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The Turbohybrid is truly an amazing feet of engineering, and it's incredible how much aerodynamics work into getting these cars to do their thing. They're hitti
by redwall_hp 7y ago
The Turbohybrid is truly an amazing feet of engineering, and it's incredible how much aerodynamics work into getting these cars to do their thing. They're hitting 230mph, when they fly around corners it's like watching a fighter jet.
In contrast, Formula E cars are topping out at 170mph, corner like they're full of cinderblocks, and are still running shorter races to compensate for their lack of battery life. They don't have the same level of racing talent either. (e.g. Verstappen and Hamilton.)
- billfruit 7y agoOTOH, the formula E races, there is lot of close-in action, and more overtaking, etc than in formula -1, might be due to the narrower tracks.
- AmericanChopper 7y agoNever paid particularly close attention to formula E, but the current generation of turbo-hybrids have horrible problems with dirty air (due to the current chassis regs, not the engines). That’s the main reason there’s little close up racing in F1. Following cars take a big hit to their downforce and they overheat quickly in dirty air (just look at Bottas retiring last weekend). This is something the FIA think they’ll fix by bringing back ground effect in 2021. Then you have the seperate problem that there’s only 3 competitive constructors in F1 at the moment (and even then 1 of them is quite far above the other 2 - apart from those races where Ferrari was cheating with their fuel injection).
- billfruit 7y agoFormula-E, infact may be having too much of close-in action, some of the race highlights looks like bumper cars, with more than 10 cars at a single corner.
- AmericanChopper 7y agoI think that’s down to formula e being very-nearly a spec series. Formula e fans get very defensive it not being a spec series, but the regulations (and lack of big time money) make the cars much, much more similar than they are in F1.
- gsnedders 7y agoThe powertrain is pretty free nowadays in Formula E, but the rest of the car is almost entirely spec, which inevitably means there's a lot of similarity. It also means they can spec something where the aero doesn't produce so much dirty air. I think keeping the development limited to the powertrain is the right move for Formula E; there's plenty of other series where money is thrown at the rest of the car, so let developments happen where the series stands out.