How F1 teams deal with badly shunted cars

[John S]

Found this rather interesting article about how teams handle severly damaged cars at races & how much recycling really goes on?

https://www.raceteq.com/articles/2024/06/what-happens-to-a-damaged-f1-chassis-after-crash?utm_source=chatgpt.com

[Jericoke]

I don't know that F1 is known for 'trickle down' technology to the automotive world as much as they used to.

But there is room for F1 to 'trickle down' into the manufacturing world.  Mandating a certain amount recyclability into an F1 car will create an arms race to create manufacturing of recyclable products.  Carbon fibre may be a miracle material for building something light and fast (race car, airplane, spacecraft), but as far as I can tell it's not recyclable.  Either figure out how to recycle it (beyond re purposing broken bits into patches for other broken bits), or find another material that can be recycled easier.

[cosworth151]

Very interesting article. The test they describe for finding cracks in carbon fiber sounds much the same as the dye penetrant tests used to find cracks in non ferrous metals like aluminum.

Actually much of the wrecked carbon fiber from F1 is recycled very profitably. It becomes high priced souvenirs.