FIA's F1 spray guard quest might be mission impossible - The Race
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The FIA is taking on physics, nature and the wider needs of current Formula 1 cars with its 'wet weather package' - or spray guard - project to allow more running in the rain. Don't underestimate how difficult it's going to be, says Edd Straw [...]Read More...

Forgive the click-baity title and the fact this is from The Race. I thought it was still an interesting article about a topic that hasn’t gotten a lot of coverage.

I really hope they can figure out something to enable true wet weather racing.

    • bhmnscmm@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I think the argument now is that the new aero designs cause the displaced water to reduce visibility much more than before. To be honest, I don’t know enough about aerodynamics to know if that’s true though.

      I think you’re right about the minimum “driveable” conditions being higher than in the past. I don’t know what the solution should be, but I really hope they figure out a way to make wet racing possible too.

    • JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Let’s be honest here, the only thing needed to prevent a Bianchi situation is keeping the machinery off track until they’ve all caught the safety car. The cars can hydroplane into walls all day long and the drivers will be fine.