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Robert Kubica is leaving winter testing downbeat, having seen his schedule on Friday being cut short by excessive wear on car parts for which the team did not have spares.
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With Hamiltons advantage being in the last sector, with all slow speed corners and a short run to the start finish line doesn't that point even more to less power being used. As they were slower in the power areas of the track and faster where the power wasn't as critical.?GPR -A wrote: ↑02 Mar 2019, 10:36Hamilton's advantage was on 3rd sector, where he was 2 tenths faster over Vettel, while being slower in both S1 and S2. Last year, after having clearly understood the lack of slow corner performance at Spa, they applied some fixes that enabled them to win on a circuit like Marina Bay and that performance carried over to Suzuka (particularly last chicane) and it was obvious in COTA (last corner) too.mika vs michael wrote: ↑02 Mar 2019, 10:28Hamilton matching the Vettel time and being a bit slower in speed trapes means that at least Mercedes is equal with Ferrari...ok maybe Mercedes could be a couple tenths behind an Hamilton performing a mega lap covers that 0.2 sec distance but...
Bottas seems to believe the current car is better than last year's car on slow corners.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/14180 ... est-window"I really feel there are areas the car has made good steps forward, in slow-speed corners the car feels better than last year, but in other areas there is still work to do."
It’s impossible to tell just by sector times. Power is a big factor in first sector, but not the only one. There is a high speed corner in it and second sector also consists of quite a lot corners, most of them high speed.NathanOlder wrote: ↑ With Hamiltons advantage being in the last sector, with all slow speed corners and a short run to the start finish line doesn't that point even more to less power being used. As they were slower in the power areas of the track and faster where the power wasn't as critical.?
You can get a good sector time by ignoring the time of adjoining sectors, so as you say , a stand alone sector time is no guide to form without taking account of the whole lap, and prior laps too really.LM10 wrote: ↑02 Mar 2019, 15:12It’s impossible to tell just by sector times. Power is a big factor in first sector, but not the only one. There is a high speed corner in it and second sector also consists of quite a lot corners, most of them high speed.NathanOlder wrote: ↑ With Hamiltons advantage being in the last sector, with all slow speed corners and a short run to the start finish line doesn't that point even more to less power being used. As they were slower in the power areas of the track and faster where the power wasn't as critical.?
Lower speed modes, doesn't mean no speed mode. Even in lower power modes, the car can take a corner with it's possible highest cornering speed. For example, if the maximum speed that can be carried through a high speed corner is like 200-250 kph, the lower power modes are still capable of generating that much speed. In Barcelona, only corner 3 is over 250 kph.LM10 wrote: ↑02 Mar 2019, 15:12It’s impossible to tell just by sector times. Power is a big factor in first sector, but not the only one. There is a high speed corner in it and second sector also consists of quite a lot corners, most of them high speed.NathanOlder wrote: ↑ With Hamiltons advantage being in the last sector, with all slow speed corners and a short run to the start finish line doesn't that point even more to less power being used. As they were slower in the power areas of the track and faster where the power wasn't as critical.?
Haas managed to fly under the radar for 7 days, but that was a real statement they made. Just like last year, they look like being the 4th best at the start.McMika98 wrote: ↑02 Mar 2019, 21:33https://soymotor.com/articulos/analisis ... les-961041
I have to say the Haas has pulled the rabbit out of the bag on the last day. Trackside everyone has been complementing on how smooth and planted it looks. They did a 17.5 on C3 and proceeded to do 10 more laps. Forget the calculation, thats a low 16.0 on C5 tyres and low fuel easy.
Notice how "lazy" the rev LEDs ramp up... There is probably much more in the car...
