Well. When you consider that Williams ran a car with no suspension during the ground effect era in the 80's it does make sense.Macklaren wrote: ↑13 Feb 2022, 02:12Everything I have read in the last 48 hours indicates the opposite. These cars are going to handle like go-karts and be incredibly stiff with no ability to ride the kerbs. Daniel has been talking about the cars giving drivers headaches.DiogoBrand wrote: ↑13 Feb 2022, 01:40Compared to last year I'd guess the suspensions most likely will be softer simply because the tyre sidewalls are lower this time.Emag wrote: ↑13 Feb 2022, 01:24This is more of a general question, but with cars now relying even more on ground effect, are softer suspensions better for aero stability? I guess the floor is much more sensitive now and sudden jumps may cause temporary downforce losses. I was thinking maybe a chassis that moves less is better for this purpose, but I guess you can't go too soft because you lose a lot of mechanical grip as well.
If we leave this aspect aside and consider what suspension travel is better simply because of the aero, it's hard for me to guess, but if we consider the low front wings, the high rakes some teams used and all the appendages necessary to generate downforce from a flat floor, if I had to guess I'd think last year's regulations would ask for less suspension travel, but I may very well have this completely backwards.
I wonder if that plays into Newey's hands given his history of making extremely stiff cars for Mclaren and Red Bull