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Team: James Allison (TD), Naoki Tokunaga (DTD), Tim Densham (CD), Dirk De Beer (HA), Gerard Lopez (Chairman), Eric Boullier (TP), Patrick Louis (COO), John Mardle (OD), Steve Nielsen (SD), Alan Permane (CRE)
Drivers: Kimi Räikkönen (9), Romain Grosjean (10)
Possibly. Different tyres overall too, don't forget. The R31 was also no traction king, and in fact was downright slow in mechanical circuits. How much of that is the fundamental car design and how much is the lack of a good exhaust blowing system is another matter.carvetia wrote:Does anyone else find it odd that they find low-speed traction to be a weak point this year? Between their tradition of lightning starts and the otherwise ordinary R30 finding its way towards the front of the grid in Monaco, what is it about the current regs that has caused Enstone to lose its mechanical edge? Too much compromising of the rear geometry for the sake of aero?
I don't know why but I think they may be a better high speed car with very stable turn-in and braking. Perhaps they have compromised that low speed traction to be a little bit stiffer and consistent on top. And I don’t think it is a real weakness JMHOraymondu999 wrote:Possibly. Different tyres overall too, don't forget. The R31 was also no traction king, and in fact was downright slow in mechanical circuits. How much of that is the fundamental car design and how much is the lack of a good exhaust blowing system is another matter.carvetia wrote:Does anyone else find it odd that they find low-speed traction to be a weak point this year? Between their tradition of lightning starts and the otherwise ordinary R30 finding its way towards the front of the grid in Monaco, what is it about the current regs that has caused Enstone to lose its mechanical edge? Too much compromising of the rear geometry for the sake of aero?
Could be related to the exhaust solution. Perhaps they are not getting the free heating that they got with last years exhaust hitting the wheels, with this years car sending the gases over the beam wing. I guess the level of interaction of the FEE and the rear tyres would have been track dependant also.raymondu999 wrote:Possibly. Different tyres overall too, don't forget. The R31 was also no traction king, and in fact was downright slow in mechanical circuits. How much of that is the fundamental car design and how much is the lack of a good exhaust blowing system is another matter.
I looked for you yesterday when you asked but couldn't find any picture better than the one you have. There just aren't any that show the exhaust without the engine cover. Sorry mate.MarkedOne8 wrote:
I've found this image but it's quite useless because it's impossible to see exhaust pipes from this angle.Does anybody have image with better angle?
Wasn't it someone on here who said they never got it working quite right so they weren't too bummed out about it being banned? Can't remember now, but am sure I read that somewhere, for what it's worth :pAdamski wrote:And of course wouldn't like to know, what could have been the outcome of this season, if the FIA doesn't stop this team's reactive ride height system!
Pierce89 wrote:I've mentioned that bit of this team's history as well. I would almost put money down that the E20 has some "trick" bits in the suspension.Gridlock wrote:They've historically been very good at running exotic systems which only come to light much later, if at all (Alonso 2005-06, MSC 1994 etc). I strongly suspect this is the case with the E20, but fair play to them.
kwanchepan wrote:0501 Test.Strange things on left suspension.
MarkedOne8 wrote:Does anybody have image with better angle?
