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It is badly written imo, in that the car weight and driver weight have nothing to do with one another, it is kind of like legislating the weight of the horse and jockey and not ballasting the horse for the jockey's weight!
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All it needs is a stipulated car and driver weight and within that weight or a compulsory weight for the driver and the seat (to ensure the weight is not distributed to other parts of the car) of say 85 or 90 kg. I have followed this sport for over 40 years and remain amazed that the 'Ruling Body of World Motorsport' is so ineffective and bereft of any real sense of principle and common sense that it cannot legislate on basic ethical principle of competition that would create some equity for F1 driver weight. They can create rules like the fuel flow rule and declare themselves the sole measurer of that aspect of F1, and supposedly expect everyone to trust them choose a system and administrate it, they can introduce rules to produce safety during pit stops but can't discern between a really dangerous situation and a responsible action by a driver in either the rule or the judicial body, and yet they can't establish a simple rule that would create some equity and justice for drivers. We're expected to respect and honor them as the the 'world governors of motorsport' but in so many things they seem to be basically inept... |
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I still see this as a natural progression of this rule. Simple rule, becoming more complicated to mitigate these issues.
Evolution of weight rule through the ages. No rule. Maximum weight of car (!) Minimum weight of car. Minimum weight of car + driver. and maybe next: Minimum weight of car and a minimum weight of driver/ballast/position of ballast. It hasn't changed because people have stood in the weigh . Unanimous agreement and all that. Now the FIA could claim it is a safety matter and railroad it through. Whatever, the solution needs to be a more complex rule. Exactly how? There are some good posts suggestions above. The posts that concentrated on the situation rather than those that concentrate on how the sport or governance is rubbish. I know we all like to slag others off, but frankly it bores a me, I'm more interested in understanding what we should change, maybe how we got here, rather than who's fault that is. Concentrating on who's fault it is, and who benefits, may well be why there has been no progress. |
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If there was a minimum driver and seat weight (including driver ballast for the smaller guys) any other difference can be allocated as per the team desire. The important thing is that the driver + seat weight is set a level that means the driver weight is not a performance difference factor for any driver. Ramming rules through under the guise of safety is what a lot of national ASN's do. |
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Of all the things discussed in this thread, I like the driver+seat idea best. We'll have the ballast in the seat bottoms. Does it need a more detail definition of where the ballast goes?
I'm trying to lose a bit of weight because there is no weight limit (car or driver) at all in my series. Hasn't stopped me eating pizza and having a beer this evening. |
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The Indycar rule sounds decent.
I can see out of my machine, but can't guarantee maintaining control. |
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This may well have come up already, but just read that Sutil is the heaviest driver on the grid, with Massa being the lightest.
Apparently there's a 17kg difference between them. What would that be in tenths of a second? Is that acceptable? |
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A litre weighs about 750 g, so it would be about 0.1333 seconds per kg. On that basis 17 kg would equate to 2.26 secs / lap (Note to self - Step back from computer!) Acceptable - no way! In club racing terms it would be like racing a light saloon with the spare wheel, that will certainly cost you places in the car's class! Seems to be pretty well the reason Webber decided there was no future for him in F1! Also raises the question: How good is Nico Hulkenberg? |
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There should be no benefit in the driver being lighter to the degree it is now. In other sports weight may be an advantage, but is balanced by a change in other performance. A rugby player adding mass will lose speed plus flexibility. He will balance his physique dependent on the demands of his position in the team. No point in being a prop weighing 12 stone or a scrum half weighing twenty.
Massa being small is a major advantage without any balancing disadvantage. This is clearly wrong and it cannot be beyond the wit of F1 to find an answer. |
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The 1/10 per litre is one I have heard bandied about.
Also 1/10 per kg. I would say intuitively it was less than this, but greater than 1/10 for 10l or 7.5 kg. I saw an interview in which Webber said he was sick and tired of always being on diet and was looking forward to eating better and having the odd glass of wine! So LMP may not be quite as critical as F1 2014? |
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As physics applies to both LMP and F1 it must be there. Although the cars are a little heavier in LMP so that dismisses the effect, but the rules are for car, not car and driver, which makes it worse, or at least always there.
Sportscar isn't pushed the nth degree as much as F1 and there are more factors that can influence the race because they are longer. I guess that is why. |
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Just done a quick internet search, didn't have time before.
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I would tend to agree, it does feel more like it! No matter how you dress it up a driver who is 10 kg heavier than another is a significantly disadvantaged, and you would need to assess the penalty when selecting drivers, which is why I believe Hulkenberg has not got a top drive. It could account for the performance difference between Webber and Vettel. |
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Precisely. This whole thing is getting ridiculous. It seems that now, if you are a driver that has a bigger frame and is a bit taller and you aren't built like a 12 year old girl, despite the amount of natural talent you might have, you are at a disadvantage in F1 right from the start because of the regulations. It needs to change, plain and simple.
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I don't know about this. It does feel unfair to have the flyweights having an advantage, but is that not just their good fortune.
And what if you followed an example of parity in other sports. Basketball players wearing platform shoes of various sizes. Life jackets or outboard motors for the less buoyant swimmers. Horse racing would be rather different. Maybe it should not be as pronounced as it is, but I'm not sure there's a lot that should be done about it at the pinnacle of the sport. |
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