How The 2009 Cars Should Have Looked Like Imo

[DOF_power 0]

2009

vs. my idea (1970s/80s/ealry90s specs)

[tifosi too! 0]

They would look impressive but I don't think any of the current tracks is wide enough for two of them side by side!! Also those huge suspensions would be a huge hazard for a driver in a big crash!

[DOF_power 0]

They would look impressive but I don't think any of the current tracks is wide enough for two of them side by side!! Also those huge suspensions would be a huge hazard for a driver in a big crash!

Those dimensions worked in the 70s/80s/early 90s and the current dimension reductions failed to improve passing, on the contrary.

Wheel need to be clean from wake influence and provide mechanical grip.

[rumblestrip 0]

So, it's just wider, except for the front wing?

[mikathegreat2 2]

Looks the same apart from fatter rear tires!

[The Rumble Strip 0]

The bodywork round the middle seems wider as well.

[tifosi too! 0]

Those dimensions worked in the 70s/80s/early 90s and the current dimension reductions failed to improve passing, on the contrary.

Wheel need to be clean from wake influence and provide mechanical grip.

Don't get me wrong, I 'm with you as far as the F1 cars are concerned!

I would like to see the fastest car any team can produce and see drivers and machines to the limit and then decide who's best!

I'm quite certain the drivers wouldn't be able to match the cars though!

I believe the problem does not lie with the dimensions, its just that with so many restrictions the gap has closed, since the "maximum" has been defined.

The best is only milliseconds ahead of the second best, while if we had an open field for innovation, the same teams could have been worlds apart, or not!

Sadly it looks like we 'll never know!

[The Rumble Strip 0]

That's very true.

In the 1980 and 1990's, you could be one and a half seconds per lap of the pace and still be on the podium. Nowadays you would be at the back of the grid.