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12/09/2015 at 09:45 • Filed to: MODEL BLOAT, F1
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"Margin Of Error" (marginoferror)
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Looks like the 2017 cars will get even longer and fatter, despite continuing to rely on these overly complicated and expensive Hybrid engines.
20 cm will be added to the nose alone. It will be fun to watch these Limos at Monaco.
Alex from Toronto
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12/09/2015 at 09:51 |
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2017 cars will be way more entertaining to watch and look better too.
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
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12/09/2015 at 09:52 |
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It will be fun to watch Maldonado try to drive an even bigger car.
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> Alex from Toronto
12/09/2015 at 09:53 |
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They will be way too long, though
Late 90’s proportions where best proportions
gin-san - shitpost specialist
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12/09/2015 at 09:59 |
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I understood the need for a wider car which was going to happen because of the wider rear tyres that they want to implement, but the cars are already long compared to what they were in the mid-2000s. It doesn’t really make sense to me why the front nose needs to stick out even further - I could almost understand making the cars longer to address potential packaging concerns when it comes to the power units, but this diagram suggests nothing is being lengthened in the engine compartment, it’s only the front wing.
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> gin-san - shitpost specialist
12/09/2015 at 10:02 |
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Very odd, maybe they figured out front wing damage was good for the show.
DanimalHouse
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12/09/2015 at 10:22 |
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Wider is not bad, especially as the new design regulations (which aren’t yet 100% final) will speed the pace by up to 6 sec per lap. There is also speculation of an alternative powerplant as a cost reduction matter... a 2.2L V6 turbo with a simple KERS system (circa 2009, 11-13).
The speed should come less from aero and more from mechanical grip / traction and a revised diffuser design... or let’s hope so, anyway.
In my opinion, I’d love to see the engine regs opened up like they were in the early 90s.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
12/09/2015 at 10:25 |
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It probably allows them better control of the airflow around the car as a whole. But yea, they are getting a bit big
R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
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12/09/2015 at 10:30 |
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Slower than 2005 lap times abound...
I am immured by the FIA’s bullshit.
Leon711
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
12/09/2015 at 10:32 |
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I’m not an F1 Aerodynamicist, but having the wing mounted further from the centre point of the axle will increase the moment acting on the axle. Like a sledgehammer, if you were smashing shit up with one that had a really short handle each swing where you expend the same amount of energy would notproduce the same amount of energy as if you had a longer handle.
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> Leon711
12/09/2015 at 11:01 |
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I know what you mean, but if this is the case, wouldn’t it make the car/wing even more sensitive to dirty air since it’s exerting even more downforce? The sensitivity to downforce has been an ongoing issue with these cars and this could potentially make it worse (or maybe somehow it's better because I don't understand aerodynamics).