With such a simple rule, I would definitely design a car that would leave a totally messed up wake behind it to ensure no one is able to approach my car without losing all downforce.WhiteBlue wrote: If the stacked diffusors eventually are made legal it shows again that writing rules with a downforce target in mind is silly. The easiest way to deal with the problem ist simply a legal downforce limit which is monitored with sensors by the SECU. That was the intention of the rule initially and it would be pushing aero work in the right direction. Improvements would only come from better efficiency.
But the teams opposed simple rules for all and replaced it with reams of paragrafs on body work that nobody in his right mind can understand any more. So let them deal with the results of having it their way. They are shelling out to design a second car for the European tour anyway, so there is no point now to stop the thing.
Note that the aim for the rule changes was not reduction of the downforce. Their aim was to allow a car to get as close as possible to overtake. This was done by ensuring the cars did not mess up the airflow in their wake too much, and did not depend on an extremely clean airflow to generate downforce. The 2008 cars were exactly the opposite, resulting usually in an ugly procession that lasted an hour and a half.
