Indeed, I was wondering for a while why Alonso took the outside in a place where it wouldn't work, ever - until I saw that he actually tried the inside, but as long as Heidfeld left slightly less than a car-width of tarmac to his right, it was impossible. And with his monstrous oversteer in the final turn (he lost ground there every time), Alonso couldn't do anything on the main straight either.vall wrote:The fact that the cars can follow each other so close without loosing too much of DF means OWG got it right, IMO. But you still need to be ~1 sec faster AND to have track that allows overtakign moves. Silverstone is not one of them. I was wondering why Alonso always tried to take Nick from outside. But then I realized that all Nick had to do was to close the inside path and that was enough to keep Alonso.
Perhaps a few long full-throttle parts followed by a heavy brake turn would help?mep wrote:I think Silverstone is a quite good track for overtaking even when it was impossible during this race.
But anyway it is hard to tell what makes a track good for overtaking.
could it be also down to engine? Now engines are the same.mep wrote:When I see some old videos from maybe 70-80 then I notice that the cars can really catch up the leading one just by following the other one on the straight and then they can try to overtake with a huge speed overrun.
Now they follow the leader just 5-10 meters behind and nothing happens.
They don’t get this suction to the leader anymore.
Baharain is only full-throttle straights and heavy brake turns and it is the most boring circuit of the season...vall wrote:
Perhaps a few long full-throttle parts followed by a heavy brake turn would help?
Hell yeah! Engine freeze sucks... Maybe if engines development were allowed Ferrari and Mclaren (for example) would be more competitivevall wrote: could it be also down to engine? Now engines are the same.
That was once a theory but I think it is a really old one and it is wrong during recent time (when it ever was true).Perhaps a few long full-throttle parts followed by a heavy brake turn would help?
Me.Ian P. wrote:The solution itself is simple..... significantly reduce aero grip. No question.
Implementing it nowadays would be difficult as dropping down to say 2 G corning loads would not be appealing to .... what the heck....why not.....???
Who would realy lament slower cornering..???
They keep playing with the aero rules when it would seem that all they need to do is severly restrict the wings. And I mean severly.....as in none.
Maybe it could've worked but it would take away the insanity of fast lap in F1! When you watch onboards and the car approaches the corner and brakes soooo late you're sure it's not gonna make it!gibells wrote:In Motogp I read that next year they would be banning carbon brakes in an effort to increase braking distances and thereby increase the chances of overtaking in corners. Could the same idea work in F1?