looks like it went off track and picked up a lot of debris
more $$$$$ in the front end than it took to campaign a team for the season not that long ago
Posted on 08/05/2009 7:57:45 PM PDT by Chode
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LOL... 100%
looks like it went off track and picked up a lot of debris
more $$$$$ in the front end than it took to campaign a team for the season not that long ago
It does look ridiculous.
I’m glad McLaren went back to its traditional papaya, although the way they designed it with the black sides is pretty ugly. Sadly it looks like they’re in even worse shape than last year.
High performance lawn mower and weed whacker?
Honda looks like it stepped on it’s crank and is behind the power curve AGAIN!!!
i mean WTF! not the world beaters of old that’s for sure
no more excuses, start with a clean sheet of paper if they have to but this is not what i ever expected when they said they were returning to F1, not even a little bit
kinda looks that way don’t it
Just one little chunk of track debris... SMH.
100%... marbles? what marbles???
Overall with the larger tires I like the look. Looks like a proper race car
...you are right...pure budget enhancement
Looks like one of those “Transformer” things going thru its paces.
100% and Honda sucking again not withstanding, i think it’s gonna be a goodyear
if only it transformed itself into a winner, damn...
Debris fields will be increased 50-75% with all that front end crap.
haven’t looked at the other teams yet but the first turn on the first lap might make for MANY punctures if this is what the field looks like
Decrease downforce. Make regulations that ensure as minimal as possible air disturbance trailing the car. You can bet the present designs seek to maximize disturbance to prevent passing. Spectators want passing - teams do not. Just think of Seb checking out at the head of the field in the RB-7. Do you think Newey would favor a design that would minimize training air disturbance? High downforce does not highlight driver skill. Keep big tires that can take a beating. Allow fenders on fairings. Emphasize mechanical grip over aero. Let's have drivers and not pilots. How about regulations that bring us a real car that looks more like this:
sure does, and i would LOVE to see a throwback year!
that said, i think single element front and rear wings would cut the cost by an order of magnitude and like you said bring us a little closer to drivers again rather than pilots
How about no wings and ground effects only? Any aerodynamicist will tell you the biggest air disturbance is from the uncovered tires. How about narrow bodies like we already have and fenders on wheel fairings that grow to cover the the tires entirely?
OK, you say that this may move too far away from open wheel heritage. But you have to ask what heritage is left at all?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pnt0ppVBHM(Delahaye 145 GP)
What is better to grow the audience, open wheel heritage or good racing - with cars? (/rant)
Notice all the fenders. The move toward fenders seemed to end with the onset of WWII. Racing restarted on a shoestring, less the extra expense of fenders.
How about no wings and ground effects only?
that works for me, but ANY kind of fenders at all, and i’m done wi F1
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