silver wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 07:28
The misleading statements about the masked performance that is sitting in the car which is being held back by porpoising should now rest.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/what ... /10322102/
"Montreal isn't a smooth circuit, but maybe places like Ricard and Silverstone, this car would work better. But even if we get onto a smooth track, we're well aware that the base performance isn't there either at the moment. We've got to ramp that up."
The following statement confirms the problem in the design of the car than in the regulations. While others have managed to build cars that produce performance at higher ride heights, W13 is designed to produce peak performance when it runs far closer to the ground than others. This is the primary reason for the problems that Mercedes drivers are facing, far more than others.
"If you have a car that's generating downforce, closer to the road, so its peak is lower, then you've got less room to play with. And you have to inherently run it stiffer.
The lobbying by Russell for active suspension is for the following reason, more than any safety reasons.
"The ride issues are unlikely to be due to the shape of the bodywork of the car, as some of it is definitely mechanical.
I think you are mixing up "ride issues" and the cause of porpoising. Shovlin said the ride is not affected by the shape of the car, which is obvious but I think he says this to kill any ideas of "throwing the design in the trash."
Don't Aston use the same rear suspension amd their ride seemed comfy.
This low ride height issue of Mercedes i would say it starts a bit further back.
Mercedes over the last 8 years specialized in low floor skimming ride heights at the rear. I think this development path made them weaker in the area of under-floor vortex management when compared to teams like RedBull, who ran high rake for years where mastery votrices is absolutely necessary to maintain floor suction under different conditions.
Mercedes want to run low because this is all they know. It has become clear that the current suspension doesn't allow them to do this without poor ride quality for the drivers. A new suspension won't fix their aerodynamic deficiencies but it would save them development time from having to learn how tobdesign a floor those vortex management tricks.