As cool as the technology in F1 is, I wonder what might be created if there weren't such labyrinthine rules imposed on them.
I think a league like Can-Am, with only a budget cap, would be fascinating. Would we be seeing three-wheel drive cars? Supercapacitor-driven electrics? Something entirely different?
(For those who don't know, many innovations came out of the league [1], especially from the Chapparal constructor. McLaren was another notable.)
the developers of Grand Turismo, the video game, asked famed F1 designer Adrian Newey[0] to design the ultimate race car for their game. The question was:
> "If you built the fastest racing car on land, one that throws aside all rules and regulations, what would that car look like, how would it perform, and how would it feel to drive?"
(For those who don't know, many innovations came out of the league [1], especially from the Chapparal constructor. McLaren was another notable.)
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-Am#Pioneering_technology [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparral_Cars