Formula One's governing body has announced that it has come to a settlement with Scuderia Ferrari after investigations into its 2019 power unit, considered the most powered in F1.
The most interesting thing is that the Ferrari is travelling faster for most of the track distance, yet the Mercedes has the quicker lap time. If you look at all the low speed corners, the Mercedes is travelling faster (more low-speed DF or more mechanical grip). Clearly travelling 10 km/hr faster at 300+ is less valuable than travelling 5 or 6 km/hr faster at less than 100.
travelling x seconds at +10km/h is always better than travelling x seconds at +6km/h. Regardless of which speed you are.
Which is why I saidBig Mangalhit wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 13:20travelling x seconds at +10km/h is always better than travelling x seconds at +6km/h. Regardless of which speed you are.
The plot shown is velocity vs track distance. If the plot was velocity vs time, the true value of extra velocity on the straights vs corners would be apparent.The most interesting thing is that the Ferrari is travelling faster for most of the track distance
The plot doesn't differentiate corners, exits, straights etc - it simply shows the total distance for which one car is faster than the other. The Mercedes is faster for a very short distance only, but due to the low speeds, this is a relatively long time.I think the delta in the corners (considering the exit as well) is higher than the one in the straights.
Bad news regardless how one tries to spin it.
Why bad? They know RBR is planning on taking a penalty later already, so try to get a jump on Merc, and if it fails, you can still stay ahead of RBR with offsetting penalties.
Zynerji wrote: ↑07 May 2019, 20:25Why bad? They know RBR is planning on taking a penalty later already, so try to get a jump on Merc, and if it fails, you can still stay ahead of RBR with offsetting penalties.
