element of drama as teammates battle each other directly to see who's really the better driver.
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Not sure what to say Stuart...
Either you're trying hard to mimic Brandon Perna (ThatsGoodSports) with the ad,
or you're just intending to look like a homeless British man who needs his news.
i love it
They have to do something with Monaco. It can't continue like this year.
Very good proposals👍🏼. Push them. Your viewers will support you
We want modern formula 1 cars with same size of f1 cars of the 50's
Qualify as normal on Saturday and award constructor points according to this ranking and then hold a spec go kart race on Sunday to decide driver points.
Do lawn mower racing for the driver points.
@@fatboyslim458 Ferrari has too much experience lol
I would love to watch that
@@moe5346 Lmao 😂. Made my day.
@@moe5346 Mercedes won’t be too bad either, they tried out lawnmowers in Austria 2020
You've forgotten the obvious one: we've always heard that f1 cars generate so much downforce that they could drive upside down. Well they should prove it by driving on the Monaco tunnel's ceiling.
For some reason i've always mentally represented that fact by imagining an F1 on the tunnel's ceiling
Dammit it, I also said that.
Already done! go watch Herbie :)
@@vernement4752 me too!
Stolen but funny
Problem with the Mega Joker is that blocking off those extra streets would effetively cut the entire country of Monaco in half...
I've never thought about it, but it must be impossible to travel around Monaco on a race weekend right?
They can just use their helicopters to get from one side to the other. 😉
@@Tomwithnonumbers that's why friday is an off day to allow locals to move around the city. And to resupply stuff
If Germany can survive that for half a century, I'm sure that Monaco can survive that for a few weeks.
@@OnionChoppingNinja lol thats savage xD
Mini roundabout joker + smaller cars get my vote
I'm all in for this 👍🏎
Safety might be a factor in the width though... (but it can probably be reduced somewhat...)
But what about VSC ore a SC.
Take the jokers as the actual laps
I agree. I commented about joker laps months ago in a make F1 exiting or something video. But I think only 5 each per race as it will just get too messy with 20 cars needing to do 10 each. Also remove a lot of the aero from cars to lessen the effect of following close behind.
So two years later, after a 78 lap snoozefest, Monaco is still the same procession and nobody has even discussed changing anything. Great
Even the drivers were complaining of how mind-numbingly boring it was, it's only saving grace was Charles 'heart-throb' Leclerc finally got his home win
But it’s the most exciting qualifying in the world or so I’ve heard.
They could easily replace with an electric milk float race and label it as their biggest endeavor to 'cut carbon footprint'.
@@patrickstewart3446 quali was pretty mid this year too tbh
Monaco is its own worst enemy.
One group of fans won't shut up about tradition and prestige and how you can't change anything because it's always been this way.
The other group of fans falls asleep because it's so boring.
So what we are going to get is a race that never changes until it is completely scrapped.
I thought this was all gonna be jokes, but I really, really like the Joker lap. That would work really well I think
It could be done too, with almost no extra effort. But it would mean that F1 needs to admit that Monaco isn't a good race, which it won't do
@@dibbler5 They're literally looking at changing stuff after this year's race
if they do it one by one its really boring cause its just one car taking a separate route
and how would you stop crashes at portier? put up a yield sign?
@@BOY23927 Yeah but who's saying they'd do it one by one?
And a minor change: If F1 want to make Monaco all about the history of the sport: Make it a throwback weekend, old liveries etc. Remember how good the Gulf livery McLarens looked this year?
Oh, so like NASCAR?
@@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006 Yeah. I like that idea. This way drivers could probably honor their idols.
@@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006 except only one time a year.
If every car had a different livery that would be really confusing especially for newer fans. And poor Haas would have nothing to wear
@@WisperedShouts Haas can use the Haas-Lola. At least they still share the name despite being unrelated
“Jewel in the crown” n “highlight of the year” in terms of sponsorship Monaco brings in
It's all about money. I wonder how much money laundering and other financial crimes go on in F1.
idea - Golden syrup corner with hot girls spooning it ...
I believe it helped Haas sign two sponsors
@@Noormis what did?
Tbh i think abu dhabi Brings in more mony than monaco.
