McMika98 wrote: ↑26 Jul 2019, 07:13
diffuser wrote: ↑26 Jul 2019, 03:39
Pyrone89 wrote: ↑26 Jul 2019, 00:02
If you think increased mechanical grip (which slow speed corners rely on) is going to hurt them in the wet you have a nast suprise coming on the next wet race
. It is crucial in the wet.
Anything more grip(aero or mechanical) will help in the rain.
My two pence is that aero grip is more important than mechanical in wet condition. Besides the superior mechanical grip they have on normal track condition will disappear immediately when you get a wet track. Aint no such thing as mechanical grip with wet tyres on tarmac flush with water. Engine throttle mapping is also as important. Saying all that the Merc still have better aero this year than all teams, but we will see.
Engine throttle mapping is something everyone does, so it isn't a big differentiator. The fact that you can never use all the power kind of takes the PU out of the equation.
If you had no mechanical grip, it would take forever to get up to speeds where DF kicks in. DF is pretty much a constant in the rain or dry. The typical F1 car Generates it own weight in DF at 130KM and that's generally the speed where they can nail it without traction worries in the dry.
In the wet of course that will be a little higher, cause of the loss of mechanical grip. The more mechanical grip, the less dependent on DF. In the wet you'll spend more time below 130KM and the further down from 130KM you go the more dependent you are on mechanical grip. Everything is less in the rain. Usually, whatever you had more grip over the other cars in the dry, you'll have more over them in the wet.
The other big thing is tires, if you can't switch on the tires you're f*cked. Remember Silverstone 2015 ? Lewis Hamilton was the only one that was able to switch on the tires to the extend that he did and he literally ran circles around everyone.
