Indeed. Will anyone try the Soft-Medium strat? AKA the Sam Collins "he has to pit again" strategy
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Sergio Perez briefly lost the lead to Fernando Alonso at the start but soon recovered and led the remaining laps to easily win the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen recovered from 15th to 2nd. Fernando Alonso finished third despite a post-race penalty that was reversed later in the evening.
to check whether or not their gearbox/electronics issues from Bahrain have returned which seemed to only appear on the quali/race engine mode. 334 km/h in quali last year at Jeddah, 337 in Fp1 this year; it is hard to imagine they are not using the top engine mode
Ferrari trolling like the Boss
Yes they have much more to come
Maybe not that much. Seems like they've opted for the slightly higher DF rear wing compared to Bahrain.
no this is clearly their race engine modeAR3-GP wrote: ↑17 Mar 2023, 17:04Yes they have much more to come
https://i.postimg.cc/hvSn4gqv/image.png
Higher DF, but the question is for which drag penalty. It probably produces more DF with less drag by flexing more.
The flexing is strictly regulated nowadays, doubt there is much of any vertical flex in that wing. The main-plane is clearly more squared off, which would suggest slightly more downforce for slightly more drag. They might compensate for that with a weaker beam wing, but I doubt Ferrari will be hitting 340 come quali.
Yup, i saw Sainz derating like crazy and this shows it clearly.AR3-GP wrote: ↑17 Mar 2023, 17:04Yes they have much more to come
https://i.postimg.cc/hvSn4gqv/image.png
What’s the purpose of the single pillar in your opinion? And why would they opt for a higher DF rear wing than in Bahrain?Cs98 wrote: ↑17 Mar 2023, 17:14The flexing is strictly regulated nowadays, doubt there is much of any vertical flex in that wing. The main-plane is clearly more squared off, which would suggest slightly more downforce for slightly more drag. They might compensate for that with a weaker beam wing, but I doubt Ferrari will be hitting 340 come quali.
The problem with Ferrari running so conservatively, is that issues go undetected unless you turn it up. Running the PU in such an off state like this gives poor insight into the temperatures/cooling requirement, vibrations, harvesting, etc etc. There is a lot of danger in running too far off what your car is supposed to do.