Most liked posts in thread: F1 - 2011

Rhino heck! It looks just like a bottle nose dolphin from the side!

 

Actually it looks like a predator drone.

 

Be nice to see what it actually conceals...

 

Gotta love it an F1 car wearing a cod piece. :crazy:

Maybe they store an extra 50 pony's in there....

 

I would bet it has to do with measuring the deflection/performance of the wing.

Maybe call it the Flipper?

 

Formula One: Change tracks to improve passing?

Perhaps music to the ears of Formula One fans worldwide, the FIA on Tuesday said that it will investigate whether today's modern circuits can be altered to improve on-track passing opportunities for drivers.

“The circuit design group is examining grand prix circuits to identify the possibility of increasing the opportunities for overtaking,” an FIA statement said.

While the subject of overtaking has long been on F1's agenda, the issue was thrust back to the fore after last season's finale on the Abu Dhabi circuit, where championship contenders Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber could not pass Vitaly Petrov's slower Renault for the majority of the event, allowing Sebastian Vettel to waltz his way to the title without pressure or the drama of a championship clash.

Despite the introduction this year of moveable rear wings and kinetic-energy-recovery systems, most in the F1 paddock have said that they doubt there will be significantly more overtaking in 2011 than there was last season or in the recent past.

Source - Autoweek

 

Well duh.....

 

This seems like another step in the wrong direction for F1... Artificially introducing more variability and difficulty into the racing... And there's not even a glimmer of a benefit to street tires from this sort of thing. Unless we like the idea of tires that wear out a whole lot faster than they need to.

My wish would be for F1 to lose all of the artificially contrived elements, and revert to an open formula, with general limits, that promotes safety, speed, and trickle-down benefits to street vehicle technology.

F'rinstance, I've been loving "driving" the Red Bull X2010 car in Gran Turismo 5. I want the fan-assisted ground effects on my road car! The current direction F1 is taking is crippling innovation for the sake of affordability and for lack of a better term: "randomness". Who knows who will win the next race? Nobody. Because there are too many artificially induced variables to make the racing more "interesting", and to give the fans something to cheer about when sheer luck determines the win. Without allowing innovation in design (and without constraining the research and testing that go into developing such innovative designs), we might as well be watching a single-make series like Formula World, or whatever it's called (A1GP?), where the cars, engines and drivers don't matter. We only cheer for the color scheme of the livery that best matches our loyalties. F'get it!

_Dave_

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Let's see...let them use stuff like kerrs, movable wings, more electronic gizmos than a space craft with no refueling to take that out of the equation and then design and force them to run tires that go off pronto......? Sure!!

 

Mar.17 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone has revealed he is “at loggerheads” with FIA president Jean Todt about F1′s engine formula for 2013.

Todt has announced new 1.6 litre four-cylinder turbo regulations, but F1 chief executive Ecclestone on Thursday admitted he fears it will rob the sport of one of its two most important factors.

According to Australian news agency AAP, he said one crucial factor “is Ferrari and second is the noise” of the big normally-aspirated engines.

The 80-year-old said he is so worried that he fears television broadcasters will stop buying the rights to formula one.

“I’m anti, anti, anti, anti moving into this small turbo four formula,” said Ecclestone.

“We don’t need it and if it’s so important it’s the sort of thing that should be in saloon car racing.

“The rest of it is basically PR — it’s nothing in the world to do with formula one.

“These changes are going to be terribly costly to the sport. I’m sure the promoters will lose a big audience and I’m quite sure we’ll lose TV,” he added.

 

Agree, or disagree, I can see his point.

 

....can't believe I'm saying this but......I agree with Bernie. 1.6 liter 4 cylinders and F1 do not belong in the same sentence, much less on the track together....

He must have experienced a brief moment of coherency.