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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
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Originally Posted by steve_r
The Brabham "Skateboard" may also have been ahead of its time, with its low profile with the driver lying down, it was not a success IIRC.
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The cars in the 60's had the driver laying down. Even the linked example. Was that not just a return to the past, rather than a revolution as such?
Why did the drivers became placed more upright in the 1970's? Something about shortening wheelbases or aerodynamics at the time?