***Official 2010 F1 thread***

Rule changes already confirmed for 2011, although still have to be signed of.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/02022010/58/f1-tweak-rules-ahead-new-season.html
Formula One teams and decision makers have agreed changes to the points system and tyre rules for this season as well as a ban on controversial 'double diffusers' from 2011.
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The FIA said that the new points system will see the top 10 rewarded in a 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 sequence to encourage what it called "the race to win".

The FIA had said in December that the points would be allocated 25-20-15-10-8-6-5-3-2-1 to reward race winners and encourage overtaking.

The Formula One Commission, which groups the teams and major stakeholders, agreed the amendments to the sporting and technical regulations at a meeting on Monday.

The measures will be submitted to the World Motor Sport Council for final approval within 48 hours, although that can usually be taken for granted.

The tyre rules will be modified so that those drivers reaching the third and final phase of qualifying will have to start the race on the same set of tyres with which their grid time was set.

That will introduce another strategic element to races.

"The number of dry weather tyres sets allocated per team has been reduced from 14 to 11," the FIA added.

"In addition, to encourage teams to run during the Friday practice sessions, one set has to be returned before the start of the second practice session, and two sets before the start of the third practice session."

For 2011, the 'double diffusers' that pitched last season into controversy from the opening race when some teams such as eventual champions Brawn turned up with a radical interpretation, will be banned.

The permitted height of the main diffuser was also reduced from 175mm to 125mm.

The so-called 'split level' or 'double-decker' diffuser used by Brawn, Toyota and Williams was a radical re-working of a device that improves downforce by channelling the flow of air smoothly under the car.

The other teams then had to rush to copy it after losing appeals against it.

Teams unveiling their 2010 cars have been coy about their rear diffusers, sparking fears that a fresh row could erupt when the season starts on March 14 in Bahrain.

"This is the first car in which we have had a clean sheet of paper to really exploit the interpretation that was developed last year for a design of floors," McLaren engineering director Paddy Lowe said at his team's car launch last week.

"You will see we have produced a fairly extreme incarnation of that but we won't be alone in that. We believe you will see some pretty extreme solutions on our competitors' cars as well."
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I like the points system.

can't see ban on double defuser making much difference at all.
 
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Is that the actual USF1 car? What on earth is going on with the front wing?!

Total haxx of the Mercedes "floating" shark fin though :D

Su
 
It may be, or it may be an early configuration of it.

Transverse gearbox at the rear is certainly an interesting development. Can't remember the last time there was one of them in F1. Ferrari 312T5 in 1980?

There's been a video clip that has shown quite a wide but short gearbox released recently - this shows it properly. Can't think of much of an advantage with it though. Will have to have a bit of a think.
 
Flibster said:
Transverse gearbox at the rear is certainly an interesting development. Can't remember the last time there was one of them in F1. Ferrari 312T5 in 1980?
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I'm sure McLaren have used one since then - I'll go check the big book.

EDIT: Yeah, mid 1989 to the end of 1995 they had transverse boxes.
 
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rpstewart said:
I'm sure McLaren have used one since then - I'll go check the big book.

EDIT: Yeah, mid 1989 to the end of 1995 they had transverse boxes.
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So they did. The Ferrari was the last one I could remember. Managed to find a picture of the McLaren boxes next to each other - the transverse is much wider but much shorter.

With the cars getting much narrower at the rear I genuinely can't see much of an advantage of running a transverse box. Other than by keeping the wheelbase the same, the diffuser can start earlier and have a more rapid ascent than with a standard longitudinal box. But you end up with a fatter rear end.
 
I think its to try to counter the lengthening effect of the new fuel tanks. Didnt McLaren gain some advantage from their car last year by shortening the wheelbase? The cars this year are already massively long. On tighter tracks a shorter wheelbase could be a benifit.
 
Flibster said:
Whoop! :D
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Oooh interesting development! Was listning to Radio Norfolk yesterday during the football they had a chap at the factory to report on the first run of the engine. Last I heard was that they were still assembling with the gearbox waiting to arrive/be fitted.
 
Flibster said:
I really wanted Scott Speed to do well, but he really didn't let go of his attitude - shame - he certainly did have potential in F1.
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hes worse than schumahcer for ramming people to win championships check out what happened in nascar after his f1 career ended lol
 
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