JordanMugen wrote: ↑16 Mar 2022, 06:36
Spacepace wrote: ↑15 Mar 2022, 11:33
what was the reason for banning hydraulics and inters?
Hoffman900 wrote: ↑15 Mar 2022, 15:14
They banned them due to costs, but I think it was the dumbest thing they did. Suspension rules should have stayed the same, especially with the switch to the 18” wheels and tires. Inerters have been used in motorsports for 12 years now. It’s not new.
Why not ban them though? Engineers, particularly in Formula One with nearly unlimited resources, seem to like adding more complexity to solve their problems but that is not necessarily desirable. A more rudimentary suspension that is more difficult, or even impossible, to tune perfectly for all situations can only be a good thing: both to make sure the cars are not as nice/predictable (in terms of both aero platform and chassis kinematics) and therefore more challenging to drive, and to make the engineers have to put more effort in.
Why do people equate challening to drive to better racing?
It’s not, the easier to drive the better the racing. The skills don’t go away, they’re just used to battle instead of just holding on. Race cars that are bouncing all over, under steering turning into over steering, etc just looks sloppy.
A Ford Galaxie on bias ply tires at Goodwood looks easier to drive than these cars.