Aesthetic F1 – how I like it
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- 25th June 2015, 20:56 at 8:56 pm #300817PTParticipant
This link was shared by one of the F1 Fanatic readers – don’t remember who, but this is how I want F1 cars to look like. The concept by this designer seems perfect – particulalry the wide track and closed cockpit ideas.
26th June 2015, 8:54 at 8:54 am #300833PorscheF1ParticipantI don’t like closed cockpits. Makes the difference between an P1 and F1 even smaller and I want them to be two distinctive cars, more like far relatives instead of very similar looking brothers.
26th June 2015, 10:47 at 10:47 am #300834Djangles LeVaughnParticipantVan Overbeeke’s closed cockpiet concept is alright but not my cup of tea. The Red Bull and Williams concepts he produced previously fit the bill for 2017 possibilities, all be it designed for style sake in some areas.
26th June 2015, 14:00 at 2:00 pm #300850Craig WoollardParticipantUgh. Closed cockpits. The rest look a little too simplistic for my liking. Widening the cars gets a no from me too.
26th June 2015, 22:19 at 10:19 pm #301033PorscheF1ParticipantI’d be very happy with e F138 with these engines and wider rear tyres…
29th June 2015, 14:44 at 2:44 pm #301116PTParticipant@Craig Woollard
And why don’t you like widening the cars?
@PorscheF1
I believe the future lies in closed cockpits. If cars must get faster then driver protection should improve – either helmets become much safer and probably heavier too, or introduce well researched closed cockpit designs. And Van Overbeeke’s designs show that they won’t necessarily resemble sports prototypes…
29th June 2015, 17:23 at 5:23 pm #301144Keith CollantineKeymasterWasn’t this in the round-up months ago?
4th August 2015, 7:57 at 7:57 am #302850PTParticipantYeah, I think it was Keith.
4th August 2015, 12:57 at 12:57 pm #302856AnonymousInactiveIf it stops another young driver in his 20s dying (or at any age for that matter), I’m all for it.
4th August 2015, 16:13 at 4:13 pm #302863AsanatorParticipantNope, F1 doesn’t need closed cockpits!
4th August 2015, 16:26 at 4:26 pm #302866PTParticipantPeople always resist change, even if it is for good. I’m glad people back in the 50s and 60s didn’t have such a mindset or F1 would still be racing those narrow tyre cigar-shaped front engine machines.
4th August 2015, 16:32 at 4:32 pm #302867AsanatorParticipantnonsense, cars evolved from the “narrow tyre cigar-shaped front engine machines” as you call them for performance reasons, not aesthetic reasons. Closed cockpits are an over reaction to a safety problem that they will not solve.
4th August 2015, 17:07 at 5:07 pm #302872AnonymousInactiveClosed cockpits would reduce massively the risk of head injury. How many injuries/deaths have taken place down to a head injury? I can think of several in just a few seconds.
In my mind, that’s enough to justify them being introduced. I don’t care how the cars look, as long as we don’t have to see another driver funeral on TV.
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