Should f1 run coupes?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

How? If as you say the coupes are also designed to disintegrate on impact.......

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Well as it stands now, a small wheel to wheel touch can send a car off the road and then wheels start coming off, bodywork is far more robust than suspension arms however and LMP's are more able than F1 cars to swap paint and not end up in the wall

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Ummm, I think you'll find that the changes in safety make it safer for all cars to race there, I don't see how the changes in safety are just for open cockpit open wheel cars.

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Is it safe to fly Daniel? Could adding parachutes for passengers to use make it safer?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Well as it stands now, a small wheel to wheel touch can send a car off the road and then wheels start coming off, bodywork is far more robust than suspension arms however and LMP's are more able than F1 cars to swap paint and not end up in the wall

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A puncture or failed wing can send a car off the road - they still use pneumatic tyres.....

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

A puncture or failed wing can send a car off the road - they still use pneumatic tyres.....

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Brings up an interesting point. Would you say that a low profile (as used at Le Mans) or high profile tyre (F1 style) is better in terms of the way it reacts to a puncture?

IMHO there's no way that a high profile tyre can have the sidewall strength of a low profile tyre.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Well as it stands now, a small wheel to wheel touch can send a car off the road and then wheels start coming off, bodywork is far more robust than suspension arms however and LMP's are more able than F1 cars to swap paint and not end up in the wall

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Brings up an interesting point. Would you say that a low profile (as used at Le Mans) or high profile tyre (F1 style) is better in terms of the way it reacts to a puncture?

IMHO there's no way that a high profile tyre can have the sidewall strength of a low profile tyre.

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They can and do still fail, so they must be changed to something that does not have risk, right?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Is it safe to fly Daniel? Could adding parachutes for passengers to use make it safer?

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I think we're talking vastly different things here tbh. The problem is that it's a safety feature which in itself will cause extreme danger. I mean coming out of an airliner plumeting to the ground is not an ideal situation as you'll probably hit the wing or tailplane and die, you may be too close to the ground for the chute to open, did the person before you tamper with the chute? etc etc etc.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

They can and do still fail, so they must be changed to something that does not have risk, right?

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OK, what are we going to replace tyres with?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Is it safe to fly Daniel? Could adding parachutes for passengers to use make it safer?

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You gonna answer this?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

You gonna answer this?

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I did :p

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Originally Posted by Daniel

OK, what are we going to replace tyres with?

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I don't think we need to, was just applying your logic.....