10 Year Engine development freez

[Belatti]

...Finally, the rule changes that I would definitely like to see is an increase in the minimum weight and an increase in the tub width. Both of these would help to reduce cost and make the cars much safer in a crash.

Sorry to tell man, but increasing the minimum weight seems to do otherwise...

[Fiero Brick]

...Finally, the rule changes that I would definitely like to see is an increase in the minimum weight and an increase in the tub width. Both of these would help to reduce cost and make the cars much safer in a crash.

Sorry to tell man, but increasing the minimum weight seems to do otherwise...

Yeah, making vehicles heavier for safety only helps if you're the heaviest one out there. At the same time, you're making a conscious decision to save yourself at the expense of whoever else you hit. It touches a raw nerve in me when I hear about someone buying a heavy vehicle for safety.

[mx_tifoso]

In relation to the most recent posts in here, although increasingly a bit OT. The Smart ForTwo crash tested head to head against a Mercedes S-Class. The Smart did relatively well, retaining its overall shape and figure quite nicely, but it got tossed around impressively too. The theme here I suppose, is the corollation between low and high weights in a crash.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/video-merce ... smart.html

[alleyoop]

My first thought about that is that it's possibly the most stupid approach available to separate ICE engineering from efficiency/energy recovery efforts. I'm still waiting for a decent rationale for the continued freeze (I'm tempted to call it "homoillogation" or something ...) but whether one is forthcoming or not, I sense a deep feeling of disillusionment creeping on me. This is F1 being used to fight windmills, stalling new structures of energy economy emerging in a way that would threaten old players. Well, if there's anything that history teaches us, being unable to conform leads to insignificance or oblivion. I have advocated and will do my darndest for a sustainable and replenishing economy to emerge. Looking at this development, I have to wonder whether it places the sport in polar opposition to where I'm coming from. If so, then so be it.

I'm quoting this post because I've just noticed that it was printed in Racecar Engineering January's issue, page 96.

Congrats both Checkered and f1technical.net!

[checkered]

I'm quoting this post because I've just noticed that it was printed in Racecar Engineering January's issue, page 96.

Hm, now how

did that happen? I can't remember doing anything to accommodate this. I am/was somewhat more combative with this subject than many others. The "current future plan" differs from the ten year homologation quite a lot. It's a running discussion and I honestly can't remember half the things I've written. But this is just as well, it follows a previous pattern of getting quotes published without much intention to do so ...