For those that don’t have Twitter, new package key differences via Albert Fabrega:
There are probably a few pieces to the puzzle missing, adding that many new parts as they did this time carries a risk… if things don’t work as planned, which part is the culprit? But it is validation of the path they are planning on following in 2023
It hasn’t seem too tricky but just lazy and stiff. Very slow to change direction. Hopefully they can dial the package in on a more normal track. I guess the positive is that it isn’t slower and there is now a development direction that has opened up, compared to the dead alley they were in
Also interesting to note how even the livery has evolved and how much more bare carbon is prevalent in today’s version versus the beginning of the season in an effort to reduce weight.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑01 Oct 2022, 17:11Evolution of the MCL36 Sidepods throughout the season:
https://i.imgur.com/j4whxUE.jpg
Via: @RosarioGiuliana
Very hard to evaluate it based on the conditions of qualifying… I was looking at the the ideal lap versus actual lap for the drivers and there was a lot of time left on the table by everyone (interestingly, Gasly had the fastest ideal lap of the field by a large margin… He would have been 6 seconds faster than Hamilton’s ideal fastest lap as a reference).101FlyingDutchman wrote: ↑02 Oct 2022, 14:49It hasn’t seem too tricky but just lazy and stiff. Very slow to change direction. Hopefully they can dial the package in on a more normal track. I guess the positive is that it isn’t slower and there is now a development direction that has opened up, compared to the dead alley they were in
Yeah they moved some stuff from underneath that rad. I still think packaging wise they could improve the sidepod/undercut area more but won’t happen this year. I wonder if water cooled sidepod rads would be an option there.f1rules wrote: ↑06 Oct 2022, 07:34im unsure but i do think they moved some of the electronics from the sidepod to elsewhere, key did state in a recent interview that they made internal changes with this update
before
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After
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FeWcpx2XoAA ... name=large