Would be smart to build and develop it before 2026
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Well we could go full indycar. The sum of the paddock must be spending 1bn a year to make different cars .diffuser wrote: ↑22 Aug 2023, 23:33https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-u ... /10473629/
May 28, 2023 06:26 PM
While the power unit rules have already been fixed, everything related to the chassis is still under discussion, and inevitably part of the focus is on cost reduction.
Gearboxes are an obvious target as they are not regarded as a performance differentiator, and efforts have been made in the past to address the issue of cutting expenditure, including a failed attempt to introduce a common gearbox before the current rules came into force.
Krack noted that discussions with the FIA on the subject are ongoing.
“We have been in talks with FIA about if it does not make sense to go simpler, go more cost-effective on gearboxes, with simpler technology, and also maybe less units per year that you would need in an attempt to just make the whole sport more sustainable," said Krack.
“The sum of the paddock [spending] is over $100 million a year. You could ask yourself, is that needed, if you look at other categories?
I'm less a fan of spec parts like transmissions, and more a fan of baseline derivatives. IE: spec "control" car, but encouragement to develop from a common starting point. So, you would have your spec gearbox, but teams could modify as they wish. Obviously there would need to be some pieces that must be included for it to not just be a "100% modified" unit that has no relationship to the control unit.AR3-GP wrote: ↑23 Aug 2023, 00:02Well we could go full indycar. The sum of the paddock must be spending 1bn a year to make different cars .diffuser wrote: ↑22 Aug 2023, 23:33https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-u ... /10473629/
May 28, 2023 06:26 PM
While the power unit rules have already been fixed, everything related to the chassis is still under discussion, and inevitably part of the focus is on cost reduction.
Gearboxes are an obvious target as they are not regarded as a performance differentiator, and efforts have been made in the past to address the issue of cutting expenditure, including a failed attempt to introduce a common gearbox before the current rules came into force.
Krack noted that discussions with the FIA on the subject are ongoing.
“We have been in talks with FIA about if it does not make sense to go simpler, go more cost-effective on gearboxes, with simpler technology, and also maybe less units per year that you would need in an attempt to just make the whole sport more sustainable," said Krack.
“The sum of the paddock [spending] is over $100 million a year. You could ask yourself, is that needed, if you look at other categories?
Constructors should be able to design a gearbox that best suits their own car. Sometimes it's not about shift speed. Look at the RB gearbox that was introduced since 2021. It's an incredibly narrow box. It might not shift any faster than anyone else's, but they made an innovative packaging solution for it. That should be rewarded, not stripped away by a spec box.