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Titolo: [ENG] FIA presents proposals to TWG

Source: Motorsport.com F1 News
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=166812&amp;FS=F1
The FIA has presented the Technical Working Group (TWG) with three sets
ofproposals to consider for regulation changes aimed at reducing the
performance ofFormula One cars in the future. The proposals deal with
aerodynamics,bodywork and engines.
The FIA is willing to consider a combination of regulations from the
packagespresented, if the TWG and the F1 Commission agree. The sport's
governingbody also asked for two other safety matters to be considered:
- the elimination of materials likely to leave sharp shards on the
circuitin the event of an accident;
- a reduction in the weight limit sufficient to eliminate ballast (at
leaston most of the cars) in order to reduce the energy to be dissipated
ifcontrol of a car is lost. This would be combined, if necessary, with
achange in relative wheel widths front to rear.
The TWG was due to meet today (September 6th) to discuss the proposals
andFIA President Max Mosley is scheduled to appear at Friday's press
conferenceat the Italian Grand Prix.
The FIA packages are as follows -- italics in brackets show the
previouslyproposed measurements:
Package 1 consists of the FIA's suggestions for Sporting and
TechnicalRegulations dated 16 July 2004 with the following differences:
1) The following amendments will be made to Article 3:
3.7 Front bodywork height:
3.7.1 All bodywork situated forward of a point lying 330mm behind the
frontwheel centre line, and more than 250mm from the centre line of the
car, mustbe no less than 100mm ( 150mm ) and no more than 300mm ( 350mm )
above the referenceplane.
Furthermore, all bodywork situated forward of a point lying 330mm in
frontof the front wheel centre line, and more than 250mm from the centre
line ofthe car, must be no less than 150mm and no more than 350mm above
thereference plane.
3.7.2 All bodywork situated forward of a point lying 330mm in front of
thefront wheel centre line must be no less than 50mm above the reference
plane.
2) Additional constraints will be placed on engines in 2006 :- The
cylinder bore will be fixed- The cylinder spacing and engine length will
be fixed- The crankshaft centre line height will be fixed- The engine
mounting points front and rear will be fixed
Package 2 consists of the FIA's suggestions for Sporting and
TechnicalRegulations dated 16 July 2004 with the following amendments to
Article 3 :
3.9 Bodywork between the rear wheels:
3.9.1 No bodywork more than 100mm from the car centre line, and which
issituated between the rear wheel centre line and a point lying 330mm
forwardof it, may be more than 600mm above the reference plane.
3.9.2 No bodywork between 75mm and 480mm ( more than 50mm ) from the car
centreline, and which is situated between the rear wheel centre line and
a pointlying 150mm behind it, may be located between 375mm and 600mm (
more than450mm ) above the reference plane.
3.10 Height behind the rear wheel centre line:
3.10.1 Any part of the car behind the centre line of the rear wheels
mustnot be more than 800mm above the reference plane.
3.10.2 No bodywork behind the centre line of the rear wheels, and more
than150mm each side of the longitudinal centre line of the car, may be
less than300mm above the reference plane.
3.10.3 Any bodywork more than 150mm behind the rear wheel centre line
whichis between 300mm and 600mm above the reference plane, and between
75mm and480mm from the car centre line, must liein an area when viewed
from the side of the car that is situated between300mm and 375mm above
the reference plane and between 150mm and 500mm behindthe rear wheel
centre line.
When viewed from the side of the car no longitudinal cross section may
havemore than one closed section in the lower area. Any bodywork behind
the rearwheel centre line which is more than 375mm ( 600mm ) above the
reference plane,and between 75mm and 480mm from the car centre line, must
lie in an areawhen viewed from the side of the car that is situated
between 600mm and800mm above the reference plane and between the rear
wheel centre line and apoint 350mm behind it.
When viewed from the side of the car, no longitudinal cross section may
havemore than two closed sections in the upper area. Furthermore, the
distancebetween adjacent sections at any longitudinal plane must not
exceed 15mm attheir closest position. In side view, the projected area of
any bodyworklying between 300mm and 800mm above the reference plane and
between the rearwheel centre line and a point 600mm behind it must be
greater than230000mm².
3.17.2 Bodywork may deflect no more than 10mm vertically when a 500N load
isapplied vertically to it 450mm ( 400mm ) forward of the rear wheel
centre lineand 650mm from the car centre line. The load will be applied
in a downwarddirection using a 50mm diameter ram and an adapter of the
same size. Teamsmust supply the latter when such a test is deemed
necessary.
Package 3 consists of the FIA's suggestions for Sporting and
TechnicalRegulations dated 16 July 2004 with the following differences
forapplication in 2006:
1) The car reference plane will be required to extend as far forward as
thefront wheel centre line.
2) All turning vanes and barge boards will be forbidden.
3) The only changes to Article 5 will be the following:
5.1 Engine specification:
5.1.1 Only 4-stroke engines with reciprocating pistons are permitted.
5.1.2 Engine capacity must not exceed 2400 cc.
5.1.3 Supercharging is forbidden.
5.1.4 All engines must have 8 cylinders and the normal section of
eachcylinder must be circular.
5.1.5 Engines may have no more than 5 valves per cylinder.
5.2 Other means of propulsion:
5.2.1 The use of any device, other than the 2.4 litre, four stroke
enginedescribed in 5.1 above, to power the car, is not permitted.
5.2.2 The total amount of recoverable energy stored on the car must
notexceed 300kJ, any which may be recovered at a rate greater than 2kW
must notexceed 20kJ.
Note:
To be accompanied by a sporting rule that no team may use an engine which
isnot available free of charge and on a fully competitive basis to a
number ofother teams equal to or greater than the number of teams entered
in theChampionship divided by the number of different makes of engine in
use,rounded up to the nearest whole number.
The supplier of each such engine (or its parent company when
deemedappropriate by the FIA) would be required to give a binding
undertaking tothe FIA that it would not cease supply without first giving
written noticeduring the year preceding its last full year of
participation.
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 achange in relative wheel widths front to rear.
Questo non potrebbe portare ad un ulteriore riduzione del peso dei
componenti e conseguente maggiore fragilità ? Tanto i progettisti
cercheranno comunque di avere della zavorra...
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 cercheranno comunque di avere della zavorra...
E potendone installare di meno l'importanza percentuale di ogni grammo
risparmiato aumenterà, invogliando maggiormente al rischio.
Analogamente tornerà ad aumentare un poco anche l'importanza del peso del
pilota stesso.
Mah...qualcosa si doveva pur fare, e, come spesso capita, qualcosa si dovrà
anche pagare.
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 cercheranno comunque di avere della zavorra...
Infatti non capisco il problema a vietarla direttamente ...........

