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Originally Posted by Mogster
F1 is about fast, sharp cars, not 1000bhp formula Ford. It’s not the “downforce” that’s the problem but the turbulent aero wake created to the side and behind each car. It’s the aero wake that prevents the cars running close together as it contaminates the following cars aero. The biggest mistake was the removal of under body downforce with the plank in 1994, downforce generated under the car isn’t as easily contaminated by aero wake. As soon as under body downforce was limited the teams started to pile aero development on the top of the car, soon after you hear the statement that’s plagued F1 ever since “I can’t follow”.
For the 2022 regs the team did look at many different configurations, including tiny and no wings. The final draft has a large simple rear wing as its function is to toss the following aero wake upwards, no wing just pours the wake on the following car. 2022 is going to be very very interesting. Finally FOM/FIA have completed a detailed analysis to try to understand the “following” issue that has plagued F1 for 25 years and produced regs to attempt to fix it.
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Everything after 'F1 is' is merely opinion. Everyone has their own idea of what F1 is, but MINE is the only correct one!
But seriously, there's some seriously flawed logic and grasp of aerodynamics in that post.