Standard front wing
Discussion
kambites said:
Hmm so they're still allowed five elements, just no fancy turning vanes on the end-plate?
Yes it's mentioned in the link I posted somewhere above. Standardised endplates without vortex generators. The idea being to encourage the teams to bring more air inwards and underneath rather than using 'outwash'.When I said standard wing, I wasn’t discounting a standard design and didn’t necessarily mean a standard issue one used by everyone.
It’s really not a big deal is it? Just put in place a set of rules which means it must be a one piece affair with no complicated bits (no air allowed to pass through it?).
The effect on allowing the car behind to stay close through bends would surely help to allow a return to the closer racing of the good old days.
I don’t think this would go against the spirit of F1.
It’s really not a big deal is it? Just put in place a set of rules which means it must be a one piece affair with no complicated bits (no air allowed to pass through it?).
The effect on allowing the car behind to stay close through bends would surely help to allow a return to the closer racing of the good old days.
I don’t think this would go against the spirit of F1.
Gaz. said:
reducing the downforce of the front wing will make racing worse but the tail is wagging the dog and F1 is buckling to fan pressure.
Depends how it's achieved, if you look at IndyCar the new car they launched this year reduced the downforce significantly and it made the racing even more exciting (ovals not so much but that's a different story).Gaz. said:
The multi-element front wing is a bogeyman and reducing the downforce of the front wing will make racing worse but the tail is wagging the dog and F1 is buckling to fan pressure.
The wing is wider and taller, and the bargeboards are 100mm further forward, front end should actually improve slightly if anything.PhillipM said:
Gaz. said:
The multi-element front wing is a bogeyman and reducing the downforce of the front wing will make racing worse but the tail is wagging the dog and F1 is buckling to fan pressure.
The wing is wider and taller, and the bargeboards are 100mm further forward, front end should actually improve slightly if anything.Gaz. said:
Driller said:
It’s really not a big deal is it? Just put in place a set of rules which means it must be a one piece affair with no complicated bits (no air allowed to pass through it?).
The effect on allowing the car behind to stay close through bends would surely help to allow a return to the closer racing of the good old days.
The multi-element front wing is a bogeyman and reducing the downforce of the front wing will make racing worse but the tail is wagging the dog and F1 is buckling to fan pressure. The effect on allowing the car behind to stay close through bends would surely help to allow a return to the closer racing of the good old days.
Obviously it’s going to be multifactorial but what’s the most significant factor then?
F1GTRUeno said:
It should be really simple.
Two elements at most and remove all the st around the sidepods too.
Back to basics.
Yep, it needs a clean up like the 2009 rules that stopped all the winglets, fins, nosecone rabbit ears and all the other junk that crept in. Two elements at most and remove all the st around the sidepods too.
Back to basics.
2008
2009
Edited by ajprice on Wednesday 1st August 14:41
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