Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead

Re:Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead by nradov on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:11AM (#24684489)

I am a casual motorsports fan. F1 and Nascar have become boring with cookie-cutter cars. Would love to see a new racing series that allowed real innovation again. Just impose a team budget cap and some basic rules for track safety (no active aerodynamics, fuel load limits, etc). Otherwise do whatever you like whether it's a 16 cylinder engine or all-wheel drive or a giant wing or something totally nuts.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead by manojlds on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:13AM (#24684729)

Mercedes this year has a steering wheel that moves vertically to change the angle of the front wheels.

RedBull, Ferrari and Mercedes have different philosophies in their aero, car length, front wing etc.

The cars are far from cookie cutter, and 2022 regs already show different ways people could design the car. That's before we see how the teams do it. It's exciting times ahead for F1 in the shirt term. The 2026 engine reg is what matters.

[ Parent | on HN ]

[dead]

Re:Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead by hvidgaard on Monday October 05, 2020 @02:08AM (#24684998)

It is crazy innovative. Not to mention Mercedes rear suspension geometry - but they don't provide a visual spectacle, just raw speed. If we removed the design restrictions, we'd see fairly similar cars anyway.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead by snemvalts on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:10AM (#24685276)

"real innovation" - to you it's visual changes? there's massive amounts of developments in F1, but you don't see it.

sounds like you're looking for some unregulated junkyard challenge, where everybody shows up with something they welded together in their garage.

and when there are no regulations, somebody shows up with astronomical amounts of money, they start winning every time, the sport becomes boring, people stop losing interest, sponsors pull out, sport dies down.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead by vianneychevalie on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:36AM (#24685418)

I believe you missed the "fixed budget" part of the parent

[ Parent | on HN ]