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Interesting. It makes sense that the FIA is trying to slow down the cars a little in the name of safety. I've heard it said that drivers never want slower cars, and given the choice between a two nearly identical cars, one that's safe and one that's not safe but 2 seconds faster a lap, they'll take the faster car each time and safety be damned. I think they were talking about that in the 1 documentary in fact. That might be the source of my paraphrase there. The teams will always push for speed, but it needs to be someone's responsibility to push for safety, so the FIA does that.

Sad thing is, it makes for ugly cars. Still better than killing a driver every month though.

 

Why do F1 cars have to be pretty?

As long as they're competitive, who cares what they look like? :confused5:

 

I think the point is that the new cars are never going to look as good as the cars of the past. I to long for the beauty of the past, but am excited about what the future holds.

 

This is true Dave. But at one time it seemed if it looked good it raced good. Those days are long gone I'm sorry to say. :frown2:

 

I agree with the thought that in order to try and keep a lid on costs they've also managed to strangle innovation, but I don't think going backwards is the answer.

I also grew up with the shape of racecars back when so I have a natural bias towards what I thought was cool when I was first exposed to them. However, those cars would be ssssslllllllooooooooowwwwwww compared to today's missiles on wheels, especially without the current aero.

I think there's room in racedom for a formula much like the old Can Am, run whatcha brung.....but look what happened to that series when Porsche threw down the gauntlet of the 917...it almost became a Red Bull type" one make series very soon - well - one winner series anyway.

The old IMSA Prototype series worked pretty well too, it had V-12 Jags, V-8 Chevy "Corvettes", V-6 Nissans (and later Jags) and even 4 cyl turbo Toyotas all running in the same class and the racing was pretty exciting.

But aero is king now in pretty much any series, so we have these odd looking shapes now.....to young guys in their 20's just getting into F1, cars from back-when probably look odd.

 

Porsche killed both CanAm and IMSA. Lets hope they don't decide to get into F1.

 

I think this was more like "it won, so we learned to think it looked good". Basically, people don't like 'the new' - until it has become 'the old', when they say they always liked it......

Classic F1 cars without wings, and without much genuine attention to aerodynamics, are a different beast.

 

wow, that' too bad. I always liked seeing the shots of Jenson's dad, as he always had a smile on his face, and you could see the unbridled joy whenever Jenson would podium.

 

Sad news.

RIP John

 

I hope so. I'd like to see an American team, maybe an American driver. At the very least, I'd like to see a full grid.