StrikeForceF1 wrote:Correct me if I am wrong but isn't this the time for teams to be testing to their hearts content.....yet we see a whole lot of 2-3-4 lap runs....and in and out laps.....I mean to gather useful data for extrapolation I would think the more you run ie the more data you collect the more accurate your predictions/extrapolations.....I'm really confused as toteams sitting the whole morning out or doing in's and out laps.....
The thing is the longer you run the harder it is to reproduce what you did, than if you run three or four laps. It's all about manipulating variables, if you keep the runs short it becomes easy to conduct studies because there are less changes to account for, such as degrading tires and changing fuel load, not to mention track conditions can change. Even at change of 3 degrees track temperature can throw off your measurements.
