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**kertionderf** · 04-15-2010, 06:41 AM

well, this is the pinnacle of motorsport.

aesthetic beauty should be important as well as innovation and engineering and excitement and passion and you get the point.

or is that just me?

Show me a truly beautiful F1 car. Seriously....I don't think I have seen a really "beautiful" F1 design since the 80's.

If they can change the regs, ditch any aero aids except the front wing BELOW the centerline of the axles, minimize the wings, make them single elements and mandate flat bottoms and a nose that isn't stuck in the air, then maybe, just maybe they will reduce the aero to the point where passing might come back in.

I am also of the opinion that they have to mandate these sort of changes right down through GP2 and f3 and the junior formulae to make it all make sense.

Aero dependency is killing all forms of racing if not controlled. IT is why NASCAR did what they did with their COT project, to reduce aero interference..and they are the kings of wanting passing, so you know it HAS to be done if you want passing on track.

04-15-2010, 06:41 AM	#25
kertionderf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 498 Senior Member	well, this is the pinnacle of motorsport. aesthetic beauty should be important as well as innovation and engineering and excitement and passion and you get the point. or is that just me? Show me a truly beautiful F1 car. Seriously....I don't think I have seen a really "beautiful" F1 design since the 80's. If they can change the regs, ditch any aero aids except the front wing BELOW the centerline of the axles, minimize the wings, make them single elements and mandate flat bottoms and a nose that isn't stuck in the air, then maybe, just maybe they will reduce the aero to the point where passing might come back in. I am also of the opinion that they have to mandate these sort of changes right down through GP2 and f3 and the junior formulae to make it all make sense. Aero dependency is killing all forms of racing if not controlled. IT is why NASCAR did what they did with their COT project, to reduce aero interference..and they are the kings of wanting passing, so you know it HAS to be done if you want passing on track.
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