"lightsout565" (lightsout56501)
06/26/2014 at 20:03 • Filed to: None
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"lightsout565" (lightsout56501)
06/26/2014 at 20:03 • Filed to: None | 1
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I'm interested to hear the opinions on standing restarts in Formula 1. Personally, I think it's in awful idea. Full list of 2015 rule changes below.
Changes to 2015 Sporting Regulations
Power units
- The number of engines permitted by each driver in a season will be four. However, if there are more than 20 races in a season, the number will increase to five.
- The penalty for a complete change of Power Unit will be starting from the back of the grid, not the pit lane.
Aerodynamic testing
- The number of wind tunnel runs will be reduced from 80 hours per week to 65 hours per week.
- Wind-on hours are to be reduced from 30 hours per week to 25 hours.
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) usage is to be reduced from 30 Teraflops to 25 Teraflops.
- Two periods of tunnel occupancy will be allowed in one day (rather than only one).
- Teams will only be able to nominate one wind tunnel in one year.
Testing
- There will be three pre-season tests of four days each in Europe in 2015 (currently teams are able to test outside Europe). This will be reduced to two tests of four days in 2016.
- There will be two in-season tests of two days each in Europe (instead of the current four). Two of these four days must be reserved for young drivers.
Car specification at an Event
The current restrictions to the parc fermé will now apply from the start of P3 instead of the start of qualifying.
Wheels and tyres
The ban on tyre blankets will be rescinded for 2015. This will be re-discussed if and when the wheel and tyre diameter increases in the future.
Personnel Curfew
The Friday night curfew will be extended from six to seven hours in 2015 and will increase to eight hours in 2016.
Safety Car restarts
Safety Car restarts will now be a standing start from the grid. Standing starts will not be carried out if the Safety Car is used within two laps of the start (or restart) of a race or if there are less than five laps of the race remaining.
Changes to 2015 Technical Regulations
A number of changes have been made, including:
- A number of new regulations for the noses to ensure improved safety and to provide more aesthetically pleasing structures.
- A number of new regulations concerning skid blocks to ensure that they are made from a lighter material (titanium) and are better contained.
- New regulations to ensure that the brake discs rotate at the same speed as the wheels.
- A two-stage wheel fastener retaining system is now compulsory.
PheeNoIVI
> lightsout565
06/26/2014 at 20:11 |
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its not that bad. I think we have to see it in action and how it effects races first.
Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius
> lightsout565
06/26/2014 at 20:11 |
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When the 'show' becomes more important than the 'racing.'
Viggen
> lightsout565
06/26/2014 at 20:16 |
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I keep trying to like F1, but these sorts of things keep turning me away. I think I'll stick to watching WEC.
Simplify, then add beer
> lightsout565
06/26/2014 at 20:26 |
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I kinda get most of the rules. They want to make it more affordable for teams like Marussia and Caterham.
However, the ban on engine upgrades throughout the season means that teams can 'get lucky' with a design and will sweep the whole championship.
Imagine if teams were allowed a mid season break to reinvent their engines. You'd go into the back half of the year with possibly a new team taking the wins.
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> lightsout565
06/26/2014 at 20:33 |
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The racing is still top notch though. 2014 has been the most exciting season in a long time.
McMike
> lightsout565
06/27/2014 at 07:42 |
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This one is a head scratcher.
- New regulations to ensure that the brake discs rotate at the same speed as the wheels.
Must learn what they are trying to prevent - or if some team has done something really, really creative.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> McMike
06/27/2014 at 15:53 |
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Maybe to keep them from doing something strange with the brake rotors in terms of using them for energy recovery? You could probably gear them in such a way that hitting the "brakes" would use wheel energy to spin up the rotors to high speed and then you could use that captured energy to help acceleration without going into the electrical system. So yeah, it must be to keep the teams using actual brakes instead of converting their brake rotors to flywheel energy storage.