Looks pretty good without wings, no?
The size should be reduced not weight. The latter would only accomplish discrimination against taller/heavier drivers.trinidefender wrote: ↑16 May 2019, 21:10Why not reduce the minimum weight limit. The teams know with the current weight limit they can make light cars that end up huge. Reduce the minimum weight limit and the cars will get smaller naturally. The teams won't want to make cars much over the weight limit.
No it won't. There is a rule for 2019 that sets a minimum weight for the driver.mzso wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 00:30The size should be reduced not weight. The latter would only accomplish discrimination against taller/heavier drivers.trinidefender wrote: ↑16 May 2019, 21:10Why not reduce the minimum weight limit. The teams know with the current weight limit they can make light cars that end up huge. Reduce the minimum weight limit and the cars will get smaller naturally. The teams won't want to make cars much over the weight limit.
80kg, which is below the taller driver's natural weight, such as Hülkenberg, Ocon, Albon, Russel.trinidefender wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 03:44No it won't. There is a rule for 2019 that sets a minimum weight for the driver.
Making the cars lighter will make them more expensive.MatsNorway wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 23:52You can not make rules that will not favor the big teams. You can only make the sport relatively cheaper.
Dropping the weight limit has many benefits.
1) By dropping the weight it becomes a limit to how complex systems can be and still make the desired weight.
2) Less weight = less materials = less costs
3) Less weight = easier to flip car over by crew on track
4) Less weight = easier to stop a car in catch fencing
5) Mechanical grip goes up -> you can reduce aero -> potential for closer racing
6) Less weight will make the cars shorter, for some reason people think long cars is a problem.. it is not.
Your theory is completely wrong. The cars still need to pass some collision tests, so you cant just make them lighter with less material, you still need to keep the strength of the chassis, and thats much more difficult with less material.MatsNorway wrote: ↑27 May 2019, 11:58At least start by disputing my bullet points so i can see where you get that from.
Hmmmm interesting.... looks slightly different to the last spec shown off (e.g. no end-fences on the inlet to the floor), but it's hard to tell as it's mostly obscured by blurry CFD.techF1LES wrote: ↑28 May 2019, 09:53Proposed floor of the 2021 F1 car (Source: Sam Collins/Racecar Engineering)
How heavy is the carbon tub? and how heavy is the car? I doubt making the tub strong enough is the main reason the car is that heavy. The reason the car is that long is because it is allowed to be that heavy. Without a max length rule in the future( i am against) the cars will slowly creep up in length for aerodynamic reasons.