Team: James Allison (TD), Pat Fry (ED), Nikolas Tombazis (CD), Stefano Domenicali (MD), Simone Resta (DCD), Corrado Lanzone (Head of production), Luca Marmorini (HE), Rory Byrne (Tech Advisor)
Drivers: Fernando Alonso (14), Kimi Raikkonen (7)
There is no major top speed disadvantage. In practice they hit 327 and Merc did 335.diffuser wrote:I fear the gearing difference is Ferrari Compensating for lack of engine power.,,, the higher gear ratio requires less effort to accelerate but end-up with a top speed shortage.
I would suggest that's on the high side but since I don't think we'll be trying to pass Merc/Merc in China ... that's a moot point.timbo wrote:There is no major top speed disadvantage. In practice they hit 327 and Merc did 335.diffuser wrote:I fear the gearing difference is Ferrari Compensating for lack of engine power.,,, the higher gear ratio requires less effort to accelerate but end-up with a top speed shortage.
To me, that is a fairly big advantage, especially on the track with the longest straight of the year.timbo wrote:There is no major top speed disadvantage. In practice they hit 327 and Merc did 335.diffuser wrote:I fear the gearing difference is Ferrari Compensating for lack of engine power.,,, the higher gear ratio requires less effort to accelerate but end-up with a top speed shortage.
It's fairly difficult to say, we don't know how much wing Ferrari is running, tomorrow we will see it more clearly for sure.Vanja #66 wrote:F1's website says 331 for Lewis, 325.8 for Alonso and 327.2 for Kimi in FP2... Alonso mentioned power train setting changes brought here were successful, I think we could agree with that...
it looks like forward facing opening (and perhaps slightly sloping downward?) ..... is it going to scoop the air OR releasing the heat from brake unit .... or whatzioture wrote:Pictures of yesterday hubs Open and closed
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RB is the slowest on the straights (again) because of their downforce and the weak and thirsty Renault PU, Ferrari has less drag, a littlebit less downforce, and a stronger and less thirsty PU.jonaliew wrote:Interesting comment during the race, Vettel mentioning he doesn't have the straightline speed to catch Alonso. I thought the ferrari was down compared to RBR and Merc. So did we have a better race set up or a software fix for the PU?
very wrong, its red bull setup , torro rosso had higher topspeed than us.speedy56 wrote:RB is the slowest on the straights (again) because of their downforce and the weak and thirsty Renault PU, Ferrari has less drag, a littlebit less downforce, and a stronger and less thirsty PU.jonaliew wrote:Interesting comment during the race, Vettel mentioning he doesn't have the straightline speed to catch Alonso. I thought the ferrari was down compared to RBR and Merc. So did we have a better race set up or a software fix for the PU?
