Although the boxes might be kind of restrictive, I think the wording of the regulation is a bit more open than in the current cars. There's a lot less restriction of sections in Y and X plane in both the floor and the endplate/footplate partsVanja #66 wrote: ↑27 Jun 2024, 07:35Unfortunately, those front wings are about the only thing that's common with cars from 20 years ago. Tight chassis regulations will lead to a field of identical-looking cars already in 2027, the only way to distinguish them will be an occasional different-looking airboxbhall II wrote: ↑27 Jun 2024, 01:59I'm mainly just ranting.![]()
It's been quite some time since I've followed F1 closely. I just happened upon those FIA renderings of the '26 regulations, and it irritated me a bit to see just how much of an about-face they represent after everything else basically killed my fandom.
"Ooops" lol![]()
This will be one of the big questions of early 2026, different teams will have different approaches. Impossible to say anything now, all teams will run multiple solutions on January 1st 2025MIKEY_! wrote: ↑01 Jul 2024, 08:34For example, how to treat the vortex coming off the top of the floor edge inwash fin/bargeboard - try to move it inwards or outwards relative to the floor edge, try to strengthen it or weaken it, try to draw it under the floor or exclude it at all costs? Lots of possibilities I'm not qualified to guess at.
Released on the FIA website, I think. I know that the teams have them.
As per --> https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files ... -06-24.pdfBlueCheetah66 wrote: ↑30 Jun 2024, 21:44Although the boxes might be kind of restrictive, I think the wording of the regulation is a bit more open than in the current cars. There's a lot less restriction of sections in Y and X plane in both the floor and the endplate/footplate parts
This single-section issue with 3.1.4b. This is the real killer...3.1.4 Component Bodywork
Unless otherwise stated, all individual Bodywork Components described in Articles 3.5 to 3.11, and in Article 3.14, prior to any Trim and Combination operations, must:
a. be single volumes that are simply connected.
A simply connected volume is a volume where any closed curve lying on the surface can be continuously contracted to a single point without leaving the surface.
b. in any X, Y and Z plane, only contain a single section.