"SIDE BY SIDE IN TO TABAAAAAC". You would never hear that in F1
Pierre Gasly disagreed
@@robinferket1059 lol
Popped up in my feed today; I miss these Chainbear videos… 😢
Making the cars smaller is the most obvious way to sort this. Makes the most sense, benefits the fans and drivers when it comes to the race
...and benefits more of F1 than just Monaco.
I love the joker lap idea! I think it’s brilliant. Fixing the cars might be a better long term idea, but that solution will take time. The joker lap idea could be implemented immediately and you’re right, it will create enough extra strategy and mixup in the procession that it would fix Monico.
Yes I love it too, probably more realistic to have a small one considering logistics. Also it would be more feasible if the rejoin part isn’t on the race line for safety reasons. And probably just limit the amount of jokers so it doesn’t get too confusing to see who is effectively in the lead but a bit of chaos is in that regard is definitely welcome.
@@robnauta6470 They have the Mario Kart lane on Formula-e with matching infographics to see who did and who didn't do it, I think they could do something like that.
Real problem is how to rejoin « regular » track safely after your joker lap ?
Moreover, they will arrive at Port Chicane with a lot more speed …
It would be interesting to see someone make a mod for the Joker/Mega Joker variants of the track for assetto corsa or another game on the sim
Every lap the car that is coming last has to do a jump into the harbour, the last car left wins the race..
😂😂😂man, I had a laugh 😂😂😂😂
That can be a nice version and maybe called formula-flugtag-1
Bonus points for style
I love that this showed up two years later. Miss you, Chain Bear!
The little joker lap I actually think could be a good idea.
My god....
I cannot imagine the horrific accidents that could happen on rejoining
I think the mega joker could be a permanent redesign instead of just a joker
imagine if 1 car pases the cornor as someone comes off the joker lap ?? 2 driver deaths.. it would be like coming to a cross road not looking left or right 100000 times and then 1 time you will crash into someone doing the same.
@@tashakay1734 you make it just like pit re-entry. No issues
The joker lap could also be used as an alternative to time penalties.
I do very much prefer this over 5sec added to a pit/end, since 5 seconds could mean anything depending on when a safety car shows up
@@manicdan481 yeah. With this system you can just add a joker to the number they need to complete and forget about it
Yes, that works especially in MotoGP where the rider serves a long lap penalty which is basically a joker lap, instead of getting a time penalty at the end of the race. It keeps the racing alive.
This might penalize them more than intended though since they would burn extra fuel they didn't anticipate. Might cause them to have to conserve fuel for the rest of the race depending on when the penalty occurs. I'm not really a fan of a variable penalty which changes depending on other external decisions.
@@stevehawke7315 but i would also see it as a FURTHER incentive to avoid penalties, considering you now have the knowledge that if you get a penalty, youre gonna lose out on time and fuel..
Let's take it a step further and make it a Giga Joker, where they just go around all of the Monaco for the lols
Each driver has to compete in the Monte Carlo Rally at least once every six laps.
oh yeah and to make it even more risky, they have to stop for traffic lights on giga joker lol
Turn it into a Burnout Paradise sprint race
To Nice and back
Tera Joker: You gotta race all the way to San Marino and back.
fit the cars out with floats and have them race on the water lol. I'd watch that...
@@nobody.123 : [continues win race anyways]
What if the joker route was a bridge over the water
@@eliassaratsis too dangerous, realistically, if a car went off the driver is trapped and sinking.
Kimi will finally have the drink
@@andrewduan5123 other than the halo device, I don't see any reason for the driver to be trapped (if the car land wheel first in to the water). It's not like f1 car have window.
Idk what going to happen if the car went upside down into the water. Depends on speed, it can just be the same as hitting a concrete wall. Yeah. I'll wager it would be really dangerous.
Make Monaco a night race, on the extended track "Two Princesses Route" and remove the Nouvelle Chicane so there is one giant DRS zone from Portier into Tabac all whilst making the cars smaller too.
Edit: Tabac chicane cannot be removed due to lack of run off, noted thanks! Either way though, smaller cars in 2026 ideally and an extended circuit would be nice. Perhaps the Tabac chicane could just be made less harsh and maintain a little more pace through it.
@Toby Cripps Good point. I'm sure DRS will be gone soon enough anyway.
