2021 F1 changes and cars

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Brundles interview with brawn was interesting. The FIA will now be able to change the rules to close loop holes during a season with no veto vote available anymore. The V6s are here for 5 more years.
 
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My quick fix: halve the width of the rear tyres and narrow the front tyres to match. Making the cars narrower will make overtaking easier by increasing room on track.
 
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2021 could be all change for a number of other reasons than techncal specifications.
1 Will MClaren and Williams still be able to afford to compete.
2 Will Ferrari finally give up.
3 Will Mercedes get bored with no competitors.
4 Will Red Bull give up especially if the Honda engine doesn't perform.
5 If the Honda engine doesn't perform will Honda pull out.
6 Will Torro Rosso also give up if Red Bull close the cheque book.

Leaving Renault, Sauber, Haas and Stroll Force India? Who would watch that!
Why bother looking at technical details if there are not likely to be any competitors.
Andi.


I will put money on the table now and say, no one will leave.

Budget caps have already been agreed by all teams, so they will all be much closer on that front, the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes will not be able to just spend their way out of problems.
 
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I'm concerned that the active suspension required to manage those larger wheels over more extreme kerbs will result in an increased number of mechanical failure retirements.


No active suspension allowed, and existing hydraulic suspension systems are expected to be banned.
 
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Ouch. 2021 suspension is about to get heavy.


Whole car will be getting much heavier, even with upwards of 1000hp available, predictions are, cars will be around 3 seconds a lap slower than currently.

Plus tyre blankets to be banned, so heavier, cars coming out of pits on stone cold tyres could be fun.
 
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Whole car will be getting much heavier, even with upwards of 1000hp available, predictions are, cars will be around 3 seconds a lap slower than currently.

Plus tyre blankets to be banned, so heavier, cars coming out of pits on stone cold tyres could be fun.

I thought the blankets were staying for the first two years of the new rule change?
 
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Only thing wrong with the rules is that it's not happening next year.
Unfortunately brawn refused to rule out drs any time soon.
They are keeping DRS as a band aid that they can remove at any time. Sensible imo in case they find out they made a balls up and cars still cannot follow each other.
 
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Whole car will be getting much heavier, even with upwards of 1000hp available, predictions are, cars will be around 3 seconds a lap slower than currently.

Plus tyre blankets to be banned, so heavier, cars coming out of pits on stone cold tyres could be fun.

Brawn said in the Press Conference, and it's also worth remembering. The re-write of the regulations for the 2017 season piled on masses of aero and increased Tyre width in a bid to make the cars faster. The new Regulations are expected to see a return to the lap times of that era and we weren't exactly calling the cars of that season slow were we?
 
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Major thing it will change being much heavier cars, it's been predicted the cars will be around 3 seconds per lap (on average) slower than currently.


So just like the F1 cars a couple of years ago.

I don't like the new rules
parc ferme from the start of fp3
teams will be locked into whatever spec they have before fp1
You can only use 3 sets of brakes....loads more wrong with them.
 
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2021 could be all change for a number of other reasons than techncal specifications.
1 Will MClaren and Williams still be able to afford to compete.
2 Will Ferrari finally give up.
3 Will Mercedes get bored with no competitors.
4 Will Red Bull give up especially if the Honda engine doesn't perform.
5 If the Honda engine doesn't perform will Honda pull out.
6 Will Torro Rosso also give up if Red Bull close the cheque book.

Leaving Renault, Sauber, Haas and Stroll Force India? Who would watch that!
Why bother looking at technical details if there are not likely to be any competitors.
Andi.

Renault are the most likely to leave. No one else will.
 
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Cars should go back to the size of the 2004 cars. Also think Parc Ferme should come into effect once your qualifying attempt comes to an end, so if you qualify 12th, you’re locked from Q2 for the race.
 
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Cars should go back to the size of the 2004 cars. Also think Parc Ferme should come into effect once your qualifying attempt comes to an end, so if you qualify 12th, you’re locked from Q2 for the race.

It won't happen as they'd either have to shorten the races or bring back refuelling. You're right though, these cars are huge compared to those ones. There was a comparison photo floating around that really shows the difference.
 
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