dialtone wrote: ↑29 Jul 2024, 16:17
Maybe a smartphone from the early 2000/late 90s.
Usually range from 140g to 250g.
How heavy is the f1 tire alone new?
Yes, i misremembered between a smartphone and a smaller tablet. My bad.
But anyway, i came across
this Reddit comment. The guy who made it says he has an inside source in Mercedes, and he later
linked to another Reddit comment he made where he mentioned that Mercedes might have an underweight car, before anyone else knew (the post is unedited and was made about 8 minutes before the first FIA document was published on the issue - it was also made before even Chris Medland reported on the issue). So it does seem like he knows someone on the inside.
Anyway, he claims his source says
Russells tires were 1.2 kg lighter than Lewis tires. So still seems like the tires alone wouldn't be able to make up for it without Russell doing some decent rubber pickup. So clearly Mercedes must have miscalculated somewhere else. But as to the tire wear argument, it definitely seems like the tires shred a lot of weight during a stint - possibly up towards the 2-3 kilogram range at the upper end.
His claim that they only weigh the higher placed car in each team seems dubious though. That would imply that the FIA Scrutineering document is intentionally lying when it states that all cars (except Zhou) were weighed. If that is truly the case, then what else would the scutineering document be lying about?