PlatinumZealot wrote:Huh?!! Are you sure about that? Are you really really really sure? video evidence every weekend is showing otherwise...
Anyway... The video he posting was not a good demonstration of heave stiffness (front to back pitching) so I am not sure how you come up with that speculation.
First, we are referring to the front suspension only.
Second, the heave/pitch stiffness is decoupled from the roll/warp stiffness.
Third, at some airspeed the heave/pitch stiffness becomes effectively rigid, to look after the aero.
Fourth, the development of FRIC showed the advantage of softening the front springs (see Tim's post).
Fifth, with FRIC now banned, teams would try to retain the ability to look after the tyres whilst also controlling the aero.
This would imply at the heave/pitch springs would be increased relative roll/warp springs, unless another way has been found to preload with heave/pitch springs without FRIC....