Season Update and Progression

Hi there, just been looking at what FIA has been doing recently and it seems that every 4 races, there will be a testing week to test out new equipment for the cars. This could allow more decisive setups for teams where their bodywork etc are locked out for a few races and cannot be changed, only refitted with identical technology. Doing this though would probably make it best to increase the number of races on the Calendar.

Round 1 - Austrailia
Round 2 - Malaysia
Round 3 - China
Round 4 - Bahrain
Q1 Testing - Test and new car parts designed during the previous four races
Round 5 - Spain
Round 6 - Monaco
Round 7 - Canada
Round 8 - France
Q2 Testing - Test new car parts design during the previous eight races
Round 9 - Britain
Round 10 - Germany
Round 11 - Hungary
Round 12 - Belgium
Q3 Testing - Test new car parts designed during the Previous twelve races
Round 13 - Italy
Round 14 - Singapore
Round 15 - Japan
Round 16 - South Korea
Q4 Testing - Test new car parts fdesigned during the previous sixteen races
Round 17 - India
Round 18 - Abu Dhabi
Round 19 - United States
Round 20 - Brazil
Pre-Season testing, Test component upgrades designed during the interval between seasons and 'next season' upgrades.

The Q# testing would result in a maximum of laps equal to the season's race length %. The car's parts would be fitted between several laps and tested accordantly on a non-calendar, Non-street track. The driver will relay information on each piece stating, "Alot of vibrations in the Front Wing", "Too much downforce on the body", "Brakes heat up to quickly", "Gearbox is not producing a sufficent top speed" etc.

Long term planning for such a thing and new 7 tracks would have to be added.

Wouldn't mind seeing more tracks added in too ;)

Bring on Canada and USA ;)

I like the idea of adding more tracks, and I'm sure it's been suggested before, but I don't think that only allowing people to update their cars every 4 races would be very good. 

The likelihood is that the person with the best car and driver combination will win the first four races, giving them a big advantage in the Championship, rather than letting the competition freely catch them up, and that would seriously hinder the competitive nature of the game currently.

I do, however, think that maybe we should see how the new design system is as well, before considering things like this anyway.

Jamie as it stands atm, is that 4 wins in a row is very common :P

I agree, but I don't think that this particular system would change that in any way. It's a nice idea, but I think it could do with some tweaking. For example, I don't see the point in testing parts, because with the current system, it doesn't require any testing. We already know that when we clone or develop a part, it WILL be faster, so a test is a little bit pointless.

Yes new track will be added - but there is a lot of more important work to do first.