That's pretty much exactly what I was thinking
Monaco will never be raced at night it would be a nightmare for everyone and the joker lap idea has nothing to do in f1 and it would be a logistics nightmare too (the big one)
The Monaco track won’t change and it does not need to, make the car smaller, enjoy 🤷♂️
@@MonacoGaming no joker lap. Just use the 2 princesses route always. It’s actually quite fun
I am sure no one would like to go into tabac at 300kph while having a wall 1 metre away. The track is just above it so no chance of run off
It would be interesting to see someone make a mod for the Joker/Mega Joker variants of the track for assetto corsa or another game on the sim
Ikr
Someone please make this happen!!
There’s now a free roam version of Monaco’s city for both AC and Beam, if you want to have a play.
9:48 Finally someone points out the dire consequences of the 2017 regulation changes that turned the cars into oversized, over-engineered boats that produced loads of dirty air.
@Cristián Salinas See how does it matter to us if it's slower. Like we literally can't see it and even a 5 second slower lap time is nothing if you are given better racing
I thin mopst people will agreee though that f1 has been better since 2017 then it was from 2014-2016
@@Noreceipts400 Massively disagree, as someone who's been watching since the Schumacher era. Dirty air makes races way more boring as a whole.
@Cristián Salinas How so? Removing dirty air from being a massive problem helps bring things closer, because of ground effect not caring too much. Cost caps reduce the advantage rich teams have, and making ERS more complex would introduce more strategy into the mix. Have you seen any team compete for 1st in the v6 era that isn't named Mercedes, Ferrari, and now Red Bull? There are huge gaps, and everyone deserves to win if their team is ingenious and their driver fast enough.
These new regs will shake things up in the first few years, but afterwards things will fall back to being more stable.
He’s the problem. Look at Monaco from the last decade. From 09-16, were there any really good races? No. Honestly, I feel the 09-13 regs were a misstep as well. One that could have worked out, but the introduction of DRS and Pirelli tires put an end to the intrigue after 2010. And the 14-16 regs were even worse.
The previous era cars I think were the perfect example of F1 cars. The 98-08 cars. I feel the length was perfect, the aero looked great and the noise of both the V8 and V10s were fantastic. The 95-97 cars looked excellent but they just like the modern cars, were to wide.
F1 should be more nimble and agile. I think back to the 70s and early 80s design of F1 cars or the late 90s to late 00s. I think a mix of the two is the correct size. The smaller, less aero dynamic designs would reduce costs and the smaller size could create more action. I feel that’s the change that needs to be made. Go smaller and more agile.
Just bring awful tyres that degrade after 10 laps to have loads of pit stops and huge pace imbalance between new and old tyres
better to bring in tyres so durable they'll last the whole weekend. the crap traction will mean far better driving
Hypersoft
Hypersoft
they did it in 2014/2015, but in every race
so just use the pirellis lol
I actually like these joker laps, they're wierd and would raise some issues with the camera direction and safety, but seems fun
On cameras: even now they are struggling to follow cars through, so I don't think the broadcasting could be any worse :D
Given this year's coverage, i don't think joker laps could make the TV coverage any worse 😂
Stupid Thing here is, that it would Kill every close Racing, and Overtake Trys.
Because you know you are faster. So Cars would change Positions, without Overtaking.
@@kallo182 but this is Monaco we’re talking about. There is hardly any overtaking anyway.
@@aespa690 thats gimmicky and boring
6:53 the rejoin would be way to much dangerous in this case, but the idea is cool
Make it like a pit exit, fact go past the white line.
imagine locking the brakes and going on into oncoming cars…
TH-cam recomending this now is crazy
so you’re telling me there’s a bear made out of chains
Yess, love that logo.
not sure, i think they are belts
@@Eddiethehatebreeder so the channel should be called "Belt Bear"?
@@i.n.r.i.2106 maybe, but chain bear is easier to pronounce
Nope. There's a chain made out of bears.
What about monaco being a “Drivers only track”, where they race with a small historic spec car, so all cars are the same, and only drivers score points, and each team can put their livery on the car
and no back markers. only Ferrari, McLaren, Merc, RBR
@@howdareyou41 if it's spec cars why limit it to the top teams
Will they fix the size of the car with the new regularions next year?
@@TheRUBrally barely, just slightly smaller so they should really make them smaller in 2025
Not a bad idea. I honestly think the cars just need to be lighter and smaller. I feel somewhere between the 70s to early 80s and late 90s to late 00s is around a good size. Keep them small and nimble.
