Dan Fallows expresses his dissatisfaction with the current technical regulations in Formula 1. The technical director of Aston Martin believes that there is not enough room for innovation and explains why all cars are the same.

Anyway, Aston Martin has started the 2023 season well. Fernando Alonso, with Max Verstappen, is the only driver to finish on the podium in every Grand Prix to date with three third places. Also thanks to the sixth and fourth-place finish from Lance Stroll, the British team has already gained ten more points than the whole of last year.

The FIA’s job is more difficult

“The regulations we have at the moment were introduced with the best of intentions, and a lot of good research has been done as to why they were introduced,” Fallows told the Formula 1 podcast. beyond the network. “But we now have a set of regulations that are by far the most complex in the history of F1, both sporting and technical regulations, and more complex in terms of actual application, so the FIA’s job has become exponentially more difficult in recent years. And I don’t think “That was really helpful. What we basically came up with is the regulations that force you to design the car a certain way.”

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There is not enough room for innovation

“This is why so many cars look the same or very similar,” explained the 49-year-old Briton. “For example, there are incredibly complex regulations for the front wing, which basically require you to design it into a very specific shape. Not only are the regulations complex, but they can only be regulated or judged by the FIA ​​by also looking at CAD drawings. Part of the regulations is literally how to build the surfaces the way you have them, whereas in the past we had certain parameters and as long as the car met those you could do whatever you wanted.” When asked if he thought the regulations left enough room for innovation, Fallows replied: “Honestly, no, no.”