mclaren front wing flutter at top speed ....
and 6km down on top speed ...lets see how quick the car is without f-duct now!
Confirmed on the BBC Red Button coverage.Carmack wrote:Mclaren had a pretty steep AoA in FP1 (one of the steepest, if not the) , while Mercedes GP and Lotus ran the lowest as far as I saw on TV...
I think that is a bit unfair. He was making the point that the cost of developing a completely Monza specific aero package might be beyond the resources of the small teams.adrianjordan wrote:OT but, interestingly Karun Chandock was in the commentary box and pointed out that at Monza the newer teams will struggle as they cannot reduce their downforce enough!!
BUT with the extra downforce they can carry more speed through the corners...especially the Parabolica. I think their thinking is that they'll be far enough ahead after the corner that by the time the cars that are faster in a straight line catch up with them they'll be at the braking zone...murtoidf1 wrote:Even thought McLaren were 1 and 3 in FP1 they should be removing the F duct and using their low downforce wing for FP2.
they seems quite a bit down on top speed... surely having a low top speed makes them sitting ducks on the straight.. it doesn't matter how late they can brake if the opposition is already ahead/alongside them into turn 1.
well thats what it hinges on.. im not too sure it will work though. depends if the car behind can stay close behind them in those corners or if the dirty air will hinder the car behind. this is all assuming they are in front in the first place...adrianjordan wrote:BUT with the extra downforce they can carry more speed through the corners...especially the Parabolica. I think their thinking is that they'll be far enough ahead after the corner that by the time the cars that are faster in a straight line catch up with them they'll be at the braking zone...murtoidf1 wrote:Even thought McLaren were 1 and 3 in FP1 they should be removing the F duct and using their low downforce wing for FP2.
they seems quite a bit down on top speed... surely having a low top speed makes them sitting ducks on the straight.. it doesn't matter how late they can brake if the opposition is already ahead/alongside them into turn 1.
yup, and he has been half a second slower than button a few laps in a row.astracrazy wrote:just seen hamilton in garage, they look like they running without fduct (by looks of rear wing)
what is happening to the air going into the intake usually used for the f duct, the one above the engine intake? are there any vents behind it?zgred wrote:
no longer. 8 tenths faster? jeez.murtoidf1 wrote:yup, and he has been half a second slower than button a few laps in a row.astracrazy wrote:just seen hamilton in garage, they look like they running without fduct (by looks of rear wing)