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Honda F1 project leader Yusuke Hasegawa has outlined a number of reasons why Honda has been struggling so badly in the beginning of the 2017 Formula One season. He confirmed that lots of problems were not discovered while running on the dynamo meter.
You mean as in a blown diffuser? That has less to do with the engine (just a bit of mapping, to run the engine off throttle) and more to do with the aerodynamics of the rear of the car.FW17 wrote:Honda gas no experience in hot or cold blowing while the other 3engine makers had a solid 4 years of race experience to carry over from there NA engines.
When and where they use it is debatable but this is something that Honda is missing.
actually, teams might be using cold blowing MGU-H during breaking and get some free electricity.hurril wrote:What does hot and cold blowing imply in this context?
actually, teams might be cold blowing MGU-H during breaking and get some free electricity.hurril wrote:What does hot and cold blowing imply in this context?
If you're time limited under braking you'll take what you can get I'd imagine. There's only so much your K will be able to capture.gruntguru wrote:Not necessary. Much more efficient to generate using the piston engine driving the MGUK.PhillipM wrote:You might for harvesting though.
be nice to be able to have this data!!!!!Craigy wrote:The sector time data the teams have is different from that supplied to the TV viewing masses via FOM's world feed.DarkAlman wrote:But since that don't have access to the dyno data of the other teams do they get an approximate number by comparing the sector lap times of different teams?
As well as the 3 official FOM sectors and the speed trap joe public sees, the F1 teams have "sector" times once every 200m all the way round each track.
With this they can measure things like the acceleration at various points along a straight (eg. Spa/Kemmel) for each car, for each lap. There will be databases of this for every competitor going back years.
The teams can tell the average speed in each corner using the granular sector data, and use that to calculate apex speeds and with information from their own data on tyres, can establish fairly accurate extrapolations of their competitor's downforce numbers, drag numbers and so on.
They've been doing this sort of stuff for a long time and are very good at it.
The big teams are all data-driven. They know what they are competing against.
He was losing ground because of fuel saving not tyres. After he got lapped, he must have turned up the engine to build up the gap to Perez that brought him alongside VES. Looked terrific...cant wait to see what they do next year without restrictions.loner wrote:how come Fernando was about to overtake Verstappen on strait before Perez overtake him
DRSloner wrote:how come Fernando was about to overtake Verstappen on strait before Perez overtake him
That's Nico Hulkenberg's number. Force India with Honda engines?Sasha wrote:???? The latest Japanese Autosport Magazine show a picture of car # 27 with a big H on the nose????
Will that happen next year?