Re: Retro F1 - 1976

olde.f1.fan@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Jun 29, 11:52 pm, MitchAlsup <MitchAl...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 29, 4:50 pm, olde.f1....@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Get rid of the aero packages where a pubic hair can mean the
difference between WDC and backmarker, get rid of the
hyper-gazillion rev engine speeds, get rid of the 50 trillion
Euro steering wheel, sequential, automatic shifters, pit lane rev
limiters, two compound tyres, pit strategy, obese pit bots that
get whacked every once in a while (the only real entertainment
left), carbon brakes and all the other fighter jet cum road care
nonsense.

Once you get rid of the aero, you don't have to get rid of the
engines, brakes, or anything else. Without downforce, acceleration
is not power limited but traction limited, so is cornering, and
braking. So you would see pilots struggling to cope with 800 HP
engines trying to get 500 HP tires hooked up. Braking distances go
up 2.5-3X, acceleration distances go up 3X, cornering speeds go
down 1.9X. And passing would be allowed by the physics of the
situation.

Maybe I should have been clearer, I didn't mean for anyone to burn the
midnoght oil making up nimbers.

Wings for downforce are alright in my book but we need stricter rules
on their implimentation. Shaped underbellies with tail diffusers are
also necessary at this level of racing. Lets be realistic here, tyre
technology, as you eluded to, can't keep pace with engine power.


Where I want to see changes made is with all that *** sticking out
from every available square inch of body surface and all those little
winglets. It makes the cars look like my neighbour kids Honda with
blinky washer nozzles and fake hood scoops held on with m tape.


I thought this had been addressed in the 2009 regs.

Give the cars a functional, aerodynamic shape with a front wing and a
back wing and knock all the other *** off, every last bit of it. And
if need be, mandate a common spec aero package.

Pah!

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