An Introduction To S5000 [2020 Edition]
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- After several years of revival attempts, Formula 5000 is finally alive and kicking in Australia with 'S5000'. This series hopes to be what IndyCar is to America, and what Super Formula is to Japan, but for Australia instead.
So if you've heard the name S5000 and want to know what all the fuss is about, or you're heading to this years Australian F1 Grand Prix and need to get up to speed, then this is the right video for you.
This video is accurate up until March 8th 2020.
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• 2019 The Bend Highlights: • Highlights, The Bend M...
• 2019 Sandown Highlights: • S5000 Sandown: Feature...
• Engine Footage: • S5000 Technical - Engine
• The Rest: S5000 Official Broadcast
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UA-cam processing taking longer than usual delayed this one for a bit, but it's here now, so I hope you all enjoy another 'Intro' video!
The whole front suspension was redesigned as well, to suit the bigger wheels, tyres, brakes, to reduce the high steering effort from the bigger wheels (no power steering) and to match the new rear suspension. The front wing was also tweaked a bit to increase downforce to balance the car out. The diffuser is actually smaller than the original F3 version, this new one just suits the new powertrain. Mint video though.
Appreciate the feedback and corrections, thanks for watching.
Good explanation. After watching for a couple of seasons, there are a few things that have emerged. Firstly, the racing has been, by and large, good. A lot of new drivers have had a chance to get some experience in a serious “wings and slicks” racing car. Secondly, the extremely raw nature of these cars means that you can see them twitching and moving as the drivers scrabble for control. Thirdly, they have been at a lot of the best and most challenging tracks in the country. And finally, they did actually make their proper race debut at Albert Park this year with a full field of 16 cars, giving them really good international exposure.
But like anything, there is room for improvement.
The first series revealed that the car had understeer problems. It wasn’t a total disaster but it was clear from onboard video vision that their speed potential was being hampered (it still is but for other reasons). In recent times, Hoosier has built a new front tyre which seems to have addressed about 75% of it. But in my opinion, the tyres remain a problem. It takes an average of about five laps to get them up to temperature and it doesn’t matter how many times the commentators say “How good are these Hoosier tyres”, they are too hard. I don’t mind them lasting a weekend but a whole series… no. For that reason, we are not seeing lap records tumble in quite the way some might have hoped. Simon Wills’ Formula Holden record at Phillip Island hasn’t been seriously challenged yet. Sandown and Simmons Plains both went though.
Second problem is that the races are by time rather than a set number of laps so they tend to spend a lot of time under safety car, which is not ideal.
Third problem is that the feature race is too short. For a track with drivers averaging lap times around 1.30 they should be doing 20 laps for the feature race, making for a half an hour instead of just 20 minutes.
Finally, the publicity hasn’t been up to snuff. It all comes down to one guy and it can take days to get vision up online and there’s very little of it. Come on Chris, you’ll have do a bit better than that if you want to showcase this to the world.
But it’s a good idea and quite well implemented so far. They are obviously challenging to drive and the races at Phillip Island, in particular, have been very good. Bathurst was a bit of a flop, IMHO. Albert Park has been good so far. Hopefully, there will be more international interest in it and we can get them over to New Zealand at some point.
That sounds interesting.
And always nice to see that you Aussies use proper engines ;)
Very good video
They schould think of switching to a f2 chassis later, when they are establischisched.
Agreed - though I think it should be more like a modified F3 International Chassis - cheaper, and can do the job better.
better tyres and different exhaust ❗ asap
1:16 who is that tyre supplier? Never heard of them
Hoosier is an American tyre supplier. They're the tyre of choice in a lot of different racing series here in the US, mostly the smaller ones though. They make a pretty good tyre tbh.
Yeahhhhh noooooo
Given what they were going for, why didn't they just either take an IndyCar or Super Formula car?
They did try using one of the older Super Formula cars (the concept at the beginning on the right is a modified Formula Nippon car), but it just didn't make sense economically, safety wise, and they were just too bulky and heavy. That's why it was just easier to start with a known quantity in the Regional F3 car.