> vehicles became limited by stability and control ...I have never heard anyone talk about "stability" or "control" when talking about racing technology. > To

> vehicles became limited by stability and control ...I have never heard anyone talk about "stability" or "control" when talking about racing technology. > Today, power is limited for most racing classes and everybody is focused on downforce and traction. Downforce/aero is traction and most of the jostling (and cheating) has been around aero for fifty years or so; for example, adjustable suspension for minimum ground clearance at any time and to prevent sudden loss of downforce when going over a bump. There's a reason at one point FIA started (and still does) a limit on the time F1 teams can spend in the wind tunnel. That allotment of time based on team standing. Other racing series, typically ones with production car bodies where aero options and budgets are more limited, will use intake restrictor plates and/or weight penalties. "Power" is not limited, engine specs are; intake, displacement, stroke, layout, induction or not, and so on. There is a distinction, because, for example, some teams started using intake scoops and doing things like changing the engine fuel mapping based off vehicle speed (as F1 engine are metered via speed-velocity, not via airflow sensors.)