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[Metal Guru]

On 15/04/2023 at 15:45, Magic said:

That's a bit of a stretch- ground effect arrived in 1977, the second year of the P34. That did change the world.

Can’t imagine it would have been a good idea in today’s era of of pit stops being the main chance of overtaking. Getting another crew into the cramped space to change two wheels at the front would leave massive scope for cock ups.

[Pieman]

My favourite six-wheeled F1 cars are the ones that never got raced - the ones with four wheels at the rear!

I give you the Williams FW08B...

And the March 2-4-0 (the only non-railway vehicle named using Whyte notation)...

I've seen footage of both of them being demonstrated at Goodwood, and everyone who has driven them praises them and says the amount of traction is phenomenal.

[bezzabsa]

what was the one with a huge fan stuck to the back for downforce????

[St.Jude]

8 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

what was the one with a huge fan stuck to the back for downforce????

Brabham fan car - Bernie pulled it after it’s one race as he wanted to keep the other teams happy as he looked to control the sport.

[Pieman]

And the Chaparral 2J, one of my favourite racing cars ever.