AR3-GP wrote: ↑05 Mar 2023, 20:42
organic wrote: ↑05 Mar 2023, 20:36
They had 24h of running In testing and 3h in free practice. Even if we consider only evening sessions it is still 13h of running. How is that not enough time to develop at least a decent setup?
At the first test, the rear wing they wanted to use, snapped in half.
When they finally installed it during race week, it was flexing like a mechanical bull.
Small things can have a big impact on performance.
Usually you can change wing level substantially and be fine. If not then your car is just a diva and you can't expect to ever nail the setup except a couple of races. You can keep saying "ahh the setup wasn't right" but at some point that's the car having a flaw.
Ferrari upped the beamwing too when they had to use the double pylon and this didn't help. Merc swapped from high to med-low downforce wing and found a setup window for instance, and the w14 isn't the most compliant car
My opinion is the problem is not the wing but the way this car reacts to changes. Porpoising/bouncing even reappeared at the end of the race for 10 laps for sainz as the fuel burned off, which is not happening for any other team this year.