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by pmontra 3664 days ago
They would have to remove the driver. Check the famous Red Bull concept car from 2010, only simulated, not built. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_X2010 500 km/h and 8 g lateral acceleration with the final design. I don't think you can drive a car like that for long.

The Williams car with active suspensions was the last technical improvement that was not a rules loophole up to maybe the Mercedes f-duct and wing stalling. F1 has become a spec formula with the only goal to keep lap times more or less constant and some common ground with production cars (the current hybrids, Le Mans too.)