2014 downforce levels

[Metalfreaky]

Nice picture from Scarbs showing the nose height for 2014,

Looks somhow like the Brawn from 09

 

[Miguel Gonzalez]

Im looking forward to them removing free use of DRS everywhere in practice and qualy. That more than anything I think gave RedBull their qualifying dominance for most of the season. The Newey Double DRS was worth up to half a second a lap. Here's hoping the grid's are a little more diverse next year.

 

[Carlos Luna]

^Yeah, that's one of the reasons I was really glad to see DRS get restrictions. It will place less emphasis on DRS and will hopefully create more variety in the field.

 

[Kevin Cordice]

More Blue Flames can't wait

 

[Paul Cantea]

In a perfect world: no more regulations, no more test bans, v12's and sound!

I find it so hypocrite that motorsport wants to pretend to be green. Cars racing with tiny v6 engines to reduce carbon emissions but yet the teams and their following fly 10.000.000 km a year with airplanes that consume more fuel on one single flight than the entire F1 circus in a year

a million times this. the cars themselves use about 37 gallons of fuel per race. so let's say they use 100 gallons a weekend.


a 747 uses a gallon a second to take them to abu dhabi and bahrain where Herr Bernie wants to expand his multi-billion dollar empire.

logic = 0

 

[zlep]

What is the difference between the upcoming Turbos and the current engines? And do they sound completely different?

I guess the cars will look better but I'm little bit worried about the sound. I don't want a lawnmower sound for a F! car

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Just about everything is different, you can read about the engine in the article i posted.

As far as sound goes, it will be like night and day.
Hard to explain with text how different they will sound but i´m sure we will get some sound clips in the near future.

I don´t think it will be lawn mower sound, the cars will still produce 650 horsepower from the engine alone. And about 12-15,000rpm so you will hear them coming but it won´t be the old screamer sound we hear today.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

So i asked on F1T and i got this as a response, something similar to this.
I can live with that,

8:30 into the video,

 

[Metalfreaky]

I will miss the screamers

 

[William Levesque]

They'll just sound like in the 80's...

 

[SteveGee]

Nice picture from Scarbs showing the nose height for 2014,

Someone mentioned the '09 Brawn...my first thought was the MP/4-19 as far as recent cars go.

 

[zlep]

Will it sound like this?

That sounds awful. It sounds exactly like my vacuum cleaner

 

[Mikko Suokas]

Well atleast the drivers won't have to workout anymore for those 2014 cars. They need to just be light enough and fit in the car. Cornering speed will be so slow with that downforce But atleast braking should be as stressful for neck as always.

 

[Ketnix]

Im not sold on the 2014 regulations yet. We're still quite some time away and im sure we'll get some more information as we get closer, but for now im slightly worried.

Who knows, maybe I'll be sold when 2014 comes around.

 

[Dmitry Zaharov]

No new aero regs for 2014 says FIA.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

No new aero regs for 2014 says FIA.

When did they say this?
Source is always nice for things like this.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Here it is,
http://www.fia.com/news/world-motor-sport-council-2012

Nice job FIA, several more years with bullshit things like DRS then..

 

[Jordi Casademunt]

Cool.

Also, the FIA is never wrong.

 

[Markus Neumann]

Oh come on

Why did the teams agree to this? Did RB bribe everyone?

 

[Hampus Andersson]

It would be the same as still having the 2008 aero regs on the cars today.
Absolutely ridiculous.