I presume the choice for more electric comes from a desire to be 'road relevant' in tech development, as F1 used to be in its prime. But 'road relevant' these days (minimal emissions) is far from entertaining (fast and powerful). So yeah, sticking with perceived road relevance will mean making concessions on the entertainment front. That is a choice for f1 management to make, and then to come up with a workable platform to cope with that (at which front they are currently failing seemingly).Cs98 wrote: ↑09 Apr 2024, 18:28And those poor aero choices are necessary because the car is underpowered. No one is saying that the spinning is unavoidable, we are saying it will come at a great cost to the speed and by extension entertainment. And you may not feel the need for speed in F1, but F1 clearly cares a lot judging by how badly they are trying to compensate for it. And they are right, F1 isn't the most popular motorsport in the world because it's "kind of fast". 2014 was a lesson in that regard, and 2026 looks to be worse.DChemTech wrote: ↑09 Apr 2024, 18:16The car is not spinning on the straight because it is underpowered. It is spinning because of poor aero choices. Those choices were made as apparently slower cars are apparently not acceptable, but that does not mean that spinning on the straight is an unavoidable consequence of the engine formula.Cs98 wrote: ↑09 Apr 2024, 18:02
Of course it is causing the issue. The car is chronically underpowered and all of these extreme active aero "solutions" are only trying to mask that core issue.
Besides, active aero on the front wing sounds like a nightmare. Any sort of damage (on the one part that always gets damaged) is race over, and I don't see the wing being changeable mid race if it's got active aero.
Anyway, if you really want to delve into the issue of 'we do not accept slower cars and should go to great lengths to avoid that', the real issue (not the cause) is 'what is the objective of F1'. Is it road relevant tech development, or is it to be the fastest formula and have a high entertainment value? Because already for years these things are mutually exclusive.
Btw, what is the road relevance of using your ICE as a genny?
I agree that actually a hybrid has very little road relevance still - full electric would be the way to go for that. But in the end, what F1 should just accept that it's not the pinnacle of car technology development, and just make their choices on entertainment value. As long as it's clear to the kids that the product is not something they should aspire their road car to be.