r/F1Technical Mar 10 '22

Question/Discussion While the mercs have gone with most tight packaging to an extent where there sidepods are extremely small, aston have left so much gap, why is it like that with the same engine

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1.0k Upvotes

r/F1Technical Jul 15 '21

Question/Discussion Thoughts?

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506 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Aug 06 '21

Question/Discussion How difficult would it be getting multi conductor cable into the wheel for wheel cover graphics / lights they have teased for the 2022 cars? What would you want to see on these graphics?

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531 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Apr 17 '22

Question/Discussion Could F1 cars realistically be made shorter, or are they destined to be so long forever?

522 Upvotes

I just restarted collecting 1:18 scale die-cast models, and it shocked me how much longer the 2021 Alpine is than any of the other models I have, from the '60s right up to the '00s.

Obviously, there are very valid reasons why they're so long, from safety to the ban on in-race refuelling. But it did get me wondering whether the current survival cell / crash structure, powertrain, fuel tank etc. could still be packaged if the wheelbase of the car was reduced by a significant amount.

As the Mercedes is now packaged so tightly that it has almost no sidepods, is there scope for some components (like the batteries) to be moved/rearranged into these areas to allow the length of the car to be reduced, if they were forced to by the regulations?

r/F1Technical Aug 31 '22

Question/Discussion Scenarios in which LEC can steal WDC from VER? Question.

265 Upvotes

What series of events would need to take place over the remaining races (i.e. LEC pole + 1st place & VER 9th or above).

I believe these are posted somewhere online, please share here if you have located

r/F1Technical May 20 '22

Question/Discussion If a team found a legal loophole, that gave them a lot of performance, yet decreased the driver safety, would they use it?

282 Upvotes

Would a team be ok with significantly decreasing driver safety in the chase for performance?

r/F1Technical Jun 20 '22

Question/Discussion Apparently Binotto and Toto got into an angry exchange about the porpoising solution during a team principal meeting. Since both teams are facing the same issue, why would they be opposite sides?

388 Upvotes

It would make more sense for it to be Toto and Binotto vs Horner and Krack for instance. Porpoising teams vs non porpoising teams. Any solution is likely to affect Toto and Binotto similarly so why were they angry with each other?

r/F1Technical May 02 '22

Question/Discussion What would happen if the Safety Car spun out?

390 Upvotes

Tyre delamination, getting on the wet line accidentally, just a huge fucking mistake, let's say that Bernd Maylander and his Safety Car are beached on the gravel. What would be the protocol in this situation? Would the race leader become the effective safety car? Would there be a red flag? Would they issue a VSC?

r/F1Technical Jul 06 '21

Question/Discussion can anyone explain the desired results of the 2022 rear wing?

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621 Upvotes

r/F1Technical May 23 '22

Question/Discussion Was rewatching the onboard and noticed something wired

709 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Mar 31 '22

Question/Discussion Back to back Night races may have tricked us

548 Upvotes

Everyone is talking about how the cars have been able to follow each other. However the majority people are not factoring in loss of performance due to heat

  1. Bahrain has high tyre degradation due to its old abrasive surface and not because of its heat
  2. Saudi has a new surface and showed us how tyre overheating wasn’t an issue

Australia will show us the true following potential of the cars now that it has slow and fast corners and it being a day race.

What are your views?

r/F1Technical Oct 31 '21

Question/Discussion Why aren't F1 tyres filled with helium ?

238 Upvotes

As the title says, helium is lighter than air so why can't F1 tyres use helium ? (Sry if dumb question)

r/F1Technical Jul 23 '21

Question/Discussion Anyone familiar with the 2022 rule changes?(wanna know how the constructors could change the final look of the car, because let's face it, it ain't gonna look this good come 2022)

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447 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Apr 04 '22

Question/Discussion Does the Google Chrome paint on McLaren's wheels make them slower?

488 Upvotes

I watched an interview with Lewis Hamilton that he used to have his helmet black as it is the lightest colour as he tries to cut as much unnecessary weight as possible as every gram gets magnified by the g-forces.

I am wondering if the extra Chrome logo colour paint on the wheel covers make the MCL cars slower or heavier to turn?

r/F1Technical Mar 17 '22

Question/Discussion Anyone know if this is a new part for this race ?

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723 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Feb 06 '22

Question/Discussion The nose on the new Haas is very simple. Can we expect more complex nose structures, similar to last year, or have they been banned entirely?

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596 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Aug 01 '21

Question/Discussion Aston Martin claims 1.44l of fuel was available, but they were not able to get it out. Why can this fuel not be extracted?

343 Upvotes

If I'm not mistaken fuel levels are monitored frequently with a variety of sensors throughout the race weekend. In the FIA's report

AM claims the fuel s there, but can't remove it

How can Aston Martin not get this fuel out? Where is it, why/how is it "stuck"?

Is AM lying when they say there is that much fuel? or there a technical reason this fuel could not be extracted.

It mentions they get three attempts to extract it, but what changed between this attempts that might affect how much fuel is able to be removed

r/F1Technical Jun 07 '21

Question/Discussion Why the different Halos for Vettel/Stroll?

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679 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Aug 01 '22

Question/Discussion How do spins happen off throttle?

223 Upvotes

I’ve seen drivers spin because they applied too much throttle too quickly, but why do some drivers spin while off throttle (entry or apex of a corner for example)? I’ve heard that wind can affect downforce, but is a gust of wind the most common reason for an off throttle spin?

r/F1Technical Jan 21 '22

Question/Discussion Why did F1 teams randomly remove their front wing off their cars in the early 80's

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617 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Apr 08 '22

Question/Discussion How is this 'car performance rankings' stat calculated? (from 50:29 into P2)

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656 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Mar 09 '22

Question/Discussion Found this, perhaps Merc found some more clever aero?

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685 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Apr 15 '22

Question/Discussion To what extent can engineers determine if a driver is maximizing the potential of the car?

376 Upvotes

If you have two drivers and one of them is slower, it’s fairly obvious that the slower driver has room for improvement (barring setup differences or reliability issues).

But what about the faster driver? Is it possible for the engineers to look at some data and say “we know you can go 2 tenths faster”

r/F1Technical Apr 18 '21

Question/Discussion Checo gets a front wing adjustment during red flag pit stop?

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436 Upvotes

r/F1Technical Oct 08 '21

Question/Discussion What would happen to Suzuka, if the chicane before the main straight was deleted ?

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394 Upvotes