Innovations in F1
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- 20th June 2010, 11:55 at 11:55 am #127728Polishboy808Participant
We’ve had innovations recently, like KERS, and the F-Duct. But how bout some from long ago. Like Wings, we don’t really think of them as an innovation now because they’re a must have on the car, but they were first introduced in 1968, almost 20 years after the sports first race, by Lotus. So what were some innovations you remember that changed F1?
20th June 2010, 12:01 at 12:01 pm #135629RatboyKeymasterThe introduction of the Semi-automatic gearbox, its a shame I liked to see the drivers manually change gear and it made driving more of a challenge.
20th June 2010, 13:59 at 1:59 pm #135630Dan ThornParticipantI remember paddle shifts seeming like a revolutionary idea and Murray would often use onboard shots to describe them as fantastic new technology that allows a driver to keep both hands on the wheel. I hate them though – go back to a proper clutch and gearbox I say!
The mass damper was a great innovation too but the banning of it was ridiculous.
Those are merely two that stand out from when I’ve been watching F1. If I had to pick one single innovation the changed the sport forever it would have to be mid engines. Ground effect was a simple but brilliant innovation too.
20th June 2010, 14:52 at 2:52 pm #135631ScribeParticipantAll the recent discouverys have tended to be aero dynamic because of the bans on things like mass dampers. However the thing that changed F1 the most recently has to have been the survival cell. Quite how much it has changed are sport was spectacularly demonstrated 3 years ago in Canada, while we should never get cocky F1 is now more safe than dangerous, drivers are more likley to survive a crash than be killed in it.
While it wasn’t exactly innovated and more developed over time, the survival cell ment that F1 survived after the tradgedies 94 an is no longer even a particularly extreme sport, single most important device in the championships history.
20th June 2010, 19:05 at 7:05 pm #135632SoLiDGParticipantThe Mclaren 2 rear brake pedal was innovative… but banned after Ferrari complained :)
https://www.racefans.net/2007/05/24/banned-mclarens-rear-brake-pedal/
15th March 2011, 17:02 at 5:02 pm #135634AnonymousInactive15th March 2011, 18:54 at 6:54 pm #135635sw6569Participantfixy, what was the point in digging this topic up?
15th March 2011, 19:18 at 7:18 pm #135636Polishboy808ParticipantWhy not?
15th March 2011, 20:40 at 8:40 pm #135637AnonymousInactive@sw6569 – This year the DRS offers a new innovation to F1.
15th March 2011, 20:59 at 8:59 pm #135638sw6569Participantyeah, I understand that but your post didn’t mention anything about the DRS and instead referenced a load of articles from 2007.
Since the topic is here though, which innovation do you think is the most innovative thus far in the 2011 season?
15th March 2011, 22:52 at 10:52 pm #135639AndrewTannerParticipantI’d like to think the McLaren U-shaped sidepods. Whether or not they’re a positive move is another thing.
16th March 2011, 6:42 at 6:42 am #135640TodfodParticipantI would think Renault’s exhaust system is the most innovative idea of the year. Gotta wait and see if it works though..
16th March 2011, 13:52 at 1:52 pm #135641AndrewTannerParticipantHRT were pretty innovative last year. No testing and they still didn’t come last! ;)
16th March 2011, 18:44 at 6:44 pm #135642TodfodParticipantI thought this was a really cool initiative from Mclaren.. its a little bit off topic, but is definitely worth a watch
16th March 2011, 19:06 at 7:06 pm #135643AnonymousInactive@Todfod – :O
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