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Originally Posted by Kampfer
This last point is exacerbated by the fact that 70-80% of a racecar's performance these days is all about aero.
F1 should be pioneering NEW, RELEVANT technologies that lower classes can adapt. For example, Audi was the first manufactuer to introduce diesels into racing (even though Taurus Sport in 2004 [before Audi] tried to get VW to help them with the same thing).
Maybe I'm just getting old...
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I'm on the complete opposite side on this one. I think F1 should be the pinnacle of motorsport. It should have ridiculous engineering and aerodynamics and be miles ahead of every other form of motorsport. Let the GT class cars be relevent to themselves and lower forms of racing. F1 needs to be head and shoulders above the rest. It is a single seater open wheel race car, there's not much that is relevant to other vehicles from that.
And the aero % has gone down in the passed two years. They have higher mechanical grip now due to slicks and reduced downforce.