{"id":3796,"date":"2010-03-27T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T04:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=3796"},"modified":"2010-03-26T21:38:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T01:38:30","slug":"mclarens-whitmarsh-favours-radical-rule-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/mclarens-whitmarsh-favours-radical-rule-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren&#8217;s Whitmarsh favours radical rule changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The possible rule changes to be discussed by F1 team bosses in Malaysia next week range from the relatively minor to the radical.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With the processional 2010 season opener having started the persisting &#8216;Bore-rain&#8217; saga, McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh admitted that the tone of the meeting will be set by what happens during the 58 laps of Sunday&#8217;s Australian grand prix.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we have a less than stunning race then the likelihood of pushing through changes is enhanced.\u00a0 Personally I want a stunning race and changes,&#8221; he told the Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Any mid-season changes will require total unanimity, which &#8211; given some teams&#8217; efforts to safeguard their competitive position &#8211; is unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmarsh said most of the changes on the table involve the qualifying format, such as reverse grids and &#8216;success ballast&#8217;, where drivers higher in the championship carry weights aboard their cars.<\/p>\n<p>Another idea is a &#8216;knockout draw&#8217; where drivers go head-to-head before a final shootout.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fastest one who doesn&#8217;t make a mistake will still take pole but it has a virtue in how you use your tyres,&#8221; said Whitmarsh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And in some races you will be in the easy half of the draw and be flattered by your grid position,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a9 RIF|GMM<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The possible rule changes to be discussed by F1 team bosses in Malaysia next week range from the relatively minor to the radical. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[1156,805,5262,5261,491,5284],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3797,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796\/revisions\/3797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}