Alpine / Renault always had the longest ratio. Last year they were quite quick using DRS. Faster acceleration yes, but when peak power was at 290km/t your DRS will have little effect because red bull probably has it at 320... I personally think they miscalculated it. You can change it if approved by all other teams.
Key to higher top speed is higher downforce generated by the floor!Hammerfist wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 16:26Even if they find gobs of downforce and get firmly ahead of the Aston I don’t see them anywhere near Redbull s straight line speed. And let’s face it if it’s gonna be a Redbull copy cat then they will always be second to the original. That’s just how things work in f1. I’m surprised at the big talk coming from Toto. It’s clear to me they are too far away to catch up even next year. Perhaps in 2025 if Redbull gets close to the ceiling of development for their concept. But otherwise I don’t see it.
If she is hired by the team, how could Hamilton fire her?wogx wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 18:03Brundle gave an interesting two cents in the Sky studio on the subject of the ended cooperation between Cullen and Hamilton.
It turns out that the topic is a bit more complex than just - we don't work together well, so we part ways.
Cullen was with Hamilton when he was at his best as a driver. Over time, her services and salary also began to increase.
Cullen's contract was structured to get her salary and bonuses. Of which her salary was actually built on bonuses. Bonuses at Mercedes are based on the so-called "Performance Clause", i.e. the higher a driver finishes in races, the bigger bonus he gets from Mercedes to be distributed over the part of the garage that achieved this success. Mercedes does not honor with bonuses the places 4-20, only those who finish on the podium.
You know what this entails.... It turns out that in connection with the fact that Mercedes stopped winning races, not only the team of high-level engineers and designers has changed over the past months, but also the mechanics. They too, through the lack of success in 2022, got hit quite hard in the pocket, some of them left for other teams and some rotated.
Cullen also got hit pretty hard in the pocket because of this. No wins from Hamilton and Mercedes and the golden goose starts to rust.
Sure - in 2022 Hamilton could still compensate her part of the salary resulting from the lack of results, but in 2023, seeing the prospect of no wins himself, he had to start rethinking the question of keeping Cullen. - Can he afford it personally?
Sure, he could keep 20x such servants running around him. However, he decided to end his partnership with her.
Was firing her supposed to be a signal to Toto?
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She was a personal assistant for LH, so...ringo wrote: ↑22 Mar 2023, 03:18
If she is hired by the team, how could Hamilton fire her?
What if she got too greedy and said hey, I need more pay or I am gone, and left.
Hamilton could have nothing to do with her leaving. I am sure he would have kept her if she took a pay cut like he did.
It seems more that she decided to leave, than her being fired.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/merc ... /10445148/Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has implied it was Lewis Hamilton’s decision to split with trainer Angela Cullen, saying change comes when “things don’t work out anymore”.
On the other hand I haven't heard Russell complaining about the balance
This is 11th year for Toto at Mercedes. If he hasn't worked on succession planning all this while, then he is a questionable leader and can't be expected to make that happen now. It then becomes someone else's job to step in and fix it.
redbull can run their car very low something merc tried but gave up on the idea too early because floor was getting damage.Redbull never gave up on high rake concept even when merc was 2 second quick like in 2014 ,it took them 8 eight year to win their champ with max although with help of floor being cut.Honda too never gave up on size zero concept and in 2021 they brought an engine which was even smaller than the original size 0 and are now dominating.even if merc make a great car their deployment or hybrid area is not as good as the Honda so championship is unlikely until 2026.merc has the right idea they should just have soldiered on ,thats were great technical leadership comes in rather than just starting all over and hoping things work out ,they will probably go backward.AMG.Tzan wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 22:37Key to higher top speed is higher downforce generated by the floor!Hammerfist wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 16:26Even if they find gobs of downforce and get firmly ahead of the Aston I don’t see them anywhere near Redbull s straight line speed. And let’s face it if it’s gonna be a Redbull copy cat then they will always be second to the original. That’s just how things work in f1. I’m surprised at the big talk coming from Toto. It’s clear to me they are too far away to catch up even next year. Perhaps in 2025 if Redbull gets close to the ceiling of development for their concept. But otherwise I don’t see it.
Look at how shallow rear wing Red Bull is running! This is what gives them their higher top speed…which means their floor is working much better than Mercedes’s one!
Mercedes has been talking about the importance of the underfloor with these regulations since last year and they have often said that that’s where the concept changes compared to Red Bull!
You might have a point here. Unfortunately for Merc, I think their actions are more pressured by Hamilton's desire for short term success, rather than looking towards the long term with Russell.Bill wrote: ↑22 Mar 2023, 09:17redbull can run their car very low something merc tried but gave up on the idea too early because floor was getting damage.Redbull never gave up on high rake concept even when merc was 2 second quick like in 2014 ,it took them 8 eight year to win their champ with max although with help of floor being cut.Honda too never gave up on size zero concept and in 2021 they brought an engine which was even smaller than the original size 0 and are now dominating.even if merc make a great car their deployment or hybrid area is not as good as the Honda so championship is unlikely until 2026.merc has the right idea they should just have soldiered on ,thats were great technical leadership comes in rather than just starting all over and hoping things work out ,they will probably go backward.AMG.Tzan wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 22:37Key to higher top speed is higher downforce generated by the floor!Hammerfist wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 16:26Even if they find gobs of downforce and get firmly ahead of the Aston I don’t see them anywhere near Redbull s straight line speed. And let’s face it if it’s gonna be a Redbull copy cat then they will always be second to the original. That’s just how things work in f1. I’m surprised at the big talk coming from Toto. It’s clear to me they are too far away to catch up even next year. Perhaps in 2025 if Redbull gets close to the ceiling of development for their concept. But otherwise I don’t see it.
Look at how shallow rear wing Red Bull is running! This is what gives them their higher top speed…which means their floor is working much better than Mercedes’s one!
Mercedes has been talking about the importance of the underfloor with these regulations since last year and they have often said that that’s where the concept changes compared to Red Bull!
1. Because he had no choice. Alpine wouldn't give him the deal he wanted. Perhaps Alonso was also shown the wind tunnel numbers and that sealed the deal, who knows?
