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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
I care and yes they do. F1 is precisely a contest of the Dernies and Neweys, no? [And the Duckworths and Cowells too, of course.] That's the point.
A lovely discussion of the Red Bull RB20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zl-epBrHY
You don't get a discussion of the Indycar or an interview with it's smug designer after the race ["it's an extreme evolution of the RB18" - Newey], because guess what, it's exactly the same... It lacks the intrigue, no? 
No "Inspector Seb" or "Inspector Lewis" or $50,000 fines for Verstappen being sent to investigate Newey's hunch about a flexible Mercedes trailing edge rear wing in Indycar... They just race the same cars at the same tracks over and over again, you could watch the race from 5 years ago instead of this year's race and not realise.
You are entitled to your calls for less downforce of course. The 2009 rules with a very shallow diffuser and very narrow rear wing did set out to achieve that, but obviously they had loopholes and then blown diffusers given the goal of the team is to build the fastest car possible. Exhaust blown diffuser engine mapping -- how's that for mechanical engineering!
The 2014 cars were then the realisation of the 2009 rules without loopholes but IMO those cars seemed slow and ponderous with their lack of downforce. 2014 cars were FAR from producing the better racing as claimed lower downforce would.
To the contrary to your claim,the drivers found those slower 2014 cars less stimulating and less challenging. How is lower cornering G meant to be less challenging, rather than easier? |
Good for you that you care, but do you really think F1 is should only be a battle between designers? Of course it plays a part, but the fact is fans and the media care more about the drivers championship and always have.
And does it really matter that Indycar hasn’t got the technical innovation of F1? The fact is it has close competitive racing suggests not. And that’s what matters. Of course I do miss the days they had different chassis, but that’s a different story
Fact is we don’t need cars with loads of downforce or super fast lap times. MotoGP, at least before they added in winglets, always had a better spectacle despite having neither.