Yeah Newey and co really are unproven in their career.
If that is true they would be instantly disqualified. One of the most important rules is that a team has to develop their own aero etc, it can't be outsourced. We've seen alot of issues with Ferrari b teams using the Ferrari wind tunnel and suddenly having very similar concepts. If another team suspected that was the case in merc's case it would of been raised and investigatedPyrone89 wrote: ↑22 Jul 2019, 19:33Maybe they are somehow circumventing the CFD and windtunnel limits by having Daimler do the ‘fundamental research’ into concepts and perhaps even what shapes and features work and which not, leaving the team to use their regulation limited CFD processing power and windtunnel time 100% for the car design optimizing. That is the only thing I can think of. Just like Ferrari circumvented this with their Haas collaboration in 2015 (Haas was not yet bound by the regulations limits as they were not yet a competitor, Ferrari then used a trick with lending out personnel and more to basically get unlimited windtunnel time)
Exactly! It's all about Newey, isn't it? A well run team like Mercedes couldn't possibly design a quick car.
We can. That you took offense does not mean malice was intended. I dont think any of us fully understand how much compute power is used to develop these cars and how much of it falls with regulatory definition.
You lampoon your own premise, which is the assumption that some sort of nebulous innate worth explains an accumulation of championship points. Quantification offends the bandwagon.erudite450 wrote: ↑22 Jul 2019, 22:42Exactly! It's all about Newey, isn't it? A well run team like Mercedes couldn't possibly design a quick car.
I think it’s important to distinguish between cheating and working in the gray areas. In the case above that would be cheating and I don’t think any of the teams would risk that type of exposure. Now, if there is a gray area to exploit I believe every team with sufficient resources would jump at it until a clarification is made. That is why the bigs are able to get above the smalls, they can afford to invest more in the gray areas for a few races improvement with the risk that it becomes banned or limited in some way. A smaller team has to spend their money on upgrades that will see longer paybacks.Maplesoup wrote: ↑22 Jul 2019, 22:35If that is true they would be instantly disqualified. One of the most important rules is that a team has to develop their own aero etc, it can't be outsourced. We've seen alot of issues with Ferrari b teams using the Ferrari wind tunnel and suddenly having very similar concepts. If another team suspected that was the case in merc's case it would of been raised and investigatedPyrone89 wrote: ↑22 Jul 2019, 19:33Maybe they are somehow circumventing the CFD and windtunnel limits by having Daimler do the ‘fundamental research’ into concepts and perhaps even what shapes and features work and which not, leaving the team to use their regulation limited CFD processing power and windtunnel time 100% for the car design optimizing. That is the only thing I can think of. Just like Ferrari circumvented this with their Haas collaboration in 2015 (Haas was not yet bound by the regulations limits as they were not yet a competitor, Ferrari then used a trick with lending out personnel and more to basically get unlimited windtunnel time)
Not knowing is not knowing, that's not the same as doing a Maybe based on nothing. I'm not offended, just noticing that inventing something belittling like that needs a motive, and since he had zero evidence to motivate him what are we left with? And then i notice you calling that an inquiry, when it's not seeking an answer it's trying to conjure one up.
Thunder wrote: ↑08 Feb 2019, 15:55This is the Mercedes-AMG Petronas W10 offical car thread.
Please discuss ONLY technical items of this car, and refrain from speculation.
General discussion about the team, its drivers and performance can be posted in the team thread.
Livery Talk also belongs in the Team Thread. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27823