Article 3YT1A Here’s what Formula 1 cars may look like in 2021 if the sport gets its way

Here’s what Formula 1 cars may look like in 2021 if the sport gets its way

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Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Formula 1 has become quite forward-thinking since getting new owners interested in more than just sucking as much profit out of the sport as possible. That was certainly on display in a series of concept cars for the 2021 season the racing series showed to the world on Friday ahead of this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. All three ideas are much more dramatic in appearance than current F1 machinery, showing how the Halo cockpit protection can be cohesively integrated with the styling. It turns out that 18-inch wheels actually do look pretty damn good.

Of course, the three concepts are about more than just aesthetics. As we've previously discussed, the sport's technical rulebook is going to be thoroughly revised for the 2021 season in an attempt to cure a number of ills including the inability of one car to follow closely behind another due to the effect of turbulent air.

"When we started looking at the 2021 car, the primary objective was to enable the cars to race well together," said Ross Brawn, F1 motorsport director, in a post on the Formula 1 website. "Once the cars get within a few car lengths of each other, they lose 50 percent of their downforce. That's a substantial amount of performance lost. So we set about understanding why that was and how we can improve it. I'm pleased to say we're at about 80 [percent]."

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