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Lewis Hamilton completed a faultless Mexican Grand Prix to take the win unthreatened. Nico Rosberg did get under fire from time to time, but held it together to finish second. Vettel completed the podium following a penalty for Verstappen, although he too was later demoted, handing the remaining podium position to Daniel Ricciardo.
366, presumably without having the engines at their highest settings. =D>Juzh wrote:http://i.imgur.com/i9h8I01.jpg
The problem is you shouldn't believe the FIA sensors, as they won't show you the actually highest speed, they give you the measurement of a fixed point before braking. Not saying that the car reaches 380 and the FIA shows 366 (a la Baku), but you won't have the MAX speed. Ironically last year in Mexico i'm almost sure Ricciardo clocked the season-high max speedhollus wrote:366, presumably without having the engines at their highest. =D>Juzh wrote:http://i.imgur.com/i9h8I01.jpg
What is the highest we've ever seen?
With the turbo engine?hollus wrote:366, presumably without having the engines at their highest settings. =D>Juzh wrote:http://i.imgur.com/i9h8I01.jpg
What is the highest we've ever seen?
At Baku, 378 by Williams.hollus wrote:366, presumably without having the engines at their highest settings. =D>Juzh wrote:http://i.imgur.com/i9h8I01.jpg
What is the highest we've ever seen?
Official speed trap was 366.1Sniffit wrote:At Baku, 378 by Williams.hollus wrote:366, presumably without having the engines at their highest settings. =D>Juzh wrote:http://i.imgur.com/i9h8I01.jpg
What is the highest we've ever seen?
Qualifying often times does not produce highest numbers. Slipstream and ERS deployment override for overtaking during the races can obtain higher numbers than quali.PlatinumZealot wrote:Going to have to wait for on board videos in Qually to find the top speeds.
IIRC the speed trap at Baku was set well before the actual top speed was reached. As I read this Williams clocked Bottas at 378.Juzh wrote:Official speed trap was 366.1Sniffit wrote:At Baku, 378 by Williams.hollus wrote: 366, presumably without having the engines at their highest settings. =D>
What is the highest we've ever seen?
http://www.fia.com/file/43509/download?token=kBFi7F0I
There's 4 speed traps on every track. Bottas hit 366,1 on the one measuring at the start/finish line which is 1s before the braking zone for turn 1. That's the official measurement. And since ALL numbers troughout the history were based on these speed traps, it's silly to suddenly start trowing wrenches into the mix. How can we know montoya didn't go over 380 when 372 kmh was recorded? We can't, thus we take the official numbers.Sniffit wrote:IIRC the speed trap at Baku was set well before the actual top speed was reached. As I read this Williams clocked Bottas at 378.Juzh wrote:Official speed trap was 366.1Sniffit wrote:
At Baku, 378 by Williams.
http://www.fia.com/file/43509/download?token=kBFi7F0I
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/06/20/2 ... and-facts/
this.Juzh wrote:There's 4 speed traps on every track. Bottas hit 366,1 on the one measuring at the start/finish line which is 1s before the braking zone for turn 1. That's the official measurement. And since ALL numbers troughout the history were based on these speed traps, it's silly to suddenly start trowing wrenches into the mix. How can we know montoya didn't go over 380 when 372 kmh was recorded? We can't, thus we take the official numbers.Sniffit wrote:IIRC the speed trap at Baku was set well before the actual top speed was reached. As I read this Williams clocked Bottas at 378.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/06/20/2 ... and-facts/
There were pages of debate about this figure in the Baku thread here. No-one is really certain how the team got that number, as the speed traps seem to indicate it was lower, and it was broadcast via a tweet from the Williams Twitter account. Without any official telemetry, and just a team PR monkey behind a keyboard, some members feel, perhaps rightly so, that this number was somewhat fabricated. So there is still some uncertainty about the actual figure. Notice f1fanatic reported that it was "unofficially the highest speed."Sniffit wrote:IIRC the speed trap at Baku was set well before the actual top speed was reached. As I read this Williams clocked Bottas at 378.
