From what ive gathered it will be another gentlemans agreement regarding this. Teans had the chance pre-09 but they didnt listen :ptimbo wrote:Seems like DDDs stay. I wonder how far next year's cars would go with this...
From what ive gathered it will be another gentlemans agreement regarding this. Teans had the chance pre-09 but they didnt listen :ptimbo wrote:Seems like DDDs stay. I wonder how far next year's cars would go with this...
the original idea was to spice up the racing by allowing teams to try different strategies & mix up the quali grid.. basically to create more overtaking opportunities by stopping the fastest cars getting pole & coasting off into the distance.bill shoe wrote:The original reason for race fuel during Q3 relates.. [prevent] qualify[ing] with low ride height for max ground-effect downforce)... ...it would bottom out and be unsafe..
thats interesting, i didnt know that, thanks! what are they allowed to change? are they allowed to change ride heights between Q2 & Q3?bill shoe wrote: Now we're going back to low-fuel qualifying. We still have the parc ferme conditions between qualifying and the race so ride height can't be raised (I checked the FIA rules on this)...
how is this different to any other season? teams have always minimised ride height according to maximum planned fuel amounts. ride height measurements are too precise these days for such elementary mistakes to occur.bill shoe wrote:...I think we'll see a few disqualifications after races next season due to underplanks having too much wear. The teams won't really be cheating, they'll just be on the edge of the wear limits as a result of the incentives they're given.
Because they need to start the race with fuel for the entire raceFil wrote:how is this different to any other season? teams have always minimised ride height according to maximum planned fuel amounts. ride height measurements are too precise these days for such elementary mistakes to occur.bill shoe wrote:...I think we'll see a few disqualifications after races next season due to underplanks having too much wear. The teams won't really be cheating, they'll just be on the edge of the wear limits as a result of the incentives they're given.
siskue2005 wrote:Because they need to start the race with fuel for the entire raceFil wrote:how is this different to any other season? teams have always minimised ride height according to maximum planned fuel amounts. ride height measurements are too precise these days for such elementary mistakes to occur.bill shoe wrote:...I think we'll see a few disqualifications after races next season due to underplanks having too much wear. The teams won't really be cheating, they'll just be on the edge of the wear limits as a result of the incentives they're given.
so the extra weight might lower the ride height more and more plank wear than usual