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The comparison in the article is pretty odd, but it's still amazing to see how much effort goes into engineering F1 cars. I wonder what they could produce if th
by barkbro 10y ago
The comparison in the article is pretty odd, but it's still amazing to see how much effort goes into engineering F1 cars. I wonder what they could produce if they were allowed to run free and didn't have to deal with F1 regulations.
- LoSboccacc 10y agoThey'd be as wide as the track and so frail people'd be killed for getting on a kerb at a bad angle :X
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- nopzor 10y agoI think the sport would be destroyed if they were allowed to run free. By now they would have removed the driver, and that would take most of the $$ out of F1 ;) The Williams 1993 car was in many ways the high point of tech for F1. Since then, I think FIA have been trying to balance the rules for (1) safety (2) balancing the role of the constructor and the driver, and ensuring that driver skill was a major part of the equation.
- pmontra 10y agoThey would have to remove the driver. Check the famous Red Bull concept car from 2010, only simulated, not built. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_X2010 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_X2010 500 km/h and 8 g lateral acceleration with the final design. I don't think you can drive a car like that for long. The Williams car with active suspensions was the last technical improvement that was not a rules loophole up to maybe the Mercedes f-duct and wing stalling. F1 has become a spec formula with the only goal to keep lap times more or less constant and some common ground with production cars (the current hybrids, Le Mans too.)