1. take the Monte Carlo Rally
2. hold it again as the Grand Prix Weekend so there is no ice
3. use the F1 cars with radio coms and onboard cam so the race engineer can be the "codriver"
4. call it a day
5. wonder why the fatalities in and around Monaco are rising
But why get rid of the ice? It would be a whole new challenge for the drivers!
Are we talking Smirnoff Ice?
Na keep the Ice, just give them the option of using Studded Tyres
5:25 Why not make that as a change to the track? Going around the Portier roundabout would create a new place for potential overtaking and the straight into the tunnel would be longer.
THANK YOU! I've been advocating for a Joker lap at Monaco for years now. So glad to see a voice of reason out there!
Another crazy idea I've suggested (similar to your smaller car notion) is for F1 to run a special race at Monaco with no Constructor points, only driver points with smaller, spec open wheel cars built to resemble historic period cars. Let the drivers compete head to head with equal equipment.
Have an F1 qualifying and a 'formula Monaco' race at a different spec. That would be madness, and exactly the type of madness I like
That Friends reference lol. Good one :D
When I saw it I spent a few seconds wondering "I know this, but, from where?"
9:18 for some reason I expected a replay of Lance Stroll hitting a kerb.
Ah yes, missed opportunity
Ha ha brilliant.
Am I missing some reference?
@ during an actual exciting overtake moment the broadcast suddenly changed to a replay of lance stroll hitting a curb, causing the viewers to miss the pass.
@@112Haribo Thanks!
the little joker roundabout would be awesome! i went to google maps and measured that going via the roundabout could add 50 to 55 meters on the long straight trough the tunnel, which could help with a bit higher final topspeed and interresting overtaking opportunities
Crazy idea. They say that F1 cars can drive on the ceiling at top speeds. Ok, set up a barrel roll thingy in the tunnel. That would be fun.
I was always about F1 has to have structure and consistency. However, I would make an exception for Monaco. Imagine the joker lap, where some cars are on the joker lap with a safety car or take the joker lap and get stuck behind some cars and lose time. There would be a lot more strategy and having to overtake a lot more. I'm all for it.
finally someone acknowledge the awesomeness of FE when it's done right
It's just that horrible whiney noise. Just like finger nails on a blackboard!
I just watched a highlights video and.. what the hell is this attack mode? Is this racing or is this a video game?
@@Roppatt97 i just watched a highlights video and.. what the hell is this DRS? is this racing or a video game?
Before watching: Let the drivers start in intervals and make the entire thing a time trial race.
After watching: I did not mean a super qualifying sunday, I mean an Isle of Man TT style race.
problem with that is TT is about 1000 km longer than Monaco
Actually, an admirable suggestion.
One small issue tho - Monaco is WAY too short.
@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 What course extensions are possible? Are there any other possible extensions beyond what Chain Bear suggested?
@@taufiqutomo Uh, I don't think trying to alter the layout of one of motorsport's foremost heritage tracks is really what we should be thinking of doing.
I thought the idea was to see more overtaking not none at all.
Ditch the race, add an extra qualifying session and award half points for both sessions. Everyone loves Monaco qualifying, it's the races that are a procession.
thats a nice idea need some spice to make it different like something grand for sunday
You're right about loving the quali but if we had a race like Formula-E, then I'd take that instead!!!
Here is a crazy idea. How about keeping the qualifying on Saturday as is and then on Sunday , instead of f1 cars, the drivers are given formula student cars to race.
The 'joker route' concept is something i've been thinking of for a long time.... a circuit with alternate routes. It's such a good idea. It adds another tactical battle into it to keep teams guessing and stop predictable strategies worked out before the grand prix... the only thing is the rejoin.... it just needs enough time to run side by side to avoid an accident
the rejoin entry can be set at the inner side near a turn, cars that go normal route tends go outside. Just like pitlane exit.
not really. teams can still run simulations on the fly and know which strategy is best. the only ones guessing are the viewers and fans..
this all makes far too much sense! absolutely love the idea of the joker laps. It works really well in WRX and could add an element of excitement that is really needed. If they’re happy to change qualifying then surely they can’t be too scared of trying something like this out
I was wondering if that extension around the roundabout would help the current cars since the turn is faster and the straight is slightly longer. But yeah, the cars are just too chonky.
