Do it today. The New Knob should have two settings: full rich and yellow. Rip out the rest of the fuel mapping crap and force each driver to save fuel the old-fashioned way -- (Arute voice): with his or her right foot.
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Absolutely right!
Posted by: Matt | July 01, 2009 at 01:08 PM
Didn't we do this once? My admittedly fuzzy recollection is that not too long ago they did this exact thing: Full and Yellow. Somewhere along the line it was changed back. Why did they go back to fuel mappings?
Posted by: Doug | July 01, 2009 at 01:15 PM
Apparently it all comes down to the bottom line. If the new guys can save money by getting rid of knobs, they'll be gone.
Posted by: redd | July 01, 2009 at 02:07 PM
"Somewhere along the line it was changed back. Why did they go back to fuel mappings?"
The teams asked for them back I think.
Posted by: rj | July 01, 2009 at 02:23 PM
I couldn't agree more.
/googles "fuel knob"
YEAH!!! RIP THOSE FUCKERS OUT!!!
Posted by: Roy Hobbson | July 01, 2009 at 02:34 PM
Honda took the knobs out when they suspected teams were using them in some fashion to cheat. Can't recall the details, but something like with the switch to ethanol manipulating the knob machinery allegedly could deliver some illegal benefit. So they ripped them out until they could be sure there was no screwing around with it, and then put them back in.
Posted by: pressdog | July 01, 2009 at 05:02 PM
What a load. You're stinkin' up the joint lately. Why don't you try to relax and enjoy the races, Dude.
Admit that you would not be able to tell whether the knob was being used or not. If nobody told you some driver was using a particular fuel setting, you'd just be sitting there stuffing your face with chips, none the wiser.
I suspect your explanation of the knob going away in '07 is also a big load. That just doesn't pass the smell test. More likely the switch to Ethanol was causing engine parts to melt when drivers leaned the mixture way out.
Posted by: Concerned Fan | July 01, 2009 at 06:02 PM
@Concerned Fan: Pressdog is entirely too nice to properly smack you down a notch, but I'm not. Therefore, let me say this: until you go out produce your OWN blog full of your OWN opinions and your OWN content, you need to shut the fuck up and sit down. Or change your tone. One or the other.
Posted by: Roy Hobbson | July 01, 2009 at 07:36 PM
:applause for Roy:
...as I was just thinkin' "what an obstreperous little shit this guy is"
Posted by: Mike R | July 01, 2009 at 07:55 PM
Take it easy, boys. I don't stuff my face with chips. I sit and swill beer, so there.
Posted by: pressdog | July 01, 2009 at 07:56 PM
Getting back to the fuel knobs....YES, RIP THOSE SUCKERS OUT!!!
Posted by: Doug | July 02, 2009 at 06:41 AM
"Out, out damned knobs I say.."
Lady MacBeth on fuel knobs. And I agree.
Posted by: Sue | July 02, 2009 at 06:48 AM
I'm a firm believer in removing the fuel knobs. It would take the race away from the engineer's laptop and back to the driver's right foot. Saving fuel isn't racing.
Also, pit allocation should be given by order they qualify, not points standing. I realize that probably wouldn't change things much (but it just might).
There is too much strategy and not enough racing.
Won't fix all that's wrong, but can't hurt.
Posted by: ramblinman | July 02, 2009 at 11:53 AM