KimiRai wrote: ↑07 Nov 2024, 14:43
AR3-GP wrote: ↑07 Nov 2024, 02:35
I think that there is a connection between the Mercedes rear suspension and the problems that both teams have. Both Alonso and Hamilton complained about back pain this weekend. Is this not suspicious to you?
Or the wind tunnel.
Aston Martin’s is not a simple correlation problem. On the contrary, in scenarios replicable in the wind tunnel and CFD, the updates return expected load, efficiency and balance values. The difficulties arise from those phenomena that cannot be analysed except on the track, such as transients, the transition between the various phases of the curve or the impact between the floor and the ground. “We found that for the most part [the updates] behave as we expect, although sometimes there are slightly underestimated consequences, or others that we are aware of, but which have a heavier impact on performance”, comments Dan Fallows to Racecar Engineering.
https://www.formulapassion.it/f1/f1-ana ... ere-aperto
Mercedes is quicker with the same WT after all so there is no room for excuses, but it could be a factor. From what Ive read, AM's new wind tunnel should have some innovations in it concerning the floor.
That also brings to me another question. In that case, why doesn't Mercedes improve it? McLaren modernized their old one, Ferrari updated theirs during the summer break too, even Red Bull is building a completely new one, Aston too of course. If all of those teams have done it/are doing so it suggests there is a clear benefit.
Interesting ...on that link ...
"On some occasions the team also comes to violate the closed park regime, taking advantage of the races to conduct experiments with the heights from the ground and with the stiffness of the suspensions, with the aim of finding better conditions to make the bottom work".
Wonder if that's what they did for the race and resulted in Alonso's back pain ? Although my understanding of parc fermé rules is that they would have had to start from the back, which they clearly didn't do. Oh but I think some parc fermé rules are waived for wet races ...
Found this ...
They can change spec if they can prove shortages but they're not allowed to adjust the setup for the different spec part.
. In my opinion they used Suzuka in fp1 and it was fine, since the sprint wasn't very interesting they did two test sessions in sprint quali and sprint race, seeing the results they returned again to Suzuka and in fact Alonso in quali he was flying, after the damage they were forced to return to Austin. This is what I think and what I have deduced, I am ready to be proven wrong