Lewis Hamilton crushed all hope early on at Monza by sprinting away to lead the Italian Grand Prix from start to finish. Sebastian Vettel did salvage the Ferrari fans by finished second, ahead of former Ferrari man Felipe Massa in the Williams.
I'd guess at the graphic being wrong. The rev limiter is reached each time, so id say its the same speed, it's just for some reason the graphic is incorrect.flat out wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw3ODNB-BM4
what's happening to Bottas' engine at the end of the start/finish line? Sounds like a rev limiter, but once it limits at 358 km/h and 2 laps later he goes 351 km/h, then the speed drops to 345 km/h and the rev limiter steps in.
Why is there an rev limiter at 12,220 rpms???flat out wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw3ODNB-BM4
what's happening to Bottas' engine at the end of the start/finish line? Sounds like a rev limiter, but once it limits at 358 km/h and 2 laps later he goes 351 km/h, then the speed drops to 345 km/h and the rev limiter steps in.
I was under the impression that at 15,000 rpm the engines don't produce that much power to offset the drop in efficiency. That's why they don't rev it all the way. But 12,200 rpm seems lower what I remember...?PlatinumZealot wrote:Why is there an rev limiter at 12,220 rpms???flat out wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw3ODNB-BM4
what's happening to Bottas' engine at the end of the start/finish line? Sounds like a rev limiter, but once it limits at 358 km/h and 2 laps later he goes 351 km/h, then the speed drops to 345 km/h and the rev limiter steps in.
Aren't these engines 15,000 rpm capable? Any one care to explain this? doesn't make sense to me Valterri had the power to keep accelerating... foolish precaution from Mercedes?
From Williams post race notes:flat out wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw3ODNB-BM4
what's happening to Bottas' engine at the end of the start/finish line? Sounds like a rev limiter, but once it limits at 358 km/h and 2 laps later he goes 351 km/h, then the speed drops to 345 km/h and the rev limiter steps in.
There are no news on what it was that I know of.Bottas: It was a good result for the team today, good points which is important. My pitstop lost me too much time which was crucial for the second part of the race. I managed to get extremely close in the end but it was too late. As I saved my tyres and brakes I was able to attack in the final laps but we had system issues on the last lap, so we need to investigate what happened because I also lost an opportunity there. It's a shame for me that I couldn't be on the podium but it's still good points for us.
I know that they make less power after the fuel limit but the engine was still accelerating even though it was the last gear. There was still more speed to be had than to be bouncing off the limiter. If they lifted that rev limit he could have ridden out the revs a little more that is for sure.Nathanael F1 wrote:I was under the impression that at 15,000 rpm the engines don't produce that much power to offset the drop in efficiency. That's why they don't rev it all the way. But 12,200 rpm seems lower what I remember...?PlatinumZealot wrote:Why is there an rev limiter at 12,220 rpms???flat out wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw3ODNB-BM4
what's happening to Bottas' engine at the end of the start/finish line? Sounds like a rev limiter, but once it limits at 358 km/h and 2 laps later he goes 351 km/h, then the speed drops to 345 km/h and the rev limiter steps in.
Aren't these engines 15,000 rpm capable? Any one care to explain this? doesn't make sense to me Valterri had the power to keep accelerating... foolish precaution from Mercedes?
This is not the rev limiter. It's clearly an engine/system/software/gearbox problem. Last year mercs were using self imposed rev limiters at around 13.500 and I don't see them reducing it down to 12.700 for this year. On top of that, bottas confirmed after the race they had a "system" issue of some sort which cost him an opportunity vs massa.PlatinumZealot wrote: I know that they make less power after the fuel limit but the engine was still accelerating even though it was the last gear. There was still more speed to be had than to be bouncing off the limiter. If they lifted that rev limit he could have ridden out the revs a little more that is for sure.
