The updated one was about floor balsa legality mounting.
big over simplification. One piece of it had to do with floors dampening impact via use of rubber/plastic materials in the right places.
Why would that explain the slightly quicker race pace though? Surely they would go hand in hand and not just be affecting 1 lap.dialtone wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 16:58big over simplification. One piece of it had to do with floors dampening impact via use of rubber/plastic materials in the right places.
Also being good/bad at a track is very different than being out in q2 for a car that won hungary and baku by ridiculous margins. They'll be back ahead next race but the gap is heavily reduced.
In all honesty do you really think it's normal that RBR is sitting out Q3? You think bottoming out under braking in T1 is special in Singapore?
Race hasn't happened yet, and I doubt VERY much they'd be on pace of front runners, even when tyres are in window. Gap is just waaay too big. In hungary when they were trash in quali (relatively speaking) they still managed P2, here at best they'd be like P7-9.chrisc90 wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 17:02Why would that explain the slightly quicker race pace though? Surely they would go hand in hand and not just be affecting 1 lap.dialtone wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 16:58big over simplification. One piece of it had to do with floors dampening impact via use of rubber/plastic materials in the right places.
Also being good/bad at a track is very different than being out in q2 for a car that won hungary and baku by ridiculous margins. They'll be back ahead next race but the gap is heavily reduced.
They had better grid positions in hungry and in hungary you can overtake. The problem is on a track like this, there's no room for bad setups and bad tire prep.Juzh wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 17:10Race hasn't happened yet, and I doubt VERY much they'd be on pace of front runners, even when tyres are in window. Gap is just waaay too big. In hungary when they were trash in quali (relatively speaking) they still managed P2, here at best they'd be like P7-9.chrisc90 wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 17:02Why would that explain the slightly quicker race pace though? Surely they would go hand in hand and not just be affecting 1 lap.dialtone wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 16:58
big over simplification. One piece of it had to do with floors dampening impact via use of rubber/plastic materials in the right places.
Also being good/bad at a track is very different than being out in q2 for a car that won hungary and baku by ridiculous margins. They'll be back ahead next race but the gap is heavily reduced.
we will find out what is special in a weeks time I guess.
Yeah I think you've nailed it. We've seen this here before. Everything points towards this. From drivers that don't get probably tyre prep struggling to teams like Ferrari/Haas overheating tyres being able to find ideal gripSieper wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 16:42From the very fast outlaps, to the poor sector 1 (max had a moment, Perez even spun) to knowing that redbull conserve tires (but heats up poorly) to the Haas’ (very good on tire warm up) being fast, to Max being as fast as the rest on the 3 lap run, everything points to tire temp issues.napoleon1981 wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 16:15I dont think what we are seeing today is due to flexible bodywork. Seems like they just couldnt turn the tire on.ringo wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 16:12What everyone will ask...
How much of this championship was atributed to flexible body work, as well as last years?
Max and Perez looking ordinary now. Not able to wring the neck of the car and put it where it doesnt belong.
The other teams could see this last half as an opportunity to get a few wins. But i suspect the car should be sorted out in a race or 2
A very poor weekend so far, plus grid penalty for Max incoming. Tomorrow if tire wear is good they can still do something.
It's also an oversimplification to say, "use of rubber/plastic materials in the right places" without suggesting how such a mechanism would function.dialtone wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 16:58big over simplification. One piece of it had to do with floors dampening impact via use of rubber/plastic materials in the right places.
Also being good/bad at a track is very different than being out in q2 for a car that won hungary and baku by ridiculous margins. They'll be back ahead next race but the gap is heavily reduced.