|
|
Post by loudpedal on Sept 19, 2018 14:53:35 GMT -8
I don't understand why the regs are so complex! Give the teams a min/max length/width and ride hight for the cars - 'virtual box'. Give them an amount of fuel they will need to carry for a race. Tell them how many pits stops they need to make per race. As long as they stay in the 'box' they can build what ever they want to get the fastest car they can. Why does F1 have so many restrictions? That's what's making it expensive for the teams not the development of the engines. Let them make what ever they want. Then maybe just maybe we'll see some new innovations from F1 designers & engineers. Remember the 6 wheel Tyrrell? each car could be different and I think fans would love seeing their team's car different to the others other than just a paint job! I know it's a bit more complex but man it has to be less restrictive. Dude, you really are a newbie, aren't you? This has been hashed and re-hashed innumerable times going back many years all the way to the Speed boards and maybe before that. |
|
|
|
Post by mmi16 on Sept 19, 2018 16:36:32 GMT -8
I don't understand why the regs are so complex! Give the teams a min/max length/width and ride hight for the cars - 'virtual box'. Give them an amount of fuel they will need to carry for a race. Tell them how many pits stops they need to make per race. As long as they stay in the 'box' they can build what ever they want to get the fastest car they can. Why does F1 have so many restrictions? That's what's making it expensive for the teams not the development of the engines. Let them make what ever they want. Then maybe just maybe we'll see some new innovations from F1 designers & engineers. Remember the 6 wheel Tyrrell? each car could be different and I think fans would love seeing their team's car different to the others other than just a paint job! I know it's a bit more complex but man it has to be less restrictive. Dude, you really are a newbie, aren't you? This has been hashed and re-hashed innumerable times going back many years all the way to the Speed boards and maybe before that. Manufacturers are their own worst enemies, especially when is comes to sport. Manufacturers are only happy when they are winning. If they can't win, they take their money and go home - embarrassed and defeated. Manufacturers that become headed by money men will retreat long before those that are headed by 'sportsmen'. Sportsmen are in it for the competition. Money men are in it for the money - and unless they are dominate, they aren't getting the monetary return they seek. |
|
|
|
Post by olderguysrule on Sept 19, 2018 18:08:40 GMT -8
I don't understand why the regs are so complex! Give the teams a min/max length/width and ride hight for the cars - 'virtual box'. Give them an amount of fuel they will need to carry for a race. Tell them how many pits stops they need to make per race. As long as they stay in the 'box' they can build what ever they want to get the fastest car they can. Why does F1 have so many restrictions? That's what's making it expensive for the teams not the development of the engines. Let them make what ever they want. Then maybe just maybe we'll see some new innovations from F1 designers & engineers. Remember the 6 wheel Tyrrell? each car could be different and I think fans would love seeing their team's car different to the others other than just a paint job! I know it's a bit more complex but man it has to be less restrictive. Dude, you really are a newbie, aren't you? This has been hashed and re-hashed innumerable times going back many years all the way to the Speed boards and maybe before that. newbie or not it's still a good question. especially now with the new guys running things and supposedly they want to end the two tier thing we have going on. |
|
|
|
Post by loudpedal on Sept 19, 2018 18:24:51 GMT -8
I wasn't picking on him. It's just that the idea of defining a loose set of parameters and let them race is something that pretty much everyone here agrees on.
|
|
|
|
Post by wilmywood8455 on Sept 20, 2018 12:32:43 GMT -8
F1 shouldn't fear reduced downforce - BrawnFormula 1 should embrace a reduction in downforce next year and in 2021 even if recent regulations were introduced to make the cars faster, says Ross Brawn. New regulations were introduced in 2017 to deliver wider cars with significant aerodynamic influence, resulting in increased cornering speeds and faster lap times. The remit at that time was to make the cars more challenging for the drivers as well as to look more aggressive, but 2019 will see a simplified front wing in order to try and allow cars to follow each other more closely. With concepts for 2021 released last weekend, Brawn says the next significant regulation change will slow the cars down but wants the quality of racing to be the primary focus. racer.com/2018/09/19/f1-shouldnt-fear-reduced-downforce-brawn/
|
|
|
|
Post by Pistola on Sept 20, 2018 15:14:21 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by hairyscotsman on Oct 31, 2018 9:56:36 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by mmi16 on Oct 31, 2018 14:39:16 GMT -8
Sounds like a Tower of Bable - everyone talking and no one listening or hearing anything anyone else is saying. |
|
|
|
Post by Pistola on Nov 29, 2018 15:33:39 GMT -8
Why can't I shake the feeling of being fed shit when I hear that the bigger wings front and rear for next year will produce less turbulence?  Does a 747 somehow leave less of a wake than Piper Cub?  That's right I'm bored already. |
|
|
|
Post by Carlo_Carrera on Nov 29, 2018 16:04:32 GMT -8
It is not about the amount of turbulence, it is where that turbulence goes. At least that is what I am told.  |
|
jmjgt
Member
Posts: 3,311
Member is Online
|
Post by jmjgt on Nov 29, 2018 19:15:16 GMT -8
I think the front wing is a give back for all of the other things they're modifying to clean up the car's aero wake.
|
|
|
|
Post by Pistola on Nov 29, 2018 21:18:19 GMT -8
Shoot........next thing you'll be tellin' me is the FIA was able to spend more money on their research than 10 teams are able to spend on theirs.  |
|
|
|
Post by mmi16 on Nov 30, 2018 5:28:05 GMT -8
I think the front wing is a give back for all of the other things they're modifying to clean up the car's aero wake. The teams will spend wind tunnel time in getting their wake as dirty as possible. |
|
|
|
Post by Pistola on Mar 31, 2019 21:44:01 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by Carlo_Carrera on Apr 4, 2019 9:28:35 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by Carlo_Carrera on May 1, 2019 5:35:45 GMT -8
|
|
|
|
Post by Pistola on May 6, 2019 8:14:59 GMT -8
Looking at the specs for the standardized wheels for 2021 there is a provision for what the FIA calls a " a composite fairing closing the outboard face". Essentially a hub cap. They will rotate with the wheel unlike the ones teams used a few years ago.
Because FIA I guess.
|
|
|
|
Post by loudpedal on May 6, 2019 11:27:07 GMT -8
I'm sure the aerodynamics people will love that. But won't the engineers have trouble cooling the brakes?
|
|
|
|
Post by mmi16 on May 6, 2019 11:52:13 GMT -8
I'm sure the aerodynamics people will love that. But won't the engineers have trouble cooling the brakes?
Brakes only slow you down - FASTER! |
|
|
|
Post by Pistola on May 6, 2019 12:03:35 GMT -8
I'm sure the aerodynamics people will love that. But won't the engineers have trouble cooling the brakes?
There has to be one hole big enough for the socket on the wheel nut gun. Plus, the wheels in 2021 will be bigger giving a couple extra inches all the way around to play with so the designers have somewhere to spend the money they save on spec wheels. The spec brake rotors will only be marginally bigger than what they use now.
|
|
Korean cable TV is lousy. no more NASCAR nor NHRA
Jul 12, 2024 22:05:14 GMT -8
Korean cable TV is lousy. no more NASCAR nor NHRA
Jul 12, 2024 22:05:14 GMT -8