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Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle: "It's been suggested that if ever that sort of thing was going to be tried now is the time. In theory the season hasn't started, but it would be a very late change. And I think everybody is dialled into running in the traditional format but stranger things have happened in our sport."
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Could IndyCar’s Aeroscreen be a better alternative to F1’s Halo?
With regards to F1 though and their discussions about such a thing as an Aeroscreen, I’m assuming it’s not even a consideration anymore. IndyCars are far less aero dependent than F1 cars, and so have only experienced a small change aerodynamically. F1 cars would need to be designed from the ground up for such a thing, and from what I can gather the new generation cars that are coming are not incorporating anything more than a better integrated halo than the bolt-on one they are using now. To me another outstanding big question is that IndyCar, like F1, races in the rain. What will they do for visibility on rainy days?
In general I found the Aeroscreens looking too big for the cars, but didn’t really mind the appearance. Perhaps when they have bigger wings in the back for road and street courses the Aeroscreen will look more proportional.
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DB-C90 (@dbradock)
8th June 2020, 1:30
I don’t know about anyone else but I’m quite interested in seeing how teams approach the second races as it’s effectively the first time there’s ever been an opportunity for a “do over” in F1.
Surely it’s likely that someone or one of the teams will roll the dice in the second race and try something radically different in an attempt to leap further up the field.
People keep saying we’ll just get the same outcome – I’d be massively surprised if that’s the case and I’m looking forward to seeing just what variables teams manage to change to try and get a different one.
Jere (@jerejj)
8th June 2020, 4:32
@dbradock The outcome indeed isn’t going to be the same with precisely the same results, same moves, and other on-track stuff, etc. Every single race is different at least one way or another.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
8th June 2020, 1:45
Good CotD, @robbie. I’m with you that if there was ever the thought of bringing the aeroscreen to F1, it would have been incorporated into the 2021 (now 2022) regulations. F1 seems satisfied with relying on the halo for safety from big items (other cars, barriers, etc.), plus the helmet from smaller debris.
I don’t have as much of a question of the aeroscreen, as I’d assume that speed of the cars will “encourage” droplets to leave in haste (remember that quip about “you’re not driving fast enough if the drops aren’t moving up“?), so that’s not too different from how drivers cope with rain on the visor.
No, instead, this leads to a question about the driver’s helmet visor – with the cars still being open-topped, the helmet and visor are going to still catch droplets (either direct rain, what’s swept off the aeroscreen, or the rooster-tail of spray from the car head). And without the airflow of an open car to take care of the visor, I wonder if that will hamper visibility more. There’s only a limited number of tear-offs a driver has, so is he or she going to continually have to wipe away water with their gloves? Mini wipers on the helmet?
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
8th June 2020, 2:00
@phylyp given that the airflow over the screen on my motorcycle forces droplets over the top of my helmet & visor except at seriously slow speeds, my guess is that at IndyCar speeds, even behind the safety car, there would be very little from any source that would actually end up on the drivers visor.
When they’re stationary in the pits, the story would be different but they’d have tear offs for that.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
8th June 2020, 2:35
@dbradock – good point, thank you.
Jimmi Cynic (@jimmi-cynic)
8th June 2020, 9:12
@phylyp: Pretty sure Brawn will want the top 3 teams to only have 75% of the aeroscreen development time of the loser teams.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
8th June 2020, 9:28
@jimmi-cynic – but the idea won’t come from Liberty ;)
Robbie (@robbie)
8th June 2020, 14:59
Thanks @phylyp and @keithcollantine
Jere (@jerejj)
8th June 2020, 4:30
Well, since the reverse-grid idea got dropped (again) there isn’t anything else to do differently with the second weekend.
I share the same views with the COTD. The Halo is here to stay and I couldn’t care less anymore as I’ve never really paid any attention to it anyway.
Chaitanya
8th June 2020, 7:15
Maybe we will get mixed weather for atleast one of those weekends which will help mixing things up.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
8th June 2020, 8:37
Sprinklers, we still got the sprinklers.
ColdFly (@)
8th June 2020, 9:01
Pirelli could bring a different set of compounds.
I would not be against this as it will be the same for all.
kuvemar
8th June 2020, 8:57
F1: killing innovation since … well, a long time ago.
iFuel (@ifuel)
9th June 2020, 7:37
How hard would it be for the second race to be counter-clockwise?