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Okay folks, it is the off season time for useless debates.

If you could change one thing about F1 (and just one thing you anoraks) what would it be and why?

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[-] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

Get rid of all the energy recovery/engine size/fuel efficiency rules.

I want to see what kind of technology engineers come up with when the rules simply say "you get X kg of fuel per race, figure out the most efficient way to use it."

Better yet, specify X units of energy and the teams decide the source: hydrogen, battery, hydrocarbon, etc.

[-] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Oh god. Imagine a car powered by uranium...

[-] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Now I'm picturing the ensuing turn 1 carnage after a Fallout car explosion.

[-] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Lol there wouldn't even be a circuit anymore. Hell, the entire city would be wiped off the map.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

imagine an F1 car with an Orion drive

[-] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I mean...assuming it would be smaller than the track...

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Weirdly enough it would be very slow. Or supersonic in pieces in one direction once.

[-] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

True. I'd love to see the materials science that would be required to pull that off. Right now, battery technology...isn't great compared to the advancements humanity has made in electricity generation the past twenty to thirty years or so. That, and the current bulk of battery materials are either ethically problematic (e.g., lithium), quite toxic (e.g., nickel), or both (e.g., cobalt).

[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I wonder if the best option then would be a gas/methanol generator and electric motors.

Youโ€™d only need to design a generator for one RPM so no transmission. Instant torque, regenerative braking, and letโ€™s add AWD, active aero, and torque vectoring.

[-] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Yes!

A similar idea I keep telling friends is to have one car be a spec f1 car, the other is full prototype no holds barred so long as you stick to whatever the general formula might be like the weight you mentioned. But as few limitations as possible.

One car is innovative and got the constructors, the other is for the drivers and the skill.

I wanna see F1 make innovations!

this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2023
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