#AMuS Mercedes Floor
Looks very basic if u compare to other carsAeroDynamic wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 12:24#AMuS Mercedes Floor
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I expect they will bring updates to this potentially for the first race. Looks like one of the ways to help with porpoising is to have some cutouts in the floor edge.shamyakovic wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 12:25Looks very basic if u compare to other carsAeroDynamic wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 12:24#AMuS Mercedes Floor
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I don't think they are struggling to solve the porpoising problem itself. The goal is to solve it but also retain as much efficient downforce as possible. The fact that some teams "are better with porpoising" than others means nothing until we see the performance of those cars in race conditions.SiLo wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 12:34I expect they will bring updates to this potentially for the first race. Looks like one of the ways to help with porpoising is to have some cutouts in the floor edge.shamyakovic wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 12:25Looks very basic if u compare to other carsAeroDynamic wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 12:24#AMuS Mercedes Floor
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Indeed. An interpretation you can make, is some teams have given up trying to find a compromise on the limit of how low they dare to run the floor. Other teams haven't and are trying different solutions. Raising ride height is easy but costs downforce.nimoraca wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 12:37I don't think they are struggling to solve the porpoising problem itself. The goal is to solve it but also retain as much efficient downforce as possible. The fact that some teams "are better with porpoising" than others means nothing until we see the performance of those cars in race conditions.
Is this a new floor the put on today or the one from the start of this test?AeroDynamic wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 12:24#AMuS Mercedes Floor
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Maybe a new floor getting putting on this dinner, they had the covers upzubster wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 13:07Is this a new floor the put on today or the one from the start of this test?AeroDynamic wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 12:24#AMuS Mercedes Floor
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It's gonna be the GP. Testing is only 6 days
Yup, the porpoising is really holding them back to get the car in a sweet spot, I think. Once this is solved, they might be in the pound seat.radosav wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 14:46Source: The Race
"Hamilton absolutely emphatic that Mercedes is not in a good position right now. He doesn't expect Mercedes to fight for wins in its current form and says if people don't believe that, they will be surprised next weekend.
Asked if he can fight for the title this year, he says: "Obviously it’s a little bit too early to have those kinds of thoughts. At the moment I don’t think we’ll be competing for wins. But there is potential within our car to get us there. We’ve just got to extract it and fix our problems.
"That’s what we’re working on. Everyone’s doing a fantastic job, working as hard as they can.
"We have hurdles to overcome. Next week we will have a better showing of our pace. People will be surprised maybe - people think we are talking ourselves down but it’s different this year."
On Sky Germany Andreas Haupt from "auto, motor und sport", who has good sources within Mercedes, just gave an interview where he said exactly what Lewis said. He was also told by Mercedes Engineers that they think Ferrari has the best car at the moment followed by Red Bull, who obviously got better with todays updates. Haupt said that Mercedes even doubt that they are Nr. 3 behind Ferrari and Red Bull, saying that they think another team is also in front of team at the moment.De Jokke wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 15:06Yup, the porpoising is really holding them back to get the car in a sweet spot, I think. Once this is solved, they might be in the pound seat.radosav wrote: ↑12 Mar 2022, 14:46Source: The Race
"Hamilton absolutely emphatic that Mercedes is not in a good position right now. He doesn't expect Mercedes to fight for wins in its current form and says if people don't believe that, they will be surprised next weekend.
Asked if he can fight for the title this year, he says: "Obviously it’s a little bit too early to have those kinds of thoughts. At the moment I don’t think we’ll be competing for wins. But there is potential within our car to get us there. We’ve just got to extract it and fix our problems.
"That’s what we’re working on. Everyone’s doing a fantastic job, working as hard as they can.
"We have hurdles to overcome. Next week we will have a better showing of our pace. People will be surprised maybe - people think we are talking ourselves down but it’s different this year."
LH: “I think we have far bigger challenges this time, and they are not one week turnarounds.
“I think they will take a little bit longer. But from what I'm told we have a considerable amount of pace to find.”