Just_a_fan wrote:Manoah2u wrote: I know the wishbones were steel aswell.
I know that Minardi used to run metal wishbones with a CF aero shroud; it's nothing new for a poor team to run "less glamorous" materials.
yes, but again, i don't know if it could still happen today. Simply said, if it works, it works. And if it's safe enough, it's safe enough. However, I think having steel brakes 2015 is not the way to go, especially not to improve 'entertainment'. A car sliding all around is not safe. Remember Grosjean slamming through the field, and that was 'just' driver error through inadequate vision of the situation unfolding. Imagine how unsafe and dangerous it becomes when every car has steel brakes.
Just because Pastor Maldonado is in the field should be rule enough not to allow steel brakes.
Regarding safety, anything other than steel brakes imho is a no-go area. The sport needs to go forward, not backward.
There's enough to improve and learn, i was sceptic at first but i've grown to like the idea of 17/18" wheels especially because it would provide a whole new format and area of research and learning. Every driver will have to adapt to driving with these wheels and tires. New area for brake research, tire research, wheel manufacturer research, suspension possibilities, and lots of room for aero guys to work with, aswell as balance, wheel hubs, pit crew, etc.
There are a million ways to go. Playing with safety? no.
Least of all, it would turn F1 really into the level of Formula 3 or GP2. why even excist then?
meanwhile, people hate on Manor/Marussia for not having a full 2015-spec car ready and perhaps it won't come at all this year. They are a giant leap behind the back of the field in front of them, a whopping amount of seconds slower.
People are complaining about that F1 cars today are slow. And the Manors are quite a margin slower then the according to some already slow Mercs in front. Imagine how F1 cars would look and be accepted with steel brakes making them even slower.
Nah.
