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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
Wow.
It would be possible in F1 to ban aerofoils entirely like in Formula Ford. That would drop peak lateral g from 5G to about 1.5G.
The laptimes would increase by about 25-35 seconds per lap. It's certainly an option, but do you think spectators, drivers and competitors would really have an appetite for that?
In the era of 1.5L Grand Prix cars, the drivers were some of the first people to complain about the cars being too slow IIRC, hence the decision to adopt a 3.0L formula (even larger than the 2.5L which the 1.5 regulation replaced) after just five seasons of 1.5L.
The drivers were again complaining in 2014 that the cars were too slow and not stimulating to drive, hence the desire to increase downforce in 2017.
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No one is going to remove the aero load from open wheelers that are already using it and going faster is a human goal, no one wants to go slower at all. Accepting that means artificial means have to be introduced to encourage more action or so the fans reckon and one thing that might encourage a bit of unpredictability would be to remove all driver controls from the steering wheel and remove all radio communication between car & pits from the car. Race control could still have a simple radio link to the cars but no one else.
Because we won't slow down to allow better RACING let's see some radical moves that make the driver do the driving on his own and work out his own tactics. The drivers haven't had to do it for decades and I think it would make for an interesting way to get some variation in the results. None of this would happen of course because it is all dreamland stuff but it sure would be good.