http://www.f1reader.com Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:00:37 +0200 [Autosport.com] 'Spoon', '130R', 'Hairpin', 'S Curves'. The corner names at Suzuka have prescriptive, unembellished quality. Except for... Degner.For a brief time in the 1960s Ernst Degner was a proverbial thorn in Honda's side, helping Suzuki develop a series of 50cc racing motorcycle engines capable of screaming beyond 17,000rpm, and enabling Mitsuo Itoh to become the first (and so far ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/a-suzuka-corner-039-s-hidden-history-527569 news:527569 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:36:11 +0200 [Autosport.com] The 2022 regulations cycle put much more emphasis on exploiting the ground effect to reduce how much cars were affected by turbulent air from the cars in front, in a bid to improve the racing.Initially, the regulation changes were met with weariness by some designers and observers, fearing the much more limiting and prescriptive ruleset would have F1 inch closer to an IndyCar-like spec chassis ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/why-adrian-newey-was-initially-depressed-by-f1-2022-rules-434601 news:434601 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 10:12:29 +0100 [Pitpass.com] In a race that was very prescriptive and sub optimal to the fastest race, Max drove well and very controlled, trying to manage the tyres. http://www.f1reader.com/news/qatar-gp-race-team-notes-red-bull-402822 news:402822 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:54:05 +0200 [Autosport.com] However, despite some clearly more prescriptive regulations, there were distinct differences between each machine, with the sidepods, in particular, offering a wide variety of design solutions.Now, a year and a half into this regulatory era, we have started to see a wholesale shift towards one of these concepts - the downwash solution - as teams realise it best serves the overall aerodynamic ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/how-the-downwash-solution-ended-up-winning-f1-039-s-sidepod-war-391938 news:391938 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:06:11 +0200 [Autosport.com] The introduction of the current ruleset in 2022 brought a seemingly prescriptive approach to developing the rear wing, with the prevailing design trend creating a curved merging of the upper element and mainplane into the rear wing endplate.This was introduced to reduce the turbulence produced by the rear wing; fewer exposed edges offered less opportunity to produce tip vortices, which the ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/alphatauri-reveals-extreme-interpretation-of-f1-rear-wing-rules-388970 news:388970 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:12:05 +0200 [Autosport.com] After a one-year delay F1 is finally introducing its much-anticipated new technical regulations in 2022, drastically overhauling the aerodynamics in a bid to improve overtaking.As F1 hopes a reduction of dirty air and a more prescriptive ruleset will make the racing closer, some observers fear that the nature of a new regulations cycle will actually drive teams further apart for the first ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/mclaren-expects-039-extremely-high-039-rate-of-f1-development-in-2022-299913 news:299913 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:06:04 +0100 [GPfans.com] Red Bull's design chief Adrian Newey has criticised proposed 2021 Formula One regulations as taking the sport away from what it should be. http://www.f1reader.com/news/newey-labels-2021-regulations-as-039-very-restrictive-and-prescriptive-039-242729 news:242729 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 12:09:08 +0100 [Autosport.com] The FIA hopes 'liberating' areas of Formula 1's 2021 technical rules that were set to be more prescriptive will support the "romantic" ideal of teams creating different-looking cars http://www.f1reader.com/news/fia-to-open-f1-2021-regulations-to-encourage-different-car-designs-237524 news:237524 Sun, 10 Nov 2019 14:12:29 +0100 [F1Technical.net] One of the main complaints aimed at the FIA over the 2021 regulations is that the result will be too prescriptive, resulting in a field of identikit cars . But how and why are the rules becoming so restrictive? http://www.f1reader.com/news/is-the-fia-really-stifling-creativity-for-2021-236538 news:236538 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:27:06 +0100 [Pitpass.com] As F1 reveals further details of its concept for the look of 2021, team bosses are concerned that the rules are becoming "too prescriptive". http://www.f1reader.com/news/teams-fear-2021-rules-quot-too-prescriptive-quot-234095 news:234095 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:36:15 +0200 [PlanetF1.com] Ross Brawn has downplayed concerns that the 2021 F1 cars will all look the same as the sport incorporates more standard parts as well as "prescriptive regulation". http://www.f1reader.com/news/brawn-downplays-copycat-car-concerns-228915 news:228915 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 06:42:05 +0200 [Crash.Net] Ross Brawn says Mercedes' "more prescriptive approach" to F1 race strategy is hurting its chances against Red Bull and Ferrari http://www.f1reader.com/news/brawn-mercedes-race-strategy-calls-proving-costly-194683 news:194683 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:00:07 +0200