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Originally Posted by Bononi
What about a "no move" rule ? Or that would be confusing and static ?
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This was the rule in 2000s ChampCar/IRL/IndyCar. It was quite incident prone, as the drivers had the habit of trying hopeless outbraking manoevers, and the driver trying to make the pass often ended up T-Boning the car in front.
This rule was quite unpopular, so this year IndyCar adopted similar regulations to 2012 F1. Ironically IndyCar has had more overtaking than before during the 3 first races of 2012, which shows that the "no move" might have not even improved overtaking.
Was the "no move" rule safer though? Perhaps. After all 2 cars colliding at 100kph at a corner apex is less dangerous than 1 car going airbone at 200kph.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWCRCP6GO44
But on the hand, didn't it also make the racing "gimmicky", and less "pure"? Probably.