De Jokke wrote: ↑20 Mar 2022, 23:59
isn't this due to the extra wing they had to put on, due to downforce needed at the back because they had to up the rear due to bouncing?
Not to concerned atm on the PU side (yet).
Its interesting the customer teams were in the positions they were in, which the Merc was just in a little spot of its own throughout the race. Hard to compare PU's without having data and knowing what the look for, but I think its highly unlikely all the customer teams have got designs so wrong meaning they are at the lower end of the grid.
It will be interesting to compare average lap times from the W13 to the other cars on the track, given everyone now has done a race so data available will be more meaningful than trying to work out what fuel load the teams had in their car during testing.
I do think they are genuinely struggling though with a area of their car thats causing issues. Whether their pace through the race today was down to playing it safe with porpoising, the PU, or having to run a different setup to normal is another question to ask. Id say they are around 1 second behind on pace compared to redbull and ferrari.
Mess with the Bull - you get the horns.