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They have experimented with this throughout the season but didn't see it happen at all with the RB18
organic wrote: ↑27 Feb 2023, 20:07New louvre panels on the top of the sidepod
What I am most interested in is that they experimented with asymmetrical louvre layout, with the sidepod louvres only open on one side.
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+1 I missed your post on this. Either this is due to greater cooling needs on the right hand rads or it is reflective of track direction and yaw affecting inlet flow; or both. Miami is CCW, f.e., and the additional cooling is accordingly on the RH side.organic wrote: ↑14 May 2023, 23:54https://i.postimg.cc/y8LDsDq1/Screen-Sh ... -26-PM.png
They have experimented with this throughout the season but didn't see it happen at all with the RB18
Totally agree that most is gained by deploying at the start of the the straight, however, optimum strategy further down the straight can still be played with.organic wrote: ↑14 May 2023, 02:30
Teams are often offering drivers different deployment maps, sometimes sacrificing laptimes by using less deployment elsewhere to prevent overtakes into particular corners that's correct - in many cases this is done by saving extra energy for the main straight.
However the specific case being referred to is one where s RB had no need to do this sort of adjustment to the deployment. They were in a part of the race where they'd be preventing too much engine wear whilst optimizing laptimes - he was trying to fight verstappen but weren't duelling on track.
Additionally, there'd be no logical reason as a defending car with an overtaking car behind to hold back on deploying energy at the start of the straight to save energy in order to "defend harder at the end of the straight" - again in such a scenario you should deploy maximally from the beginning of the straight.
the sound of the honda pu changes when drs is opened it sound like its being pushed harder or maybe deploying ers also charge sound of engine.TimW wrote: ↑15 May 2023, 08:54Totally agree that most is gained by deploying at the start of the the straight, however, optimum strategy further down the straight can still be played with.organic wrote: ↑14 May 2023, 02:30
Teams are often offering drivers different deployment maps, sometimes sacrificing laptimes by using less deployment elsewhere to prevent overtakes into particular corners that's correct - in many cases this is done by saving extra energy for the main straight.
However the specific case being referred to is one where s RB had no need to do this sort of adjustment to the deployment. They were in a part of the race where they'd be preventing too much engine wear whilst optimizing laptimes - he was trying to fight verstappen but weren't duelling on track.
Additionally, there'd be no logical reason as a defending car with an overtaking car behind to hold back on deploying energy at the start of the straight to save energy in order to "defend harder at the end of the straight" - again in such a scenario you should deploy maximally from the beginning of the straight.
Especially when DRS is available, it makes sense to deploy less before DRS opens, where you just burn energy against the high drag. As soon as DRS opens the equation changes and there is more value in deploying again. Given the extreme acceleration of the RB19 when opening DRS, they seem to be doing exactly that.
Without DRS there are still variations possible. Laptime wise a broad flat peak in the speed profile would be optimal, not focusing on peak speed (burning energy) but on a slightly lower sustained speed. However, when defending that would allow for more slipstreaming for the following car. So again focusing everything on the first half of the straight, breaking tow, could be beneficial it seems.
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