Exactly my point. Minimal invasive action for now, cars will come out of the tunnel side by side. Then the ball lies in the court of the fia to make the cars smaller. As we've seen before, f1 constructors are more than capable to get lost time back!
@@dsf0501 Speakin' my language over here.
Have 3 ferries lined up right b4 the tunnel (basically where the track starts running along the coast). Twice during the race the cars have to stop and take the slow ferry across to Rascasse. You can't just wait to take the ferry at the end when everyone else already has cuz there are only 3 ferries, you can only use them when one is back from dropping off a previous driver. So you have to plan and anticipate the ferry strategy not only of your direct opponents but the entire field.
bruhh
Mercedes come with a tactical tsunami when their on the ferry
make a pitstop for special water tires, then take a large runup and let them drive over the water, add an ejector seat in case they lose speed and start sinking, i'd watch that
This is an obviously terrible idea but the thinking behind it is surprisingly sound.
But the driver needs to also drive the ferry otherwise performance might be influenced by external actors
The joker around the roundabout is a great idea that would make racing so much better around Monaco.
I love the (small) joker lap idea, but you could get a similar effect by just increasing the minimum number of pit stops from 1 to 3, which seems way more in the FIA and fans' comfort zones
The Formula E race looked amazing.
The racing did look amazing, and although I wish the best for Formula E - I was saddened when I looked at lap times. I know the layout changed a bit, but even accounting for that, it looks like an F1 car from about 1972 could beat them !?!
@@willdarling1 Slower racing is part of the reason it was more exciting and easier for side by side and many passes, along with their "attack mode" strategy mixed in. FE is still nearly 100kph off F1 top speeds, no one expected a close lap time.
@@DjFIL007 I expected them to be closer than 1972. Electric racing will take over F1before long, but I dont think it will be FE.
@@willdarling1 I mean, the current lap times being so far off is kind of why FE exists, to drive innovation in EV technology, particularly in the batteries. The main reason for the lap times being off is that they have to lift and coast at the moment to finish the race; if battery technology gets to a point where they could go flat out for 45min+1, they would be rapid.
Not F1 pace mind, the amount of downforce that F1 has would cause too much drag for an FE car to be efficient enough.
Looks exciting, sounds shit.
My 2 cents, before watching the video! (so I don't get influenced by it)
Quali in Monaco is amazing, so make it longer! Add a Q4 top 5 shootout (1 lap only maybe).
And since the race is boring, make it shorter, with 2 mandatory pit stops (most of the overtakes and the action happen there, usually). Also, make it so every one has to use all of the 3 different tyre compounds.
Edit: also, award points for quali and decrease the amount of points for the race.
Such wisdom
I'm halfway to the opposite idea. Quali works as is, so leave it be.
The race though? Make it a 100 lap test of endurance, like it was back when Moss won his first. The added specter of reliability concerns will spice up the show in the absence of overtakes. Oh, and one more thing....
MAKE THE CARS SMALLER!!
@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 I've seen this idea of smaller cars brought up quite often. How though?
Make teams invest tens of millions into a smaller car just for one race? Only a bunch of teams would have the resources to do that.
Make cars smaller in general? Well... they just agreed upon the new regulations. Good luck changing things now, just to accomodate for better racing in Monaco.
Use other cars? Not F1 anymore, sorry...
Regarding your other ideas, i don't know. An endurance race at Monaco would kinda be a torture to watch. Excitement doesn't come from retirements or crashes, in my opinion.
(Edit: I'm not saying endurance is about retirements and crashes, far from that. It's just that Monaco is not suited for endurance imho and F1 cars aren't either...)
My "proposal" focuses on already existing rules. So no major changes would be required, it would be easy to implement and easy to follow for viewers. Just one more stage of quali and one more pit stop, which are the areas were Monaco shines! More of that, less of the rest.
@@bradwavemb I would like to add that smaller cars could improve overtaking in general
@@Ok-fu5yi I'm not an expert, but I don't think size is the most important factor in that. This year's cars seem quite capable at overtaking, for example.
I've never seen so many GOOD crazy ideas in 10 minutes of video
Somebody share this with Stefano Domenicali because we absolutely NEED the GigaJoker
(having cars that can actually overtake would be nice too)
Don't know about these.
