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Originally Posted by Sodemo
The cars are just too heavy now, they look slow and lumbering in slow corners compared to cars from decades ago. Make them 100kg lighter and mandate shorter wheelbases by 400mm.
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You are right, but I'm not sure where you would remove the weight. Most of the weight is either safety, like the halo which is quite heavy, or hybrid gubbins. Both of which entrants (OEM vehicle manufacturers) consider necessary.
3600mm for 2022 was the shortest wheelbase F1 teams were willing to agree to (this is only around 30-70mm shorter than 2021, in 2021 of course there is no restriction on wheelbase length in the regulations), the FIA & Tombazis wanted 3400mm but the teams rejected this regulation.
Fun fact: until '72 there was no restriction on car width in the regulations (2.15m was then specified as it was the widest car which was the McLaren), and until '76 (the infamous Ligier JS5) there was no restriction on car height in the regulations! Hell, until the Williams FW07D prototype of '81, there wasn't even a maximum of four wheels, nor was four wheel drive (or more) banned. Many of the regulations were quite reactionary.