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I view racing as a place for innovation and improvements for the rest of us.
To have any socially redeemable value it has to be more than just entertainment.

Here we go with yet another race formula.

- all rules subject to change for saftey reasons
- basic box in force at all times
1- meter high
2- meters wide
4- meters long
min weight 500 kg
max weight 1000 kg
- no refuelling of any kind
- tire replacement unlimited, with a time penalty approx 30 sec.
- body work replacement unlimited with time penalty
- min ride height of 10 cm with a legality plank 10 cm wide.
- no engine limits
- no aero limits
- no other limits not specified
- driver cockpit will fit 95% of population min/max height and weight. all cars will carry driver plus ballast in cockpit to equal max "driver" weight.
- if cars are too fast for safety, increase "driver" size or ride height
- it is up to teams to prove safety.

Such a formula, with heavy tweaking, will bring back innovation that will trickle down to real cars. I like having anti-lock breaks, traction control, continuously variable transmission, active suspension, collision avoidance, and every thing else and want more.

If I want to see a driver competition in identical cars I will just go down to the local go-cart track.

Add fuel tank capacity limit (along with refueling ban) to get some fuel efficiency related development.

it will be hard to compare diffrent fuels. Hydrogen vs diesle vs electric battery.
who knows what the best will be.
I hope that performance will dictate efficience. and latter we could always lower max weight.

Good morning man,

Just a quick question - with regards to the ride height do you mean 10mm or 10cm??
10cm seems very high for a formula spec car.

But sounds great anyway.

you dont need to specify a max weight!

With a legality plank there's no need for a minimum ride height.

I'd allow refuelling, just make the fuel come out very slowly. Unless it will be mixed with electric cars... Then you'd have to balance against not (currently) being able to charge quickly or change batteries.

If you want to have a racing series be ultra-relevant to the road, get rid of the racing driver. Having AI racing real cars would be result in some very interesting solutions.