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Team: James Allison (TD), Naoki Tokunaga (DTD), Tim Densham (CD), Dirk De Beer (HA), Gerard Lopez (Chairman), Eric Boullier (TP), Patrick Louis (COO), John Mardle (OD), Steve Nielsen (SD), Alan Permane (CRE)
Drivers: Kimi Räikkönen (9), Romain Grosjean (10)
And it's not the first time this season they doing it.nacho wrote:I find it interesting that they are willing to sacrifice a whole practice to change the steering on the car once again. What's going on in that department, I sure would like to hear some insights.
The main reason why they are having so much setup work on the front suspension and on the steering is because of Raikkonen' driving style. His style requires a very sensitive setup on input, but also on feedback of the steering. Raikkonen is still looking for the perfect setup on that department, and although they found a good solution to the previous problems, Monaco is a very special track for the suspension and steering setup.nacho wrote:I find it interesting that they are willing to sacrifice a whole practice to change the steering on the car once again. What's going on in that department, I sure would like to hear some insights.
Isn't the only difference the angle of photos?SRK wrote:New sidepod
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With Monaco you have a very sharp hairpin. A normal road course steering rack most likely won't allow enough turning angle to turn inside of someone in the hairpin but rather just make the radius of the hairpin.xDama wrote:The main reason why they are having so much setup work on the front suspension and on the steering is because of Raikkonen' driving style. His style requires a very sensitive setup on input, but also on feedback of the steering. Raikkonen is still looking for the perfect setup on that department, and although they found a good solution to the previous problems, Monaco is a very special track for the suspension and steering setup.nacho wrote:I find it interesting that they are willing to sacrifice a whole practice to change the steering on the car once again. What's going on in that department, I sure would like to hear some insights.
I think Raikkonen immediately felt that the current setup wasn't working and switched to an alternate version.
No doubt this is a different shape without lower external SITs.techF1LES wrote:Isn't the only difference the angle of photos?SRK wrote:New sidepod
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Yes, you are right. I was unable to notice any difference on previous pics, but now it is clear - lower leading edge of sidepod entry was definitely reshaped and covers lower SIT more smoothly. Or lower SITs are not there?SRK wrote:No doubt this is a different shape without lower external SITs.techF1LES wrote:Isn't the only difference the angle of photos?SRK wrote:New sidepod
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