News Details

Brawn agrees with call for lighter F1 cars

Formula 1 sporting manager Ross Brawn says the sport's future cars will shed some significant weight compared to current levels. Williams' Paddy Lowe recently underlined the gradual increase in F1's minimum weight in the last decade which, in the view of the British team's technical director, has moved Grand Prix closer to endurance racing . "If F1 is really a sprint formula, and these cars are meant to be incredibly quick for qualifying and for the race in one hour and a half, 300km race, so they’re not endurance cars yet the weight has been increasing to levels that are getting towards an endurance formula rather than a sprint one," said Lowe Dramatic weight increase in F1...
Full Story »
8y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Formula 1 cars must lose weight – Brawn

Ross Brawn has acknowledged that formula one cars must lose weight. While...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Brawn admits F1 cars must lose weight

Mar.19 Ross Brawn has acknowledged that formula one cars must lose...
8y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Brawn ‘very optimistic' about Silverstone future

Formula One Management director Ross Brawn believes Silverstone's place...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Ross Brawn to attend Australian Motor Sport Hall of...

Ross Brawn Formula 1’s director of motorsports Ross Brawn has been...
8y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Where Marc Marquez ranks his Sachsenring MotoGP victory

After taking his 102nd career victory, Marc Marquez believes his...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar video game delayed until 2027

iRacing and IndyCar have announced more details surrounding the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Premier League club pushing to sign Argentina's FIFA...

Premier League giants Arsenal are reportedly pushing to sign Argentina's...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

What do Julian Alvarez links tell us about Arsenal's...

Morning all. There was no World Cup yesterday. There's no World Cup today....
4h ago from Arseblog.com

Romano issues Trossard update as deal for Belgian...

Arsenal’s attacking rebuild appears to be entering a decisive stage, but...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal attempting to sign impressive World Cup hero...

Arsenal are stepping up their search for a new attacking leader, with the...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Red Bull realized Perez's worth only after he left: ‘I...

The second seat at Red Bull Racing has long been... Read More »
47m ago from F1i.com

MotoGP: Marquez wins German Grand Prix to earn...

Marc Marquez delivered another masterclass at the... Read More »
47m ago from F1Technical.net

F1: Cadillac in 'no man's land' says Bottas

Though boosted by Cadillac's Silverstone result,... Read More »
57m ago from Pitpass.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.