yener wrote:Is it possible that MS gear ratio is different to Nico's? Cause in the Ferrari period MS wasn't that good in starts and now he is. Maybe the car have a short gear ratio in the first couple gears and thats why MS has wheelspin coming out of a corner.
Maybe they should work on that?
Yeah, it's strange that he manages the wheel spin really well at the starts (he must do otherwise his starts wouldn't be that good) but struggles with it in corners. Unless of course Nico also has a lot of wheel spin out of slow corners. I can't remember listen to Nico's on board through slow corners so can't say.
As for JET's comment about him not being able to set the car up to his liking, I agree with that. But I wonder how much of that is Michael, how much is the car and how much is his engineers. I'm still not convinced that the engineers on his side of the garage are that great. I'm not implying that Nico's are better but in comparison to what MSC had a Ferrari they probably aren't as good.
From what I have read a shorter wheelbase should give more weight shift under acceleration which should give more grip on the rear wheels coming out of slow corners. So what is the problem with Merc? Is it the suspension geometry that is wrong? Or does downforce still play a large part even in the slower corners?