'It’s like crashing with a bus compared to a Smart Car.' George Russell feels an F1 car is now so heavy that it is on the edge of becoming a safety issue.
The new ground-effects cars that were finally introduced for the 2022 season are the heaviest in the championship’s history at 798kg.
The high weight total was a big factor in many driver complaints about the new cars, which performed as expected in high-speed turns due to their underfloor aerodynamic surfaces but struggled with understeer in slow corners – a problem exacerbated by Pirelli’s 2022 front tyre design. Motorsport Images
“The big one [issue] is the weight,” said Russell, who is also a director of the F1s racers’ collective organisation the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association. “We keep making these cars safer and safer, but obviously the heavier you make them when you have an impact it’s like crashing with a bus compared to a Smart Car.
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