The problem with the first one is that weather conditions will determine the winner.
The giga lap would have to close off too much road to be viable
I watch this video after every Monaco GP. Miss you Chain Bear. Hope you are well.
I think the layout of the Joker lap would already help as it makes the tunnel “straight” longer. At the moment it feels that with DRS they would need and additional 100m or so to actually make a pass at the chicane (as in, the chicane comes too early).
The Joker lap would make it the 'Only just still in Monaco GP'
Monaco.....
Boring but beautiful and iconic
A dilemma of F1
Anyways #AzerbaijanGP 🎉
These are some great ideas! I had a similar idea to the super pole myself, although I think the best idea is to make the cars smaller and more agile. No idea why they thought making the cars bigger would make better racing
As some man on TH-cam somewhere said,
"Use go-karts for Monaco"
For the people who want to know the music at 8:56 it's Luigi's Theme from Mario Strikers Charge Football, a surprising choice of music but a welcome one!
Thank you! I was racking my brain so hard for where that came from! Luigi was the man in that game! 😂
My boy Luigi finally getting the respect he deserves. ♥️
Make a underwater tunnel at the harbour and let them race through it.
Someone’s been playing too much Mariokart🤣
yeah a crash there would be the prologue to the jaws sequel
And make it out of glass and put some light so the water is nice and blue
Too crazy
One shot Qualifiying in the F1 cars, then race in one make f3 cars! The teams get to show who has the fastest car and then the drivers have to show what skill they actually have in equal cars.
Love the joker idea too. The MEGA JOKER is what was advertised, a bit crazy.
Aside from just... making the cars smaller... this is the best idea. Maybe use F2s since those still have a bit of power.
The last idea is IMO the best one. The F1 cars have a hard time following in dirty air. Make the cars easier to follow in dirty air, and you get better racing...basically everywhere.
1) DRS expanded past the first corner
2) Blue flag window lowered to 1 second back
3) More pit stops w/ use of softer tire compounds
Joker lap sounds like a properly exciting and viable idea. It works really well in Rallycross. Putting the mega joker in would cause traffic carnage for the locals and would add cost and headaches for the organizers - a tough sell.
They're millionaires. I'm happy to cause them chaos
@@chainbear based
@@chainbear they're millionaires because they are good at holding on to money, at other people's expense. If money was no object, I'd erect a temporary extension to the waterfront and widen the track around the swimming pool section to add some spectator areas, but more importantly, overtaking opportunity
Watching highlights of Formula E at Monaco, I say just let them use the track. They’re clearly better suited for it and made a super entertaining race.
I actually love the joker lap idea, there needs to be some way to make sure there isnt a crash upon rejoining but apart from that, I think it could actually work
This was an awesome video! My Papa was from Nice (near Monaco), a chef in Boston, loved to race as a hobby (w/ his Austin Healey, license plate SCARGO 🐌). I never got into racing, but everytime i see bits of the Monaco race, i think "This COULD be amazing if the cars were smaller. I might even become a fan." -- so i did a search and found this video! 🎯🍻 I also love that joker idea!
Count me in for Super Mega Qualifying Sunday, with the the 3 aggregates during their 3x20 minute time slots. This would be awesome, AND the one at a time baby-qualy on Saturday would still be fun to watch as well. One question - how would the order for Saturday be decided? Best lap from FP3? Current position in the individual Drive’s Standings?
How about stealing the "Domination" mode from DiRT Showdown? You still get some points for position, but a good chunk of your points are based on who set the best time in each sector. That way you can get big shifts in points even without overtaking
The week before the race, the race organisers throw a dart at a list of numbers from 01 to 99.
Every lap of the race, the drivers' lap times are all recorded down and the drivers are awarded 1 point for each lap times that has the number from the dart throwing in it. So if the dart lands on the number 51, the laptimes that have 51 in it will be given 1 point, eg: 1:10:51, 1:51:23, etc
I was thinking the same thing about how the "worse" cars have much better races at Monaco.
I do not know what kind of a living you make with your efforts, but you deserve more anyways. Every video is incredible and your 2020 recap was the best piece of content I had seen that whole year, if not more. If I would ever be a fan of anything, I'd be your fanboy every time.
Fix the cars, use the joker lap but actually being an actual part of the lap, create an extension at the southern portion of the harbour and make it a night race. Done.
