A lot of people don’t realize a major objective of technical regulations is to intentionally slow the cars down and keep them below a particular speed.
I’ll be surprised if these cars get over 250 km/h at their fastest. Then again, I don’t have access to their testing data, so take that with an ocean of salt.
They still have access to 1000 BHP for short periods, while weighing less and having less downforce that will almost certainly result in less drag for most cars. I would not expect peak speed to be that much slower than now, just average speed over the lap.
Sure the drop to 6 gears from 8 (if it goes ahead) is going to hurt but not being able to use all 1000 BHP on the straight at somewhere like Monza means you’ll just be a sitting duck all day long, RB have shown that when they had their biggest DRS advantage.
A lot of people don’t realize a major objective of technical regulations is to intentionally slow the cars down and keep them below a particular speed.
I’ll be surprised if these cars get over 250 km/h at their fastest. Then again, I don’t have access to their testing data, so take that with an ocean of salt.
Honestly I expect the overall laptime to be about the same as current after a couple seasons. I’m just guessing too though.
They’ll probably gain some speed in low/medium speed corners, and lose speed in high speed sections. Although additional active-aero will help some.
Makes sense, since we’ll likely see tighter lines taken on corners.
They still have access to 1000 BHP for short periods, while weighing less and having less downforce that will almost certainly result in less drag for most cars. I would not expect peak speed to be that much slower than now, just average speed over the lap.
Sure the drop to 6 gears from 8 (if it goes ahead) is going to hurt but not being able to use all 1000 BHP on the straight at somewhere like Monza means you’ll just be a sitting duck all day long, RB have shown that when they had their biggest DRS advantage.
Yup. They’ll start off much slower but after a few years they’ll be rapid again.