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Coelacanth
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This is especially because the FIA’s own analysis shows that of the 200kg that car weight has gone up over the past 20 years, only 40kg of that was related directly to improved safety elements like the halo, stronger chassis sides and higher energy absorption areas.

I have no idea where the narrative that modern F1 cars are so huge and heavy for safety reasons came from. A lot of the weight comes from batteries, and almost all of the size is because of performance reasons: you can fit more aero on a larger surface area and that makes the cars go faster.

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SaveTheTuaHawkreply
lemmy.ca

The size increase is mostly because they have two drivetrains and a battery that all needs to be in the center line of the car.

Why do they have a hybrid drive? Greenwash bullshit.

They could go back to 3L V8s and run the cars on ethanol. But, Arab sponsors would never allow that.

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Coelacanthreply
feddit.nu

There is like a 40cm spacer, between the clutch and the gears I think, just to make the cars longer (for better aero).

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GreatRam
lemmy.world

I wonder if it would be good to tie minimum weight to car size. Since we know making the cars bigger is better for aerodynamics, this is a good way to encourage teams to go smaller

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