F1 2021 concept car image leaked
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IforB said:
It is called cause and effect.
You are describing the end benefits for airliners and then saying you don't understand why an F1 car would care about those. I am saying that aircraft use the principle for one reason and F1 cars use the same principle for another benefit.
What actually happens is the same, but why F1 or aircraft designers use them is different.
Because an F1 car front wing is upside down I was wondering would the finlets have the same effect - especially when on the F1 car the finlets effectively are turned towards the high pressure part of the wing rather than the low pressure part of the wing.You are describing the end benefits for airliners and then saying you don't understand why an F1 car would care about those. I am saying that aircraft use the principle for one reason and F1 cars use the same principle for another benefit.
What actually happens is the same, but why F1 or aircraft designers use them is different.
The fact that current F1 car designers prefer horizontal extensions and fairly short, blocky vertical endplates to the front wing rather than swoopy upturns indicates to me that on a car, this is more effective.
I certainly think tall vertical finlets look more aesthetic than the current rather fussy set ups we see - and that might be the only reason they featured in the picture.
sparta6 said:
Matthen said:
The wheels are coming in size at least (although I doubt the alloys will look like that...) - it's a good thing IMO. More relevant to road car technology, and also allows makes the suspension setup far more important than it is at present. Should hopefully add variance to the result of races, as teams try different setups.
yes, although hitting kerbs with lower profile tyres isn't always a good thing
Evangelion said:
rev-erend said:
sparta6 said:
yes, although hitting kerbs with lower profile tyres isn't always a good thing
Easy, don't hit the kerbs.Vocal Minority said:
Still raging against 50 year old technology I see Evangelion 
Eric Mc said:
That's when the rot set in.
And I'll still be raging against it when it's a hundred years old, if I live that long. If gravity was good enough for Fangio and Moss, then it should be good enough for Hamilton and Vettel.Interesting observation raised by Mark Hughes or Motorsport magazine -
"There’s actually been less visual progression in the last 40-odd years than in the single decade that preceded that".
In other words, a car from 1978 is more similar in appearance to a 2018 car than a 1968 car is to a 1978 car. He has a point.
Hughes also says that the 2021 vision shows a car which seems to point to a future we all envisaged 20 plus years ago. That's not a lot different to my comment at the beginning of the thread.
Ross Brawn has stated that aesthetics were a key factor in their vision for the 2021 car. He actually said that he wants F1 cars to be something youngsters want to pin posters of in their bedrooms. He has a point too.
"There’s actually been less visual progression in the last 40-odd years than in the single decade that preceded that".
In other words, a car from 1978 is more similar in appearance to a 2018 car than a 1968 car is to a 1978 car. He has a point.
Hughes also says that the 2021 vision shows a car which seems to point to a future we all envisaged 20 plus years ago. That's not a lot different to my comment at the beginning of the thread.
Ross Brawn has stated that aesthetics were a key factor in their vision for the 2021 car. He actually said that he wants F1 cars to be something youngsters want to pin posters of in their bedrooms. He has a point too.
It’s hardly a leak when all 3 concepts are on f1’s own website!
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.2021-a-...
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.2021-a-...
Oilchange said:
I think staying with 13” wheels is a must, the teams all seem to agree on thus as far as I know. 18” wheels on an F1 car look crap imo.
Rubbish, the teams will race what they're told to race as defined by the rules, also remember its only Pirelli now that aren't adverse to making 13" tyres as they're making them currently, no other manufacturer wants to get involved with 13" tyres, they're a thing of the past, we need to move with the timesGassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff