Brawn agrees with call for lighter F1 cars

Formula 1 sporting manager Ross Brawn says the sport's future cars will shed some significant weight compared to current levels.

Williams' Paddy Lowe recently underlined the gradual increase in F1's minimum weight in the last decade which, in the view of the British team's technical director, has moved Grand Prix closer to endurance racing .

"If F1 is really a sprint formula, and these cars are meant to be incredibly quick for qualifying and for the race in one hour and a half, 300km race, so they’re not endurance cars yet the weight has been increasing to levels that are getting towards an endurance formula rather than a sprint one," said Lowe

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"The lap times are very strong at the moment because we have a lot of power and a huge amount of downforce, higher than ever in history, but the weight is also incredibly high and I think these things ought to be rebalanced.

"If I were designing for 2021 I would want to see a significant weight reduction."

Ross Brawn is on the same page as the Williams engineer, and has vowed to address the issue in the next iteration of the sport's regulations which are set to focus on achieving a level playing field and close racing, among other priorities.

"The weight of the cars will be reduced," Brawn told Auto Motor und Sport.

"The heavier the car, the more it wears out the tyres and consumes the fuel.

"Given the hybrid technology, it's unrealistic to return to 500kg, but where we are at the moment - 733kg - is too much," Brawn admitted.

"It's not that different to sports cars."

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