xReVo wrote: ↑21 May 2024, 12:33
Farnborough wrote: ↑21 May 2024, 11:01
wiktor977 wrote: ↑21 May 2024, 10:37
True. But Mercedes gives their own facility but not software and computing power to work on data you get from wind tunnel
It does appear that both team start with concept, ultimately to then corrupt the platform they are running
Looks more suspicious the more it happens .... that something in common is not accurately accounted for. This not a conspiracy theory, more observation of pure common cause, or a potential one.
The PU check across in McL validates it's relative parity against two other successful unit too.
The AMR & MB development cycle APPEARS to be feeding backwards from track actuality, as opposed to development stream pushing both forward into realising conceptual gains.
Like the race team is leading the development cycle as opposed to optimisation of good design gains.
Last year I read an official article, in which half the team was busy developing the car while the other half was busy designing the following year's car. Consequently, I think this is precisely the problem at this point. That team that takes care of the updates needs to be reviewed
I can't speak for how it works specifically at AMR but I've read that it is common practice to have 2 teams and sometimes 3 teams. I read that Bob Bell was hired to head up a 3ird team for 2026 car.
Generally the year Starts with the Current year car having everyone in it, All the resources.
At some point, around now, the next year's car team get's started with maybe 4 or 5 people.
Gradually, as we get deeper into the season more and more design people move to the new car. By September or October most if not all of design team has move to the New car.
Manufacturing just keeps humming along, as designs/tasks for the current year car run out, it picks up manufacturing tasks for the new car.
Generally, year in year out, it's not the same people staying and the same people moving.
I'm not saying that isn't or is the problem. just the way it is. In either case this would fall under both Luca Furbatto an Dan Fallows responsibility.