Big Mangalhit wrote:dren wrote:mrluke wrote:
If the first time you try turning everything up to maximum attack is Q3 you are going to be pretty stuffed if it doesn't work. Also you would have no time to tune the setup of your car / PU for this condition.
The PUs run countless hours of testing on test beds. Teams already have a good idea of how to set-up the cars before they ever arrive to the GPs. They use simulation software heavily. It's the small tweaks that take place during practice sessions. Testing is done to validate all of the simulation and design work.
Having your avatar makes sense you think a test bed is enough to test everything. But is quite clear it isn't you need really action on 100% pu before the changes start counting. Also I never said that test times are everything. Just at some points teams need to test a lot of the engine at 100% capacity or even overwork it. And test all the aero ideas they have got available.
Doesn't mean they will make this all at the same time with low fuel and do a full banzai lap. but for sure they all have at some points the engine in race conditions (unless they really can't)
Test beds have worked for Mercedes. They obviously aren't working as well for Honda. Having my avitar, based on teams performance, is counter to me thinking teams should rely on test beds for PUs.
Why would you test an engine over 100% when it will never see that? For that matter, teams probably should test all sorts of illegal parts that they'll never use, just to see what they will do. They might as well run in testing with double the allowed fuel, too.
