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Lowe: Heavy cars turning F1 into endurance racing
Williams technical chief Paddy Lowe is concerned Formula 1’s increasingly heavy cars risk turning the sport from a sprint formula to an endurance event. For 2018, the FIA has raised the minimum weight limit of F1 cars by 6kgs to account for the introduction of the mandatory Halo cockpit protection device, but teams have estimated the figure could be closer to 14kgs when the device mountings are taken into account. Mercedes technical director James Allison recently revealed the titanium structure needs to be strong enough to withstand the weight of a London double-decker bus, resulting in F1’s 2018 cars undergoing additional chassis strengthening. In 2008 the mimimim weight limit...
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