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Originally Posted by bum-man  In case you didn't know F1 cars are already engineered under the weight limit and use ballast across the chassis to bring it back up to standard. So weight is hardly a concern. |
Yeah, and may be having an extra cog doesn't out weigh the advantage of having extra ballast in a race car. You know there is a difference between adding 10lbs for an extra gear to a 4000lb luxury car and adding the same to a 1200lb race car.
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Originally Posted by bum-man And didn't they just recently bring the constraints of the engine from a 3.0 V10 to a 2.4 V8? That was a prime time to use a 8 speed 9 speed according to you... |
When did I ever say that?
Anyway I have added all I have to this discussion.