The Australian Grand Prix of 2009 has again become an unexpected spectacle during which Button proved the most consistent and fastest. Rubens Barrichello finished second thanks to late crashes from Vettel and Kubica, while Trulli finishes 3th after starting from last place.
You'd probably go slower. As has been explained this is just one part of the jigsaw on an F1 car.Dukeage wrote:How long would it take to change a diffuser on an F1 car? It's not a quick job like changing a front wing but it sounds remotely possible to do between FP1 and FP2, especially if you are McLaren.
ESPImperium wrote:Im gonna say something totally left-field here, but look at Rubhinos on-board camera when he set his P2 time in the last 2 mins of Quali 3. Look at his right thum hit a button and at the same time the engine revs leap in the audio, and about a second or two later his engine revs die again... Im gonna say theres a KERS system on that car, or both Brawn cars!!!myurr wrote:Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this or even if anyone else agrees with me, but I think the engines this year sound terrible. It's like they're short shifting all the time, and I've noticed both KERS and non-KERS cars having weird sudden jumps in the revs which sounds really strange. I can understand that in the KERS cars as the power kicks in, but it was happening on the Brawns as well.
Does everyone else hate the engine noise this year?
Yes, advance timing and highest engine map, would be the best guess.Shi Ruan wrote:I'm pretty sure that is the p2p button they've had for a while... you know, run the engine ragged for a few moments and then return it to the normal, more conservative map.ESPImperium wrote:Im gonna say something totally left-field here, but look at Rubhinos on-board camera when he set his P2 time in the last 2 mins of Quali 3. Look at his right thum hit a button and at the same time the engine revs leap in the audio, and about a second or two later his engine revs die again... Im gonna say theres a KERS system on that car, or both Brawn cars!!!myurr wrote:Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this or even if anyone else agrees with me, but I think the engines this year sound terrible. It's like they're short shifting all the time, and I've noticed both KERS and non-KERS cars having weird sudden jumps in the revs which sounds really strange. I can understand that in the KERS cars as the power kicks in, but it was happening on the Brawns as well.
Does everyone else hate the engine noise this year?
Could be wrong though.
I hope you're right, because we might be heading for the opposite - a very boring season with one (or possibly two) makes dominating.The future is always uncertain, but so far it looks like we're going into a very interesting season.
I noticed that too. I think that is something with image/sound transmission.alelanza wrote:Yes yes, i heard that in several cars, strangely enough the williams was one of them. However when Kimi used it along w/the on screen graph, it didn't seem very noticeable noise wise. That being said they only showed it for a very short period and it was barely touched during that time. It was also strange hearing LH's radio telling him his kers was fully charged, i would have expected he would have known w/o being told, so i guess big issues are still being worked out on that unit. Also, when the new graph came up i thought we'd finally be able to see braking intensity, i've often wondered why the graph is simply on and off...myurr wrote:Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this or even if anyone else agrees with me, but I think the engines this year sound terrible. It's like they're short shifting all the time, and I've noticed both KERS and non-KERS cars having weird sudden jumps in the revs which sounds really strange. I can understand that in the KERS cars as the power kicks in, but it was happening on the Brawns as well.
Does everyone else hate the engine noise this year?
ESPImperium wrote:Heres my predictions for the first pit stops:
Ive made up a rough idea made from a Excell document to make thatlist.
Great list ESPImperium but I think the fuel burn rate is a bit higher - about 2.8 kg per lap. Also, sorting the list by grid order would be helpful.ESPImperium wrote:Heres my predictions for the first pit stops:
Ive made up a rough idea made from a Excell document to make thatlist.
and how'd they get on?xpensive wrote:You be surprised kilcoo, in 1990 the Arrows team changed their Porsche V12 for a Cosworth V8 between quali and race.
Its still interesting that they put so little fuel into Lewis' car though.... normally fast cars that start near the back put loads of fuel in knowing they'll be quicker than the people around them and will jump some of the others ahead when those cars ahead have to stop earlier...Again for those who refuse to understand, EVERBODY IS ON FUMES IN Q1 & Q2, it is only in Q3 that qualify with race fuel loads on board... It has been this way for the last 3 YEARS.
Could also be due to the changes in pit lane speed limit reducing the window of opportunity. Or the dynamics of the car (remember the bottoming out when running with heavy fuel loads). Or tyre wear causing a 2 stop to be optimum for the McLaren.machin wrote:Its still interesting that they put so little fuel into Lewis' car though.... normally fast cars that start near the back put loads of fuel in knowing they'll be quicker than the people around them and will jump some of the others ahead when those cars ahead have to stop earlier...Again for those who refuse to understand, EVERBODY IS ON FUMES IN Q1 & Q2, it is only in Q3 that qualify with race fuel loads on board... It has been this way for the last 3 YEARS.
Maybe I've answered my own query though... the above is normal for fast cars..
This might be due to tire wear issues - I don't think Lewis will want to do a 1 stop strategy. About 19-20 laps is 'normal' for a 2 stop strategy so Hamilton is slightly lighter than that.machin wrote:Its still interesting that they put so little fuel into Lewis' car though...
The fuel usage figure that I saw was 2.42kg per 5km on average, with Melbourne being slightly higher at 2.48kg per 5km. Hope that helps. I'm sure you have, but don't forget to round down rather than leave it to eXcel to round up as it sees fit.ESPImperium wrote:Updated it a little with higher fuel useage rate and a little more on race distance etc...