Miss you CB
Just make the cars narrower to make it like “Who says you cannot overtake” Like the 2000s.
then they definitely have to also restrict length, otherwise the cars will look even dumber than they look already. even f2 sizing would greatly improve racing i believe
@@elcommento I agree
Just shorten them and let them use whatever tyres and strategy they choose. Some of us are old enough to remember some all-time classic races at Monaco, in the past, even at 2 metre car widths
"... Formula 1 is incompatible with those tracks ..."
yes, Monaco IS one of them
And/or: there is plenty money in Monaco to engineer some added space.. land can be reclaimed in the harbour (moving the harbour a little, essentially) or a causeway could be built in such as way that it results in an overtaking opportunity.
F1 would never go for the mega joker because you would need almost twice as many marshalls, cranes, tow trucks etc.
Make 3 pit stops mandatory and all hypersofts!!
I loved the Formula E race, but I’d add one more difference between it and F1 - Formula E can use attack mode at any point on the track given them more opportunities to close the gap and overtake. Formula 1 only has DRS on the main straight, which is never enough for an overtake.
On most tracks, this is fine with me. But it’s a problem here in Monaco
Plus the straight is too short for the DRS to become effective aswell
Attack mode always starts at the activation zone, in this case going way off line to the left of Casino Square. The three key differences are
1: attack mode always lasts a defined period, versus DRS resetting the next time the brakes are used
2: you can begin an attack mode period on any lap except the first two (unless safety car or full course yellow which is basically VSC) so long as you're not already in attack mode
3: activation is essentially a mini-joker, you have to go off-line and lose time and possibly track position to activate it and get the higher power. F1 aero means the space within a few seconds behind any other car is a perma-joker, making you work harder to hold the gap until it's small enough for DRS.
Also regardless of car size, Monaco is a single line circuit at f1 speeds.
The fact formula E is much slower is actually the main reason the can run side by side.
Curious that this has popped in my recommends again
Crazy Idea number 5: recognize Monaco is really important for F1 in a historic way, but it's time to say goodbye.
So glad you mentioned this video in your video for Monaco 2022. Great ideas
Interesting how this video gets recommended after a really boring 2024 Monaco GP.
Crazy idea 5.
Every F1 team pairs up with a Formula E team, and drivers use those cars instead for the weekend.
4:44 What if it starts raining 30 minutes after the start on super qualifying Sunday?
Coming back to this months down the road--mega joker is brilliant for two reasons: 1) real opportunities for overtakes, and 2) the length of it introduces greater variability in time to complete than the mini joker, so just as with a pit stop, if someone is ~20s (or however long the joker lap generally takes) ahead of another driver and takes the joker, it suddenly produces an exciting moment of "will he stay ahead or not?" where sometimes the driver does stay ahead and sometimes he doesn't. The mini joker, being shorter, would be equally about strategy, but less about risk.
I want the mega joker, please. And not only in Monaco, in every circuit. It would add another strategic element to the races, as you have described
Instead of extra track being a joker… just add it to the current track!
What do you mean?
@@gianb3952 the purple parts he’s suggesting to be used as a joker route, if you were to add those to the current track and just make them a regular part of the track everybody uses throughout the race, you’d have more room for a possible overtake!
You could even take out the current start finish straight and before making the last turn, go straight and then back up rue grimaldi, you’d end up back at turn 1 again! There’s more room for drs
@@bynahelemaal ohhh ok i got it
Would need to investigate further to see if there was sufficient space for marshals, run off area, etc., but that could be interesting to see. Wonder If someone could make a modded track for RFactor or Assetto Corsa just to see what it'd be like
@@gianb3952 make the mega joker the new route delete the casino turn
Just make the cars smaller, there is a need for safety but surely they can be kept just as safe but reduced in size
Smaller as in as which era small? Overtaking in Monaco became almost impossible in the 80s if not before that so I don’t really understand all of these moans that monaco gp is boring. It’s a proper street circuit and with that come the great things as well as the drawbacks.
@@indiebekonn But like he has shown in the video, there were quite interesting races in formula-e and formula2 with the more compact cars.
So, firstly I concur that the "Jewel in the Crown" thing is extremely irritating and for me a major part of why I really dislike Monaco and rail against it constantly.
