Now on this bit of subjective opinion I tend to have some agreement.Macklaren wrote: ↑17 Oct 2024, 20:24I'll also point out that when everyone was piling on McLaren about the mini-DRS, Stella said we agreed to remove it as long as the FIA investigated other cars that were exploiting grey areas as well and they had given evidence to the FIA. this clampdown comes immediately after??
What did Stella say earlier about the surprise?LionsHeart wrote: ↑17 Oct 2024, 19:30You know perfectly well that I know this. I'm ruling out McLaren for now because their pace with full tanks is not as excellent as with an empty tank. But you can't change the front end of the T-Tray floor during the race, right? I mean, McLaren is already fast with an empty tank in race conditions. Why would they make the car even faster in qualifying for one fast lap? Their weak point is the standing starts and the pace in the first phase of the race.mwillems wrote: ↑17 Oct 2024, 18:11But wouldn't it improve the Qualy and not the race? Ride height can be lower on Saturday due to low fuel, and then raised back into place for the race on higher fuel. Lowering ride height for a heavier car would not make sense, ride height for a heavier car is higher not lower. So any difference in performance would be seen on Saturday, not Sunday.LionsHeart wrote: ↑17 Oct 2024, 14:46
Considering that they are talking about changing the setup for qualifying/race, I doubt it's McLaren. Just for one reason - so-so pace on the first stint with full tanks. Although that doesn't mean anything.
The question would be, who's qualifying is better than race pace. And with that, you can rule out Ferrari.
I don't discuss other teams in this thread. This thread is about McLaren. I just wrote my assumptions about it. I'm more interested in what surprise Stella was talking about earlier about the upgrade package for the last six races.
Stella said they were preparing a surprise. As far as I understood, he was talking about technical updates that will still be coming this season. I'll go look for where I saw this a month ago.CjC wrote: ↑17 Oct 2024, 20:52What did Stella say earlier about the surprise?LionsHeart wrote: ↑17 Oct 2024, 19:30You know perfectly well that I know this. I'm ruling out McLaren for now because their pace with full tanks is not as excellent as with an empty tank. But you can't change the front end of the T-Tray floor during the race, right? I mean, McLaren is already fast with an empty tank in race conditions. Why would they make the car even faster in qualifying for one fast lap? Their weak point is the standing starts and the pace in the first phase of the race.mwillems wrote: ↑17 Oct 2024, 18:11
But wouldn't it improve the Qualy and not the race? Ride height can be lower on Saturday due to low fuel, and then raised back into place for the race on higher fuel. Lowering ride height for a heavier car would not make sense, ride height for a heavier car is higher not lower. So any difference in performance would be seen on Saturday, not Sunday.
The question would be, who's qualifying is better than race pace. And with that, you can rule out Ferrari.
I don't discuss other teams in this thread. This thread is about McLaren. I just wrote my assumptions about it. I'm more interested in what surprise Stella was talking about earlier about the upgrade package for the last six races.
‘Surprise there isn’t an upgrade’?
Unfortunately I still think that would be very difficult, but I might change my mind depending on how this weekend pans out
