What he describes is what it sounded like the car was doing in preseason testing. I would have expected the team to solve the issues by now.f1316 wrote:Wow, that does make a lot of sense.
It might also explain in what way the new rear wing was not doing exactly what they expected to. Perhaps aerodynamically it is interacting with the air as it should, but they still have the issue Anderson mentions.
edit: if the driver has instability on corner entry then yeah, that's going to affect lap time
Also, it sort of is a Catch 22 here. The rear wing is open when in DRS, so you dump drag for a higher top speed, but you also lose DF. Then, if the diffuser does stall at a higher speed, you once again lose DF and thus the car should lift up and reattach the choked diffuser. Also, the car will run higher in qualification because it has to in order to take the fuel weight for the race.
I would be more inclined to think the diffuser leaks when braking because there is less exhaust gas sealing the sides, thus losing rear DF. This could have been the issue in testing when their exhaust wasn't working as expected.
The biggest issue with Ferrari is/was their windtunnel.