 Infatti non capisco il problema a vietarla direttamente ...........
Penso che il problema stia nel definirla esattamente. In questo senso si
dovrebbe introdurre un peso minimo per i singoli componenti oltre che per
la macchina. In questo modo si eviterebbe l'omologazione nel senso di
avere pezzi "fissati" ed uguali per tutti, perché ognuno potrebbe
comunque cercare di arrivare al minimo con la strada che preferisce,
garantendo comunque la sicurezza che per certi pezzi "cruciali" non si
scenderebbe al di sotto di una soglia pericolosa.
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E' proprio quello che ho pensato anch'io quando ho letto la regola. Capisco
che la Fia abbia i suoi problemi a scrivere un regolamento in cui ci sia un
peso minimo per ogni pezzo e che obbligherebbe a smontare tutta la vettura
dopo il GP (difficoltà acuite dal fatto che si lavora con gente che è capace
di attaccarsi ad ogni minima minchiata o virgola fuori posto nella regola),
però questo mi pare proprio il modo sbagliato di procedere!
Io, al limite, il peso minimo l'avrei alzato in modo che diventasse
praticamente impossibile colmare la differenza con la zavorra. Poi,
tecnicamente parlando, non so quanto questo fosse possibile.

 la macchina. 
Secondo me non è necessario arrivare a tanto.
La zavorra in fondo è un "pacco" mobile che viene di fatto "infilato 
nel fondo piatto".
Una volta definito che "nel" fondo piatto non ci devono essere parti 
mobili ed, eventualmente, definite dimensioni e peso massimo dello 
stesso ........
Oppure che non devono esserci "mattoni mobili" al di sotto dei 500 mm 
di altezza .....
Con le cacate che riescono a scrivere nei regolamenti figuriamoci se 
non si trova una formulazione per vietare la zavorra .... :-)
Senza contare che un telaio intrinsecamente squilibrato che trova 
equilibrio solo grazie allo spostamento di una massa rilevante è 
un'offesa al comune senso del pudore automobilistico ......