But Norris is ahead of Leclerc and Sainz is head of Vettel.
If I’m not wrong, that chart takes into account the best sector of each team regardless of the driver, therefore minimizing the impact of the driver and more accurately reflecting the cars performance.CjC wrote:But Norris is ahead of Leclerc and Sainz is head of Vettel.
Lando is the quickest of the 4 so the Ferrari can’t be ahead on ultimate pace.
I find that table slightly misleading it’s the car and driver creating the lap time- not just the car as the table would suggest
55 Carlos SAINZ NO TIME 1 15:01:56 2 1:23.875 3 1:35.080 4 1:40.029 5 1:34.953 6 1:22.351 7 1:22.548 8 1:22.996 9 P 1:27.247 10 5:31.626 11 1:22.369 12 1:22.370 13 1:22.253 14 1:22.191 15 1:26.095 16 1:22.658 NO TIME 17 1:23.425 18 P 1:27.789 19 8:43.909 20 1:21.034 21 1:23.059 22 1:20.109 23 1:26.044 24 38:47.445 25 1:24.381 26 1:19.112 27 1:38.657 28 1:19.113 29 1:30.415 30 1:35.694 31 P 2:07.315
33 Max VERSTAPPEN NO TIME 1 15:02:26 2 1:23.740 3 1:26.293 4 1:22.641 5 1:22.815 6 1:22.423 7 1:22.074 8 1:22.740 9 P 1:26.787 10 5:52.623 11 1:22.160 12 1:22.068 13 1:22.277 14 1:22.394 15 1:26.208 16 1:21.575 NO TIME 17 1:21.755 18 P 1:25.274 19 8:38.213 20 1:27.069 21 1:19.033 22 1:34.110 23 1:18.535 24 18:37.493 25 1:33.277 26 19:37.531 27 1:25.304 28 1:22.116 29 1:22.422 30 1:21.926 31 1:35.956 32 P 2:01.701
Drivers will ultimately make the difference, but the way the chart shows car potential is the probably the only one way to know what the car is capable of doing... You are right that one driver may be stronger in one sector than the other, but the car is capable of those times and that’s what the chart shows... Also, it’s just Friday so very far from “Ultimate Pace” from the teams and if we also consider that the difference in pace between Norris and Leclerc was 9 thousands of a second, extremely close to say who has the pace advantage at this stage (the same chart for qualifying will be more representative).CjC wrote:Yea I’d say that you are correct
But as usual it’s a very simplified graphic/ chart that has many variables that contribute to it.
I don’t know the ins and out in this particular case but 1 driver could push harder in the first sector and the other driver saves his tyres in sector 1&2 and have a better sector 3 so the team has a potential for a lap time that arguably can’t be achieve by either driver.
Ultimately the lap time and the leader board is the key chart/ graphic to note and all others are less factual. The chart serves a purpose to a point but ultimately Lando has the ultimate pace over Ferrari not Ferrari over Mclaren.
As I saw, renault run small cooling outlet as well. In terms of cooling I can’t see significant differences.Chicane wrote: ↑24 Oct 2020, 08:27The fact that they have kept those new bargeboards so far shows that they still believe in them. FP3 will give them one more opportunity to continue their understanding. What was heartening to hear was that Key categorically stating that the new nosebox is working according to expectations. You can continue to tweak front wing, bargeboards, turning vanes, floor and sidepod deflectors but nose is something you cannot change without crash testing. So that's the big positive for me. The rear half of the car will undergo changes because of PU change and the consequent packaging as well.
When you see Mercedes run such small engine cooling outlets it makes me excited about the aerodynamic benefits it will bring, not to mention weight distribution due to a split turbo layout.
The car has two clear weaknesses, one slow speed corners and two high wind sensitivity. In terms of straight line performance, high and medium speed corners and braking the car is up three in the ball park. Rear traction and slow speed corners is something that's holding them back and i hope 2021 will turn it around, if not now.