I like the ideas of 1 & 2 (hyper joker is a bit excessive given the state still needs some level of functionality. The best "Monaco Fix" I've seen prior to this (there's been a spate of them) was on Josh Revell's channel, to bridge over the track and take the hairpin in the opposite direction. Search Josh Revell Solving Monaco's overtaking problems (kinda), it's the last suggestion in the video.
Someone gotta make Chain Bear into FOM or something cause these ideas would be amazing to watch honestly
You can do a few minor tweaks to the track as well. First get rid of Anthony Noghes corner and open up Rascasse. 2nd move the Nouvelle Chicane down further to allow a bigger breaking zone. Finally widen Casino Square and Mirabeau just a little bit. This would only require minor structural changes that could be done between seasons.
Just give them some beads and make it like an actual mardi gras parade
Boobs could bring an interesting dynamic if they distract a driver at the wrong time... lol
Or - just give everyone LSD... Drivers, crews, The Prince etc... Let's even dose Crofty, those in attendance & the viewers at home. Then see if everyone enjoyed the Trip around Monaco.
@@GregBrownsWorldORacing "It's hiiiiiigh nooooooon" - everyone there who's shitfaced lmao
F1 already has a "joker lap". It's called "a pit stop".
so you’d just have to make a lot of mandatory pitstops
@@cdw2468 smaller fuel tanks and refuelling?
@@farren82 refueling hurts on track overtakes
Would only work if there was a mandated number of stops, and it would have to be a lot more then normal too. Plus, takes out the element of driver skill, and swaps it over to pit stop crew skill. It's still skillful, of course, but not the same, so it's not pointless to have both.
@@cdw2468 no. I'm pointing to the fact that it's not working because teams calculate a pit 'window' in a way to minimise losses.
The "super qualifying sunday" might pose a problem, as in: if starts to rain, or if it started wet but after one hour the track is dry again.
Also, it looks like the best solution is indeed the car. But then F1 should use 'custom' parts, which, if I reckon correctly, is an abominable idea in the F1 community.
No "might" about it, changing conditions with single car qualifying create grossly unfair situations where driver A is allowed to do his laps in the dry and driver B is required to do them in the rain. To preserve fairness the conditions need to be the same for everyone and that's only possible with an open lapping format like we have for qualifying now. Yes, if you wait too long you might get screwed by a red flag or rain or something, but it was your own choice to wait that long.
Also the sliding time window "super qualifying sunday" would likely just turn out like elimination qualifying did, where it just kind of peters out towards the end.
These are creative, innovative, unique, and clever ideas. Good job!!!!
The joker lap we thought would be a good idea a few years ago, its nice to see it. In ours it was 39 laps round the round about and 39 inside but they can choose when they take it. It gives a great run into the tunnel. The other idea was using the round about but splitting the lanes side by side to give the car behind a run at the car in front
Crazy idea 4: tear down a couple of buildings and make the track wider for overtake.
Crazy idea 5: Don't race in Monaco as its a #Novertake race now.
#4 Exactly. The principality should buy and tear down some buildings to create an overtaking point. If they’re serious about putting on a good race it’s an investment they should make. Otherwise they’re in for a future where the most exciting action is a stuck wheel nut.
It would be interesting, for just one or two seasons initially, to abandon Monaco and use, say, Circuit Paul Ricard. During those two seasons redesign F1 cars to be shorter and more compact, which could offer just as much grip on a lighter car, while reducing the "clear air turbulence" effect, thereby helping overtaking and wheel to wheel racing. If successful, this would allow Monaco to be used once more.
Here's an insane idea: make it a team race
Instead of having all 20 cars out on track, each team can only have one car on track at a time. Instead of pit stops, when one driver enters the pits the other can be released. The teams can then change tyres, setup, etc. (maybe even let them refuel like in qualifying) while the other car is out on the track. Require something like 2 or 3 changes so teams have to strategize when each driver takes their stint, and that also gives more opportunities for over/undercuts.
Make it so that both drivers have to drive at least 30 laps. Both drivers get the points of their team's finishing position, but whichever driver set the fastest lap for each team gets a single bonus point. That adds an element of drama as teammates battle each other directly to see who's really the better driver.
More relevant than ever
Just incorporating that roundabout before the tunnel for a joker lap would make a big difference.
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