It has been reported that Merc will revert to the old floor for FP2.
The Hamilton Z-cut floor did not deliver the desired results.
Honestly think they were correct that if another team manages to hook it up that they will be the 4th fastest team.
I personally don’t think so. I think them being too clever with it and making too much downforce is their problem. I suspect some correlation issues as well.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 17:25Could the car be suffering from Mercedes having reduced resource limits thanks to the rules? Other teams with obvious B-teams seem to be doing much better with both the A and B teams. Also, the teams with access to more resources thanks to the rules such as Alpine have done well with the rule change too.
Perhaps Mercedes have been forced to go down the route of evolving the W12-style car because they didn't have enough resource allocation under the rules to do a blank sheet design.
Perhaps so. What is looking likely is that they'll be lucky to get in to Q2 let alone trouble Q3 and the front of the grid. If either of them finishes Sunday with a point, it'll be surprising.Hoffman900 wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 17:29I personally don’t think so. I think them being too clever with it and making too much downforce is their problem.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 17:25Could the car be suffering from Mercedes having reduced resource limits thanks to the rules? Other teams with obvious B-teams seem to be doing much better with both the A and B teams. Also, the teams with access to more resources thanks to the rules such as Alpine have done well with the rule change too.
Perhaps Mercedes have been forced to go down the route of evolving the W12-style car because they didn't have enough resource allocation under the rules to do a blank sheet design.
Well Red Bull had similar amount of resources and they look like they are doing fine. I don't think it's the concept of the sidepods, it's likely just figuring out how to get the floor to stop choking. It will be interesting to understand how the sidepod shape impacts floor choking though (if that was the case).Just_a_fan wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 17:25Could the car be suffering from Mercedes having reduced resource limits thanks to the rules? Other teams with obvious B-teams seem to be doing much better with both the A and B teams. Also, the teams with access to more resources thanks to the rules such as Alpine have done well with the rule change too.
Perhaps Mercedes have been forced to go down the route of evolving the W12-style car because they didn't have enough resource allocation under the rules to do a blank sheet design.
And Red Bull have a B team...SiLo wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 17:34Well Red Bull had similar amount of resources and they look like they are doing fine. I don't think it's the concept of the sidepods, it's likely just figuring out how to get the floor to stop choking. It will be interesting to understand how the sidepod shape impacts floor choking though (if that was the case).Just_a_fan wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 17:25Could the car be suffering from Mercedes having reduced resource limits thanks to the rules? Other teams with obvious B-teams seem to be doing much better with both the A and B teams. Also, the teams with access to more resources thanks to the rules such as Alpine have done well with the rule change too.
Perhaps Mercedes have been forced to go down the route of evolving the W12-style car because they didn't have enough resource allocation under the rules to do a blank sheet design.
Exactly, you can see ferraris doing the same thing on their FW camJust_a_fan wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 14:48The front wing is adjustable and so is able to move. All teams' front wings will be doing the same thing.