Contrary to Thursday's windy and wet conditions, Friday proved to be wonderful for testing, with ideal conditions greeting the teams as they headed into the final day of running before heading to Melbourne.
I think you had better check your facts again. Max ran on the white tyres and mercedes did runs on the yellow. I'm not sure if the softer tyre is c2 or c4 but whatever the softer tyre was that was what Mercedes used.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2020, 10:23The C3 Max used is softer than the C2 Hamilton used, not harder.
This image (top right in the tweet below) taken from F1TV shows that Max used the C3 tyre for his fastest lap, Lewis used the C2. The C2 is harder than the C3.carisi2k wrote: ↑20 Feb 2020, 11:10I think you had better check your facts again. Max ran on the white tyres and mercedes did runs on the yellow. I'm not sure if the softer tyre is c2 or c4 but whatever the softer tyre was that was what Mercedes used.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑20 Feb 2020, 10:23The C3 Max used is softer than the C2 Hamilton used, not harder.
I see, thank you both!izzy wrote: ↑20 Feb 2020, 11:09i think they must have an ergonomist in the team, they did those finger slot holes in a lever as well. He stabilises the whole palm of his hand on the top of the wheel and uses two or three fingers in a pinch grip, which gives him the best fine control, basically he takes the rest of the hand out of it so only those fingers are moving, relative to the wheel
I do Believe the word ‘MARKER’ pops up at the same time. There has just been footage of it popping up in a replay on the testing footage too.
My understanding is you’re also disallowed from adjusting suspension setup/geometry while the car is in motion.pimpwerx wrote: ↑20 Feb 2020, 11:53SkySports hasn't figured it out yet, but it seems that the steering wheel movement on the Merc affects toe angle:
I don't think this can be banned either, at least not under the movable aero rule. This is a change in handling dynamics, not aero efficiency. This might be a clever innovation up there with the F-duct.
He is marking when he does it so they can analyze the data and what gains it brings.bosyber wrote: ↑20 Feb 2020, 11:59The marker might just be Hamilton 'marking' the data as he does something (leaving the pit lane, pressing a certain setting etc) so they can easier see what it does/talk about it - but they are definitely up to trying something with that. So, nice to see something new in F1, not sure we've seen something quite this mechanic for a while (linked suspension was w/o driver input and not visible, so this is much more fun, I think
