zibby43 wrote: ↑08 Mar 2020, 21:35
Pirelli has the pressures cranked up so high that I think they’ll be fine (from a structural standpoint) - they’ll just be soul-crushing to deal with from the drivers’ perspectives.
Andy Green recently stated that he believes DAS could be worth multiple tenths of seconds at certain tracks. That’s a significant weapon.
i believe them when they say they're not quite sure exactly what the benefits are going to be, i think that makes it even more fascinating. But the fronts will run cooler when they're parallel won't they, and with more downforce and more wake from the car in front the rubber is going to try and overheat more, with more shear force on it or more sliding or both. So it seems to me that even if they can protect the carcass with higher pressure that cooler front rubber is going to be worth a LOT. Plus the high tyre pressure will balloon the carcass and concentrate the contact patch on a smaller band of the poor rubber!
the whole suspension thing is gonna be really big this year, with rear steering and varying ride height and tyre life. Red Bull are really awesome with suspension but now maybe Mercedes have caught them, let's see