2014 Testing - Bahrain 19-22 Feb

[radosav]

Red Bull still has big amount of rake, how is it possible with new exhaust rules ?

[tim|away]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQfmJDVwSc[/youtube]

[autogyro]

Red Bull still has big amount of rake, how is it possible with new exhaust rules ?

I think it is because RB have a far better and finer control over the front floor pillar support.
I believe it is connected to the suspension and can be set to be closer to the ground than on other cars.

[djos]

Red Bull still has big amount of rake, how is it possible with new exhaust rules ?

I think it is because RB have a far better and finer control over the front floor pillar support.
I believe it is connected to the suspension and can be set to be closer to the ground than on other cars.

Iirc their front wing vortices control allows them to seal the sides of the floor better than anyone else.

[radosav]

Red Bull still has big amount of rake, how is it possible with new exhaust rules ?

I think it is because RB have a far better and finer control over the front floor pillar support.
I believe it is connected to the suspension and can be set to be closer to the ground than on other cars.

Iirc their front wing vortices control allows them to seal the sides of the floor better than anyone else.

so if renault gets on top of their problems they could be real threat to competition this season

[AnthonyG]

What is the background on Lotus' limited running?

[Cold Fussion]

Last year car : 750+82HP for 6,67 sec./lap
This year car : 600+160HP for 33,33 sec./lap and almost 30% loss in downforce and 50kg heavier, though just in Qualy ... and also the tyres are harder now ...

So which car is faster? for both cases:
a) Qualy mode
b) Race mode

It's 4MJ per lap from the ERS to the mgu-k, rate limited at 120 kW. The mgu-h straight to the mgu-k is not limited by energy, and only limited by the 120 kW mgu-k, so it is possible for them to use more than 4MJ of electric energy per lap.

[tranquility2k4]

Hamilton did a 1.35.8 on Medium tyres on a lengthy run (either 7 or 9 laps). He actually did a slow lap, then a 1.35.8, then another slow lap then a 1.35.8, with slight improvement. These tyres are always best on their first lap so this suggests he could have gone faster, obviously with the addition of fuel as well.

Auto und motor sport is reporting (translated): "Hamilton's best time gaining weight. We just learned that the Mercedes driver was traveling on medium tires. Magnussen's super soft soles on the previous day should result in a benefit of two seconds. After this Milchmädchenrechnung Hamilton was one second faster than the McLaren man."

[chasefreak]

hammy has currently done a 1m34.813s lap....

[Helios]

But we still don't know which compound he was using.

[gray41]

Talk that he was still on Mediums in the SkyF1 live ticker.

[Helios]

AMuS reports it was the soft tyre. Still bloody quick.

[diemaster]

1.34.813 Hamilton on softs
1:34.263 Hamilton on supersofts

[zoro_f1]

quiet start with slow lap times of the 3rd day of testing...

[f1316]

1.34.813 Hamilton on softs
1:34.263 Hamilton on supersofts

That's interesting because - whilst it's possible they were using different fuel loads - it gives us an idea that there might be 5 to 6 tenths between the softs and supersofts.