No worries JET, I will back up your opinion with my own...opinion, obviously a shorter wheelbase will suit a Mickey MouseJohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Well ok, I hope not to incur the wrath of Tomba by expressing my opinion, so I will merely say Autosport suggests that the W02 will be well suited to Monaco due to its shorter wheelbase. Going along with FerrariPilots post of what Brawn has said.
Thats interesting, where did he say that?Ferraripilot wrote:Brawn stating today that W02 should excel at Monaco due to its short wheelbase. We will see.....He certainly knows something we don't
Haug stated the W01 went well there last year so he's expecting the W02 to do the same.scarbs wrote:Thats interesting, where did he say that?Ferraripilot wrote:Brawn stating today that W02 should excel at Monaco due to its short wheelbase. We will see.....He certainly knows something we don't
It's all relative. The W02 is not really that short, it's more all of the other cars are longer. The W02 is not exactly a revolution with respect to it's wheelbase, so don't expect it to dominate or anything like that.Ferraripilot wrote:marcush. wrote:the setup for monaco has not much in common with anything else ..crowned instead of flat track ,increased rideheight ,all the wing you can find is stuck on.as the top speed is not really important...and markedly slower than anywhere else...What to make of DRS there?
Surely the REDBULL approach is givimng you a lot more benefit then looking for added topspeed on straights here....So you set up the car for the quick bits with DRS applied and add some resar downforce in areas where you can make use of it.
A car like W02 will behave completely different to anything they really knew before at Monaco. W02's oversteery nature could do well and Mclaren I think will suffer.
I think that comment on short wheelbase was the autosport writer, not Haug or Brawn, as their press releases dont even mention the wheelbase. I imagine their lack of traction will offset any tiny gain from the wheelbase around monaco.dren wrote:Haug stated the W01 went well there last year so he's expecting the W02 to do the same.scarbs wrote:Thats interesting, where did he say that?Ferraripilot wrote:Brawn stating today that W02 should excel at Monaco due to its short wheelbase. We will see.....He certainly knows something we don't
Despite his feelings about the improvements Mercedes GP need to deliver, Haug has high hopes for a good performance in Monaco this weekend – where the short-wheelbase W02 could excel.
"We were seriously fast in Monaco last year," he said. "Nico was first in Q2 with one attempt and the others tried two times. Then we got into traffic in Q3 in the later stages, when you have to run.
"In hindsight we should probably have put more fuel in, because you just need to keep going to find a free lap. Hopefully we can do similar things this year, but I cannot promise, I cannot judge. There are lots of cars and the driver is very important there, but if the car gives you confidence then a driver can make a difference."
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