![]() Gearboxįor 2017 only, a competitor may re-nominate these ratios, which must be declared as a set, once within the Championship season. which enable manufactures to develop their engines in-season. To ensure the supply to customer teams, homologation now includes an ‘obligation to supply’ which means if any team doesn’t have an engine for next season, manufacturer with least customers has the obligation to supply that team. Power unit price for customer teams is reduced by 1 million euros per season compared to 2016. There are also numerous changes regarding power unit costs, power convergence and obligation of supply. To prevent drivers stockpiling spare power unit elements, FIA introduced new rule – during any GP weekend, if a driver introduces more than one power unit element that leads to grid penalty, only the last element fitted may be used at next races without further penalty. If, when required for checking, a car is not already fitted with dry-weather tyres, it will be weighed on a set of dry-weather tyres selected by the FIA technical delegate. The weight applied on the front and rear wheels must not be less than 331kg and 390kg respectively at all times during the qualifying practice session. Exclusion zones around front wheels are reduced allowing larger bargeboard to control turbulent airflow from rotating front wheels more efficiently. Overall width of the car is increased from 1800 mm to 2000 mm.īigger tyres and wider bodywork led to minimum weight increase from 702 kg to 728 kg. Maximum width is increased from 1400 mm to 1600 mm, and minimum width is increased from 1300 mm to 1400 mm. ![]() That means diffuser will be approximately 2.2 times bigger in volume. One of the most significant changes is bigger difusser which is now 50 mm higher (175 mm instead of 125 mm), 50 mm wider (1050 mm instead 1000 mm) and starts 175 mm in front of the rear axle (before it started exactly on the rear axle). Endplates are swept in side view and tucked in front view. Rear wing will be wider (950 mm instead 750 mm) i lower (800 mm instead 950 mm). Maximum outside diameter remains 278 mm.įront wing width is increased to 1800 mm (2014. Maximum disc thickness is increased from 28 mm to 32 mm. Minimum wheel thickness is reduced from 3.0 mm to 2.5 mm. Diameter of the tyre is increased for 10 mm (670 mm for dry-weather tyres and 680 mm for wet-weather tyres) and the wheel size remains 13 inches. New tyres will be 25% wider than in 2016. – the front tyres will be 305 mm wide (previously 245 mm), a rear 405 mm (previously 325 mm). should make them around four seconds per lap faster.ĭarjan Petric present his vision of 2017. breaking circuit records in Bahrain and Austria, but changes in 2017. The official launches of the F1 teams’ new cars this week will be followed by two rounds of testing in Barcelona before the first race of the season which kicks off in Melbourne on March 26.Formula 1 2017. features one of the biggest regulation changes in last two decades and this time bigger tyres and new bodywork are the main areas of changes.Ĭhanges should make the cars faster, visually more attractive and physically harder to drive.į1 cars was already very fast in 2016. Added to that, the team’s 40th anniversary challenger has a widened air intake above the driver and wider front a rear tires. The design of the Williams FW40 reveals the extra downforce stipulated in the 2017 regulation changes, with a much wider v-shaped front wing, and a shorter, stockier rear wing. ![]() The speed of the cars will be perhaps the biggest change of all, with average lap times set to fall by up to five seconds at some racetracks.Ī sneak preview has already been given to what the 2017 cars will look like with Williams F1 the first to break cover with photos of its new car revealed online onFeb 17. The latest generation Formula 1 cars are set to be revealed this week, with fans eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the new look challengers.įor the 2017 F1 season, extensive rule changes have been made to make the cars faster and look more aggressive. Images of the Williams FW40, the first F1 car of 2017 to be revealed, were posted online on Feb 17.
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