why is there a minimum weight requirement in Formula 1? Wouldn’t teams be incentivized to lessen the weight of their cars for faster speeds?

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why is there a minimum weight requirement in Formula 1? Wouldn’t teams be incentivized to lessen the weight of their cars for faster speeds?

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Even beyond that, they’re incentivized to minimize the weight of their *drivers*, which leads to dangerous practices like water cutting and crash dieting. F1 races are hard enough on the drivers as-is and we don’t need them pushing it further. Enforcing a minimum weight for each allows for teams to have safety margins without sacrificing performance compared to other teams.

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