ELI5: why can’t F1 structure the ruleset similar to LMH/LMdH?
Hey all!!
To be honest, I have focused far more on endurance racing than f1, so this may just be a simple misunderstanding.
With the new regs this year, I’ve seen a few videos of people attempting to make their own car using the ruleset. Watching these, I began to understand the amount of restraint that teams are put under, and while I understand it for safety and competition equality, it seems that it is a little overdone and leads to the issues we see with the power units this year.
So, why can’t F1 use a LMH/LMdh ruleset where cars can only make x amount of downforce while creating y amout of dirty air, with a max kw output of the PU, and maybe a certain percentage needing to be hybrid.
To me, it seems like this method would allow for more variety and innovation, but I understand that I am oversimplifying and probably am missing something big lol.