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Originally Posted by Casper
80 year old physics classes aside the term "weight" is the simplist term to describe the effect of the load that is added to the tyre contact patch which in turn takes away the desired spectacle from the spectator POV for a lot of us. Engineering in F1 has actively sought to prevent the car moving about as in times past and it ain't going to come back if engineers can prevent it.
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The weight is the force of gravity on the mass. The grip of the tyres is aided by this force, and as you say, not as important as the additional downforce from aero nowadays.
The mass is what you have to move around. The greater the mass the more effort it is to make it accelerate (in any direction).
(All as you know
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