Formula 1 - 2019 Season
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Formula 1 rule changes: The Secret Aerodynamicist
October 30, 2019
The aim of the new regulations is to make it easier for one car to follow another car without losing performance, and therefore to get closer racing and more overtaking.
This is where the new regulations come in. In order to try to reduce this problem and allow cars to follow much more closely, F1 has taken a two-fold approach.
The first step is to tightly restrict what geometry we can design at the front of the car, particularly the front wings and in the areas around the front wheels.
This will reduce our ability to push the tyre wake away from the car.
The second is to allow for much more powerful diffusers - the curved part of the rear floor of the car, where the air underneath the car exits - and rear wings.
This is intended to have the effect of scooping up the wake and throwing it over the top of any following car - creating an 'up-wash', as it is known.
Currrent
Proposed
There is concern from some quarters that this extra up-wash itself will reduce the performance of the following car, particularly the front wing.
This is one of the concerns the big teams have pointed out to F1 when criticising the rules - that the new cars will be afflicted by a catastrophic lack of front-end grip.
However, the research conducted by F1's in-house aerodynamic department appears to suggest that this is outweighed by the increase in clean air delivered to the second car.
There have also been noises from some teams suggesting that the lack of freedom will make the cars look more uniform and reduce the reward for doing a good job of design.
Proposed 2021 car design
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/50222105
Edit:
F1 2021 image:
October 30, 2019
The aim of the new regulations is to make it easier for one car to follow another car without losing performance, and therefore to get closer racing and more overtaking.
This is where the new regulations come in. In order to try to reduce this problem and allow cars to follow much more closely, F1 has taken a two-fold approach.
The first step is to tightly restrict what geometry we can design at the front of the car, particularly the front wings and in the areas around the front wheels.
This will reduce our ability to push the tyre wake away from the car.
The second is to allow for much more powerful diffusers - the curved part of the rear floor of the car, where the air underneath the car exits - and rear wings.
This is intended to have the effect of scooping up the wake and throwing it over the top of any following car - creating an 'up-wash', as it is known.
Currrent
Proposed
There is concern from some quarters that this extra up-wash itself will reduce the performance of the following car, particularly the front wing.
This is one of the concerns the big teams have pointed out to F1 when criticising the rules - that the new cars will be afflicted by a catastrophic lack of front-end grip.
However, the research conducted by F1's in-house aerodynamic department appears to suggest that this is outweighed by the increase in clean air delivered to the second car.
There have also been noises from some teams suggesting that the lack of freedom will make the cars look more uniform and reduce the reward for doing a good job of design.
Proposed 2021 car design
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/50222105
Edit:
F1 2021 image:
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I'm pretty sure Hülkenberg just said in some interview that he's not interested to be a reserve/test driver for any team, he'd rather leave F1 altogehter
okay sounds plausible, he can go to wec if he wants to win the wec championship to add to his le mans, then kubica as reserve driver somewhere, he brings a sizeable budget but I doubt he will be able to drive fp1 or something
Found it in english too
https://www.racefans.net/2019/11/01/hulkenberg-says-he-is-unlikely-to-return-to-williams-in-2020/
Not quite "leave F1 altogether" but not driving next season is an option and definitely not reserve/test driver for anyone
tongue_of_colicab
Veteran
You mean you can't? The ruling means you can't do something that influences the fuel flow sensor.
Anyhow the race was kinda boring imo. Not much happened and no three way close fighting at the front.
guess the italians still have some say then, there were speculations that alfa romeo would be toning down their involvement since the car company is not doing well
hulkenberg is better than stroll, but hulkenberg's father doesn't own a racing team in f1 so thats out. lets face it, it's not likely that hulkenberg will return to f1 if he sits out a year
United States Grand Prix: Ferrari reject poor performance claims
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/50284855
Also Toro Rosso (or was it Alpha Tauri next season already?) will continue with Kvyat & Gasly
"yay"
lol I am not big fans of either, but sure Red Bull are in a pinch since they are in the business of mainly destroying careers and thus their young drivers programme is barren of talent
