ValeVida46 wrote: ↑10 Aug 2023, 10:00
Farnborough wrote: ↑10 Aug 2023, 09:13
How would that help anyone ? unless the proposed implementation is for some of the teams, and not others. Which is not tenable.
The same technology for all hasn't historically shown that it brings back markers into play, more that those understanding it will reap even more advantage.
I'd respectfully offer Williams FW14B as evidence sir
The advantage here is good theory well executed, some of the design approaches are clearly naive in their first iteration 2022 guise, but mostly they seem to have grasped the task facing thrn in opposition to this RB team. Whether these rules will last long enough to give them time in catching up we'll have to see.
My biggest reservation is the continuous rolling over and remaking of the F1 rule set, that's always going to give dispersion initially, when spectators would like to see genuine racing.
How would it help? It resolves the ride issue all teams experience. The only difference is the variation of it.
Cost issues are mitigated by no longer needing to spend resources and cash on finding a compromised suspension solution for the season. Because that's essentially what everyone is doing.
And if you're offering the FW14B as evidence, it had first mover advantage over the entire field and was running the system as early as 1988 on the FW12. FRICS could easily be made spec and to cost by any team too.
F1 has always been an evolutionary sport. No different today, and far more has been done in far less domineering seasons previously. After all, it's racing the spectators want to see right?
I see that as your Mercedes centric view, they being the most affected and still stating they don't know what's the cause, even now
I'm pretty sure this contribution (nakedly about MB failure in reality) is not welcome here by many in the RB thread. Someone other than I can be the judge of that, I'll not add anything else to that particular discussion here.
On topic of progression, it's been clearly demonstrated that both AM & McL have taken in the significant aspect of this rules set, both with a very substantial move toward competing with this RB platform with the cars they've put forward this year. Showing clear and definite grasp of the task in hand, albeit both with a little searching of which way they are pointing as we go through from season start.
I do feel next year is going to bring closer pace (it's still a very compressed , for pace, field anyway) of the teams able to think comprehensively about just how much focus is needed in concept to start with.
This RB19 conceptually, its application to solving the problems given and the whole team in operating it I see a a high water mark overall in F1.
It really does give the others something to aim at, and all the more satisfaction if they can outperform what is patently coming into view as a masterpiece