Mercedes F1 chief technical officer James Allison is confident that his technical team has found the root cause of the German-Anglo squad’s recent gearbox failures and can make the necessary changes to avoid its reappearance.
The T-Wing is just flimsy as ---... The rearwing doesnt wooble or move even if the car rolls, or rather it keeps it stays upright. But its also attached in two points, the T-wing is midmounted to the body, so the flaps on it have no support or rigid points.Goran2812 wrote:That photo was taken on the chicane, at appropriate speed for that corner, and he wasn't running over the kerbs... That's what makes it strange for me... :/
It does kinda make sense...Mr. Fahrenheit wrote:Would uneven flow across the rear wing affect the load distribution across it? If that was the case - and the difference was sufficient - when the T-wing is bending and altering the flow, the loading on the tyres changes too (suspension permitting).
Please fire in if I'm wrong but in a perfect scenario, on a right-hander with the t-wing bending away from the apex, the flow would move towards the left of the rear wing... more load on the left wheel = more traction. This would effectively be traction-driven rear-wheel steering. You could induce over-steer by adjusting the flex in the T-wing and suspension response. Horrible on tyre deg though.
Possibly why there's no shark fin as that'll just limit flexion.
Possible passive f-duct?Morteza wrote:
Could the holes be used in order to improve the laminar flow around that surface? Something inspired by this concept: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/ne ... Wings.html.Morteza wrote: https://imgr4.auto-motor-und-sport.de/L ... 037354.jpg
#aerogollumturbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
ClarkBT11 wrote:Nice picture of the steering wheel, cool feature being able to keep control of brake and tyre temps during the race. Which of the three dials at the bottom are to change the engine maps?
Thanks Mark, did you notice what strat mode Bottas was on for his quickest on board laps?Mark4211 wrote:ClarkBT11 wrote:Nice picture of the steering wheel, cool feature being able to keep control of brake and tyre temps during the race. Which of the three dials at the bottom are to change the engine maps?
- Left: Engine strategy, currently set to '1 CHAR' or Strategy 1/Charge (the battery)
- Middle: Multi-function rotary, currently set to Bite point setting
- Right: High performance powertrain rotary, currently set to 'Shift' setting
Strat 2, because at the end - he made one anti-clockwise movement to get to Strat 1.ClarkBT11 wrote:Thanks Mark, did you notice what strat mode Bottas was on for his quickest on board laps?Mark4211 wrote:ClarkBT11 wrote:Nice picture of the steering wheel, cool feature being able to keep control of brake and tyre temps during the race. Which of the three dials at the bottom are to change the engine maps?
- Left: Engine strategy, currently set to '1 CHAR' or Strategy 1/Charge (the battery)
- Middle: Multi-function rotary, currently set to Bite point setting
- Right: High performance powertrain rotary, currently set to 'Shift' setting
