Byron R wrote:If it were a simple issue of tire temperature the engineers would've been able to see that data while the car was on track. A simple tire pressure adjustment could've resolved that. They have something else causing issues. The track temperature talk from Brawn is just press BS. In Four days we will know for sure.
Getting more heat in the tires is sometimes solved with a simple camber adjustment. Ferrari and Mercedes went as far last year making a geometry change to the rear a few races in. This is not an insurmountable issue at all. THis was a simple mathematical error which was calculated by an assumtion in the first place. The assumption came from what the 'thought' the car would do in these temperatures, which it did not.
They car is a great performer when the tires are up, and qualifying proved this. Unheated tires during a race would cost half a second without much of a problem yet degredation would still be constant.
If you notice lap times compared to other teams, the degredation rates are the same. Merc just missed their heat window with the tires. They are that sensitive.
I've done some Ferrari challenge mechanic work here in the states and can tell you the geometry settings are different at each track and if the tire window is not hit, the entire race is down the tubes. The Ferrari F50 GT1 was especially sensitive to this. Recently, a GT1 was run at Laguna Seca for a magazine test and it took a dozen different outings to get the settings right for the tires to work. It's not easy at times!
