Ferrari changed engine yesternight. Now they have the transponder and telemetry problems.erlik wrote:Not much track action from Ferrari... does anyone have some news?
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The first winter test session at Bahrain allowed teams to get some valuable tyre data from the new 2014 range of Pirelli tyres. A number of teams were able to complete race simulations, as well as qualifying and pit stop practice, assessing every aspect of tyre usage.
Ferrari changed engine yesternight. Now they have the transponder and telemetry problems.erlik wrote:Not much track action from Ferrari... does anyone have some news?
Thats actually pretty darn impressiveBredd wrote:1:34.8 was set on the medium and the 1:34.2 set on the soft.
. I thought he did the first on Softs and the fastest on SuperSofts.
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So in theory on SS Mercedes could get into the low 33skooleracer wrote:February 21 2014 11:13 AM
That's still 1.4s adrift of his former team-mate Lewis Hamilton's time of course, and Mercedes have just confirmed to us, for the avoidance of doubt, that his benchmark 1:34.263 effort was set on the soft tyres.
Source: SkyF1 liveticker
I actually think they are very close. It's not all dialled in yet, the engine isn't running to max power yet as confirmed by hamilton on Monday. The drivers will get better and every team will have a new spec for Australia for aero.turbof1 wrote:If mercedes really put a 1:34.8 on mediums, then that's pretty darn impressive. Say one second in the pocket still if they put on the SS's and they are only 1.5s away from last year's pole time.
No, it's not. MGU-H can only assist MGU-K until 4MJ have been used. It can't boost the engine on it's own. That's because only MGU-K can put the power back into the drive and MGU-K is limited in this on 4MJ. After that MGU-H starts to charge up the ES.Cold Fussion wrote: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.atanatizante wrote: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
Cold fusion is correct, MGU-h direct to MGU-k power transfer is unlimited. The limit refers to power coming from the battery only.Juzh wrote:No, it's not. MGU-H can only assist MGU-K until 4MJ have been used. It can't boost the engine on it's own. That's because only MGU-K can put the power back into the drive and MGU-K is limited in this on 4MJ. After that MGU-H starts to charge up the ES.Cold Fussion wrote: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.atanatizante wrote: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
They just don't get it! These are the very times that are the most important! The consistency of times on long runs and the tyres they are using is the very thing that can give us a clue as to how our team is faring. Denying us fans clues to the teams relative performance in testing is a heinous and unnecessary crime. The teams have all the data and know so much about how the teams are performing relative to one another. Why freeze us out?!!Hamilton, Massa and Ericsson are all pounding round at the moment, but there are no particularly eye-catching laptimes out there.
