F1 isn't broken - it needs YouTube

Negativity surrounds F1 in the modern age, but JONATHAN NOBLE argues that a radical overhaul of the cars doesn't need to be top of the list of things to change

Published Feb 19, 2015, 10:58 PM

As talks continued this week to try to edge Formula 1 closer to a rules revolution package between now and 2017, it is as though everyone is now convinced that something major is broken.

Such is the clamour for change, with wider cars, bigger tyres and 1000bhp engines all being targeted, that you could be forgiven for thinking that the current generation of machinery is an utter failure.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.