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On the second and final day of his running in a two year old Renault R30, Kimi Raikkonen completed 91 laps to bring the grand total to 171. Todays running was divided between short morning runs and then longer runs towards the afternoon, while focusing on new tyre and full tank load behavior.
...for autosport.comAnd I've always said that of all the drivers I've worked with, he's probably the most brilliant. If Lotus can build a competitive car, Kimi could surprise this year.
Has anyone ever doubted Kimi's raw pace in an F1 car? It's his attitude that draws the comments...mx_tifoso wrote:PDLR...for autosport.comAnd I've always said that of all the drivers I've worked with, he's probably the most brilliant. If Lotus can build a competitive car, Kimi could surprise this year.
No really; zoom in massively. It's 60; not 80. It LOOKS 80; and if you zoom it massively and squint hard enough; THEN you'll see the 6Just_a_fan wrote:THe rear ride height is 80, not 60.
xpensive wrote:I believe that to be 32 and 80 respectively actually, some rake that.
Fascinating shot anyway, does anyone know for certain what "PPS" is in reference to, obviously something hydraulic,
might it have something to do with reactive ride height? If so, the area 4.960 mm^2 and 6 cc volume is most interesting,
when that translates to a 25 mm diameter with a 12 mm displacement, pretty close to the numbers myself and an inactive member has been toying around with.
Some of the adjustment numbers might just relate to the shim stacks the mechanics would use to adjust the control arms positions.mkeRed wrote: Also, the castor value, that can't be degrees, right? To my mind 12 degrees seems extreme.
Oh, good idea, I wasn't really sold on PPS being part of the RRH but it makes sense as part of the damper system since they don't list any details of the internal fluids for dampers (as you would expect them to).hardingfv32 wrote:Could the PPS information relate to the size and volume of the gas pressurization cylinders found with the shocks?
Brian
Done all that. It's 80.raymondu999 wrote:No really; zoom in massively. It's 60; not 80. It LOOKS 80; and if you zoom it massively and squint hard enough; THEN you'll see the 6Just_a_fan wrote:THe rear ride height is 80, not 60.
From his interviews, the Iceman seems a bit more focussed on the task than I remembered him being, and his feedback is more interesting to listen to. Just my perspective.mx_tifoso wrote:PDLR...for autosport.comAnd I've always said that of all the drivers I've worked with, he's probably the most brilliant. If Lotus can build a competitive car, Kimi could surprise this year.
i'm pretty sure the static toe settings dont fluctuate much with compression/extension. i'm under the impression that these are typical toe settings for these cars.Just_a_fan wrote:THe rear ride height is 80, not 60.
As to why you'd have toe settings as they are, presumably they compensate for geometry change under load so that under braking the fronts are parallel and under acceleration the rears become more parallel whilst not risking going toe out and have the car get squirmy under throttle out of the corners - particularly as there'll be some lateral load early in the acceleration zone as the car moves away from the apex...