Hammerfist wrote:dialtone wrote: ↑22 May 2022, 21:23
Hammerfist wrote:
Still had a Ferrari beat on pace and that's with both cars. Sainz cannot have damaged something while simply going to the gravel while not hitting anything else surely? Don't really think the cooling issues are a big deal. They didn't estimate the temperatures to be as high and developped a problem. It should be addressed the next time out. Not there yet as you said, but surely closing the gap.
Why not? Norris had to replace chassis and floor just for going over a kerb in free practice. Braking the diffuser when you spin in gravel seems entirely possible.
Explain how gravel, which is just basically sand can damage body work on the car. Are you seriously comparing that to hitting a solid curb that can shatter any body work within a blink of an eye?
Gravel moves around, when the car lands on gravel from the spin, car moves sideways, gravel accumulates between wheel and side of diffuser, at that point the car keeps going down bending and eventually braking the diffuser.
You can simulate the same, take your hand open and push gravel over, it will accumulate and eventually impede your movement. But I’m sure you know this already and are just giving sainz a hard time for the sake of it.