I would think this is the most likely reason especially given the obese nature of the current crop of F1 cars.
I am not sure, since most of the cars need to have a ballast to meet the minimum weight anyway. I would have thought that inboard pneumatic jacks would simplify pit stops; the reason they were adopted in other series. Also you need one less crew in the piy lane.
Don't pneumatic jacks(the current ones) need a person to hook up the line(compressed air) to the car to activate the pneumatic jacks? That what I see them do at WEC after they pour the fuel in.
Yes, ONE person to hook up the line, instead of TWO jack operators (front and rear). Beside, it would eliminate the risk of the front jack operator being hit by the car.
They were used for other reasons, to lower the car so much on track that would seal the side skirts for a perfect ground efect, wich cause very dangerous accidents in case the air managed to sneak under those skirts....Gilles Villeneuve's accident was the most obvious case of this...but also manfred Winkelock....so i don't thik FIA wants to tsmper with ride height.
Denny Hulme in his Brabham Repco on the way to finishing third in the 1967 Mexican GP and also clinching the World Driver’s Championship. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Denny Hulme would have no place in F1 nowadays, not because of lack of skill, but because he wouldn't submit to the superficiality around it. "Denny Hulme's dislike of celebrity and preference for anonymity made him the most low key of champions. He hated fame, had no trace of vanity and found social functions an agony. His nickname 'The Bear' was a reference to both his rugged features and a gruff nature that would erupt when he was provoked. Yet he was also a sensitive man unable to express his feelings, except in a racing car, in which he was an accomplished if unspectacular driver. He eventually died behind the wheel, a quarter of a century after he became champion." quoted from Formula 1.com
Most of the old F1 drivers could not tolerate today's BS. And many of today's drivers would never drive in those dangerous times! Different era, different mentality. Racing was better years ago.
