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Kevin M · 01-04-04, 11:24 AM

Formula 1 cars were about 40 - 60 for many years because that was what they found to work best.

A few years ago (In an attempt to slow the cars down) new rules were put into place that limited the width of the rear tires. This caused them to move the CG forward to try to get the best performance they could with the tire sizes they were forced to work with.

Formula 1 is one of the most heavily regulated classes out there. You have to be very careful about looking at Formula 1 and drawing conclusions about what is “optimum”. In many cases what you see is only optimum under the rather bizarre rules they have to contend with.

01-04-04, 11:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
Kevin M kmcgowen 2 Tenths Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 246 Rep Power: 7	Re: GT40 Weight Distribution Formula 1 cars were about 40 - 60 for many years because that was what they found to work best. A few years ago (In an attempt to slow the cars down) new rules were put into place that limited the width of the rear tires. This caused them to move the CG forward to try to get the best performance they could with the tire sizes they were forced to work with. Formula 1 is one of the most heavily regulated classes out there. You have to be very careful about looking at Formula 1 and drawing conclusions about what is “optimum”. In many cases what you see is only optimum under the rather bizarre rules they have to contend with.