Re: Touring Car: All Wheel Drive Solution Too Late

[Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com>]

>[...]
>        Too bad it is too late in the season for Audi to pull a little experiment.
>What if Audi fronted 2 cars during the season, but instead of both Quattro
>they were split. One would be quattro and the other front wheel drive. If
>they consistently won anyway, would that not mean Quattro was not the
>entire magic behind Audi's success last year, and that other issues were
>involved like reliability and driver skill, and maybe even power
>superiority. It might help get some of the weight restrictions waived this
>year on the awd.
>[...]

I can see it now...

"Due to Audi's 'Unfair Advantage' in the areas of reliablilty and driver
skill, some new rules have to be implemented:
1-Any car that lasts up to five laps without any unusual problems must
have at least three of its tires slashed.  Any car that continues to the
final lap with no unusual problems will be disqualified, but the driver
may continue on foot and finish legally.
2-Any driver who places third or higher in three consecutive races must
compete with both feet tied to the brake pedal of his car.  Any driver
that wins more than 4 races in a season will be beaten severely by
drivers from the other teams before each competition.
We hope that these changes will keep the BTCC a fair race in which all
manufacturers and all drivers have equal chances of winning."

Elliott