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Aesthetic F1 – how I like it

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  • #300817
    PT
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    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.

    Here’s the link:

    #300833
    PorscheF1
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    I 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.

    #300834
    Djangles LeVaughn
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    Van 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.

    #300850
    Craig Woollard
    Participant

    Ugh. Closed cockpits. The rest look a little too simplistic for my liking. Widening the cars gets a no from me too.

    #301033
    PorscheF1
    Participant

    I’d be very happy with e F138 with these engines and wider rear tyres…

    #301116
    PT
    Participant

    @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…

    #301144

    Wasn’t this in the round-up months ago?

    #302850
    PT
    Participant

    Yeah, I think it was Keith.

    #302856
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    If it stops another young driver in his 20s dying (or at any age for that matter), I’m all for it.

    #302863
    Asanator
    Participant

    Nope, F1 doesn’t need closed cockpits!

    #302866
    PT
    Participant

    People 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.

    #302867
    Asanator
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    nonsense, 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.

    #302872
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Closed 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.

    #302888
    PT
    Participant

    @Asanator

    Are you thinking closed cockpits are for aesthetic reasons? Wake up, fan!

    #302889
    PT
    Participant

    @Asanator

    Closed cockpits have safety and performance advantages, as do covered wheels.

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