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My favourite parts of F1 are the parts which don't occur anywhere near a track. The ingenious rule bending which goes into trying to get an advantage and the po
by VBprogrammer 5y ago
My favourite parts of F1 are the parts which don't occur anywhere near a track. The ingenious rule bending which goes into trying to get an advantage and the politics when people try to get it banned. Things like the f-duct where a driver used the back of their hand to close a passage which reduced the areodynamics drag of the rear wing because movable surfaces aren't allowed; the two pedal system which allowed differential braking through a corner; or the blown defuser which used the exhaust from the engine to enhance the downforce generated by the defuser.
- ChildOfChaos 5y agoand DAS, the dual-axis steering system Merc used to warm the tyres. I'm not sure it was that much of an advantage, but it was a great system.
- mauvehaus 5y agoFor those who aren't aware, the rules have banned movable aerodynamic devices for years (recent exception: DRS). The F-duct was so delightfully cheeky because it used the driver's body as the moving component in a system that would have otherwise been wildly against the regs.
- mhh__ 5y agoRenault's mass damper was also banned on the basis that it was a moving aerodynamic device perplexingly, IIRC.
- mhh__ 5y agoOne of my favourite bit of cheekiness was red bull turning up to FP1 with the camera mounted inside the car.
- _aavaa_ 5y agoI completely agree. Some of the most entertaining engineering Olympics. The best part about the fan example [1] is that they claimed it was there for "cooling" purposes. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabham_BT46 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabham_BT46