Safety is a critical factor in the rulebook. The FIA want teams to be able to gain a competitive advantage through engineering, but they also want to maintain s

Safety is a critical factor in the rulebook. The FIA want teams to be able to gain a competitive advantage through engineering, but they also want to maintain sensible corner speeds. A lot of technologies are banned in F1 simply because they work too well at making the cars faster, or they deliver speed improvements at the expense of stability.