Dissapointed with Sauber

"OkCars- 22k Crossroads" (okcars) 01/27/2014 at 16:13 • Filed to: Formual 1

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The car seemed like a normal f1 car with a lowered nose yesteday.

Today they upload another photo. Disaster

And so then its this

GhostZ > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 01/27/2014 at 16:17

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"speed spikes"

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 01/27/2014 at 16:22

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with those white and red highlights it actually doesn't look too bad

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 01/27/2014 at 16:22

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I think the Sauber has the best looking 'finger' nose of the rest of the field, thought thats a bit like saying one Prius looks better than the rest.

offroadkarter > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 01/27/2014 at 16:26

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Okay, I'm just going to say it

F1 cars barely change in appearance, I'm not sure what everyone is freaking out about with this whole "ant eater" bullshit. They aren't made to look good, they are made to perform as well as possible under the guidelines of the series.

Kookanoodles > OkCars- 22k Crossroads 01/27/2014 at 16:55

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It's not to bad. At least it looks like some kind of animal, and not a cock (pun intended). Looking at you, Williams.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > offroadkarter 01/27/2014 at 16:56

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Well, the thing is that they used to do both pretty well, but more importantly, they wouldn't be looking like this if it weren't for asinine, poorly-written technical regulations. You'd see way less pushback if this were the result of teams trying gain an edge rather than stay within the regulations (and we used to see cars like that, notably in the early 2000s, and people didn't have nearly the same problem with it).

They're ugly, they're awkward, and they're the result of arbitrary reasoning. That's why people hate them. And there's already talks of those regs being amended for next year so that it's the same regs without the stupid noses, further highlighting the absurdity of the situation.

offroadkarter > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/27/2014 at 16:59

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I do think some of this safety regulations are crap. What was this nose adjustment for, like if one car rams under another or something?

Racing isn't supposed to be safe, thats why it requires 2 balls

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > offroadkarter 01/27/2014 at 17:21

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"Since 2012 The FIA safety working group have been moving towards lower noses for F1 cars. The 2012 changes forced the nose to be lower than 55cm, which is the same height as the cockpit sides. Clearly that change was to prevent noses riding over the cockpit and striking the driver.

The nose changes for 2014 were for a different reason than T-bone accident safety. The SWG felt that nose to rear tyre contact remains a risk of creating flip over accidents, such as Mark Webber had in Valencia in 2012. This thinking lead to a far lower nose tip being needed, this simple principal was subsequently written into the rules after practical compromises being requested by the teams. Clearly a low nose tip would be best introduced as a part of package of rules that lowered the raised chassis from the nose all the way back to the cockpit. However the teams countered this would mean all new aerodynamics and all new suspension, which on top of other regulatory changes was a step too far. The watered down regulations subsequently lowered the nose to a specific 185mm height and the front bulkhead down 100mm to a 525mm maximum height. This compromise saved the teams an expensive complete redesign, but left opportunities for exploiting the intention of the rule for aerodynamic benefit."