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Ahead of the 1994 season, the FIA banned electronic driver aids such as active suspension and traction control. [11] [12] The speed of the change (the FIA was so eager to implement the ban that it initially suggested imposing the ban in the middle of the 1993 season [12]) was criticised by several drivers, who believed that it would lead to unsafe design flaws in the 1994 cars.
The McLaren MP4/8 was the Formula One car with which the McLaren team competed in the 1993 Formula One World Championship.The car was designed by Neil Oatley around advanced electronics technology including a semi-automatic transmission (which could be switched over to fully automatic), active suspension, two-way telemetry, and traction control systems, that were developed in conjunction with ...
The aerodynamics were therefore designed to work with active suspension and did not have the latitude required in a passive car. Newey said, "The 1994 car was not a good car at all at the start of the year. It was very difficult to drive. We developed the aerodynamics using active suspension and we developed them [to work] in a very small window.
BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions following the Singapore Grand Prix.
It is our opinion that the ability of yourself and your advisers to judge technical and safety issues in F1 must be questioned. [21] The Benetton team, along with Williams, McLaren, Lotus, Pacific, Simtek, Jordan, Footwork Arrows, and Ligier debated the issue in the Williams motorhome to discuss the technical regulations. [21]
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However, the most controversial aspect of Williams' package was its set of innovative electronic driver aids, including active suspension, traction control, and anti-lock brakes. In 1992 and 1993, Williams' Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost stormed to the Drivers' Championship, each winning eight of the first ten races.
The Lotus 91 was the basis for the Lotus 92 - which pioneered active suspension in Formula 1. This suspension was revolutionary, using an on-board system to control the ride height and behaviour of the suspension, thus the Lotus 92 was the first car to be fitted with active suspension. The system was partially controlled by computers but at ...