ICE is dead, and none of the developments make it to road cars anyway. Meanwhile, battery/EV tech needs all the development it can get and F1’s have been frozen for years.

Make F1 road relevant again, not just aerospace on bubble gum tires. Let teams compete on the tech that actually matters to the motoring world.

  • bhmnscmm@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    F1 doesn’t genuinely care about being road relevant. They haven’t for many years (if ever).

    If they did care, they would have allowed active aero, less restrictive powertrain constraints, and many other innovations.

    They care more about preserving the “image” of F1. And because of that, ICE will not be going away for a very, very, long time.

    • Knuschberkeks@feddit.de
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      8 months ago

      Iirc Formula E has some kind of contract that guarantees it to be the only FIA sanctioned completely electric racing series until 2035, so some kind of ICE has to be retained in F1 until that point at least.

      Edit: the agreement even goes till 2039