Him Hall was doing skirts and fans in Can-Am 7 years earlier. Chapman went and visited with him at a Can-Am race. Hall pioneered wings, movable aerodynamic devices, side-mounted radiators, semi-automatic transmissions, and composite monocoque chassis structures, all of them innovations later adopted by and still present in every Formula 1 car.
Brabham attempted to circumvent the rules and was banned, influenced by Chapman. Years later, Chapman himself tried to do the same, got prohibited, and complained about it! karma hits hard...
Not circumvent, just exploit a loophole. They even got the FIA to approve the car prior to the Swedish GP. Most of the air was being pulled through the radiator, but the area under the car was so large, that even a couple of psi was a huge amount of downforce.
CORRECTION: At 2:31, the correct caption is "The 2J car was created in 1970..." and not "The 2J engine..."
Him Hall was doing skirts and fans in Can-Am 7 years earlier. Chapman went and visited with him at a Can-Am race. Hall pioneered wings, movable aerodynamic devices, side-mounted radiators, semi-automatic transmissions, and composite monocoque chassis structures, all of them innovations later adopted by and still present in every Formula 1 car.
Brabham attempted to circumvent the rules and was banned, influenced by Chapman. Years later, Chapman himself tried to do the same, got prohibited, and complained about it! karma hits hard...
Not circumvent, just exploit a loophole. They even got the FIA to approve the car prior to the Swedish GP. Most of the air was being pulled through the radiator, but the area under the car was so large, that even a couple of psi was a huge amount of downforce.