2021 Formula 1 Thread

[ZCanadian]

Originally Posted by DLSTR

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/wh...ivers/7067159/

Why F1's 2022 cars will be more of a handful for drivers
By: Jonathan Noble
Co-author: Giorgio Piola
Jan 3, 2022, 5:10 AM
Formula 1 will unleash a new rules era this year, as the series shifts to ground effect cars that are aimed at making the racing better.

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“I think it's a good thing for the skill of the drivers that the car isn't as predictable,” he said. “I think it's going to be potentially more difficult to drive because they may be not as refined in some of the characteristics.”

In other words, it's going to make passing more difficult, because both the car passing and the one being passed will already be on the edge. And good luck if the passee is Stroll, Mazepin, Schumacher or Latiffi!

[DLSTR]

Originally Posted by ZCanadian

In other words, it's going to make passing more difficult, because both the car passing and the one being passed will already be on the edge. And good luck if the passee is Stroll, Mazepin, Schumacher or Latiffi!

Nice now even more heavy. Crazy crazy.......

New 2022 F1 cars only ‘0.5-2 seconds slower’ despite 40kg weight rise
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2nd November 2021, 8:13 | Written by Keith Collantine and RJ O'Connell

Cars built to new technical regulations for the 2022 Formula 1 season could be as little as half a second slower than their predecessors despite being much heavier.

On top of a 40kg increase in the minimum weight limit, to 792kg, next year’s rules will also simplify the cars’ suspension and radically alter their aerodynamics. Upper aerodynamic surfaces will be simplified, while teams are being given greater freedom to generate downforce using their cars’ floors.

Despite these changes, F1’s technical director Pat Symonds recently suggested the new cars could lap as little as half a second slower than this year’s machines.

When the new regulations were first confirmed in 2019, Aston Martin (formerly Racing Point) CEO Otmar Szafnauer predicted it would slow cars by around five to seven seconds. He now concurs with Symonds’ view about the performance of next year’s machines.

“It’s going to be track dependent. I think at some of the tracks we’ll be on par with this year and other tracks we will be slower,” Szafnauer told RaceFans. “But my five-to-seven second estimate at the time was before we delved deep into our development programme.

“I think we’re going to be a lot closer – even on the tracks where it’s going to be slower – to this year, than five to seven seconds. It might be at some places a half a second difference, and other places one-to-two seconds.”

The new technical regulations were originally slated for introduction this year, then delayed by a season due to the pandemic. Teams were allowed to carry their 2020 cars over with some modifications to limit performance gains this season. As a result lap times have risen by around one to two seconds year-on-year.

https://www.racefans.net/2021/11/02/...g-weight-rise/