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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There is also a safety component. In the 60s and 70s there were some sports and formula cars that were little more than just enough thin wall 1” tubing to keep the car together. Collin Chapman of Lotus was famous for his theory to ‘simplify, then add lightness’. They were fast cars, but they injured/killed a lot of drivers of the era. They could not handle impacts
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