We are going to have 6 months of hard winter... #MclarenHonda #F1 #MarmotMclarenDay pic.twitter.com/XU5FVoBX3B
We are going to have 6 months of hard winter... #MclarenHonda #F1 #MarmotMclarenDay pic.twitter.com/XU5FVoBX3B
Webber thinks Alonso won't finish the year. Skip to 2:00
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One count showed there were just 5 passes during the Australian grand prix, down from two dozen in 2016.
But there's hope of quality. Ricciardo's and Grosjean's retirements didn't help the cause (13 cars finished)
Is that an option (for 2018, or more realistically 2020)?
Say, 13" -> 17" or even 20" wheels with much bigger steel brakes. Would there be a safety issue with fade, overheating, failure, ... ?
"Safety issue" was my first thought. Not that it's a valid issue, but that that will be the argument from the teams.
Would a vertical plane in the rear, with a function like that of CART's Hanford Device be a solution?
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Ban aerodynamics. It's like 20 years we keep saying that.
Like no winglets, no added wings and so on, just a bare front wing and rear one. And all the shape must be solid and continous.
Not a snowball chance in hell it will ever happen...
The issue with that is, aero is the most important aspect in advancing automotive efficiency. Can engines get better, yes. But the lowest common denominator is aero to increase efficiency. It sure sucks.
Winglets are not the culprits. Need to get rid of all wings because as long as they're generating downforce, you're going to have a trail of 'upwash', which will screw up the aerodynamics of the cars behind. They need to further minimize wing sizes to minimize that effect if not getting rid of it all together. Have aero folks focus on just drag reduction, rather than increasing downforce...
If they don't want to get rid of the looks of the wings so drastically, mandating something like CART's Hanford device should also work somewhat. A trail for turbulent flow should be better than a trail of 'upwash'.
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I meant in the short term. They've poured tens of millions in this generation of cars, they're not gonna go to waste.
They've known for 40 years that turbulent air is a byproduct of downforce and that running in turbulent air is more taxing than not. I think they ought to ban the most disruptive aero surfaces, which I think are the diffuser and the rear wing, and from there they would have to compensate towards the rest of the car.
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