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Originally Posted by Noah930
I suppose that was my point. It seems like F1 wants technical sophistication for technical sophistication's sake. So, as you pointed out, cars will then be more complicated/heavy/larger. F1 is an arms race.
So write the rules to try to deliberately oppose that. Is there no way to create the regulations to make the cars simpler with the goal/intended consequence of making them smaller (without compromising safety) and perhaps slower? Were the cars back in the V10 days so much less safe than those of today? Is the racing more exciting now than back then?
Forget this power unit garbage (is it really pushing trickle-down technology into road cars?) and additional active aero (won't that just make them faster, like active suspension?). Allow refueling. Even those inbred hicks in NASCAR seem to be able to refill their racecars without setting themselves on fire every weekend--and they've got a lot more cars and a lot more races to do so over the course of a season. Or would the teams and fans then complain about F1 cars not reflecting the pinnacle of motorsports technology?
Or am I an Andretti with no understanding of what it takes to make an F1 car?
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For me the coolest thing about F1 and the part I enjoy the most is that it's 100% an arms race with nowhere to hide.
UK Ministry of Defense thinks so too as they are on a big recruitment drive for top level motorsport experienced folk
F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport technology but at the same time has to be relevant to future roadcar technology
This is why the tyre/wheel size was increased from 13" and the new 2026 PU rules are 50% battery and 50% ICE using sustainable fuels with active aero. MGU-H ie turbo electric motor and active variable intake trumpets will both be obsolete, considered too complicated/costly for road cars
F1 is quite good at making the complicated more complicated but teams have to do this to stay competitive
Had breakfast with an F1 team CTO this morning and we both agree from 2026 will be the start of a PU war
I've worked through F1 tyre, aero/chassis, spend as much as you have wars but not done a PU war yet so very much looking forward to it
Future FIA development PU freeze plan seems well thought out, both battery and ICE new for 2026, frozen until 2028 when a new battery can be introduced and spec frozen for 2yrs, then 2029 a new ICE can be introduced and spec.frozen for 2yrs
Along side this I know the FIA have plans to reduce the minimum weight and size of cars
Not sure if it will make the racing anymore exciting but think it's pointing F1 in the right direction