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They did put more anti-lift the on he rear suspension but the problem is that the car is very prone to overheating the rears, the same issue that plagued the W15 as well. For some reason only the Mercedes is the car can't keep its temps in working order with the Pirelli's, that maybe the big flaw with the Downwash sidepods because they never had this issue with the Zero-pod concept. Mike Elliot came up with a concept where it doesn't impact the tyres as much with the W13. As much as we became critical to Mr. Elliot, Mercedes tremendous tyre advantage was cut in half when the W14 introduce the down washing side-pods in Monaco 2023.
And this is inline about what I said about the importance on mechanical parts, you can bring whatever big aero upgrade you want @OverheatedTurbo, but the main focus for them is without question the brake drum cooling front and rear, cooling internally for the engine and distribution of heat with the cooling outlets, and more suspension modifications.
Team needs take a page out of Alain Prost's strategy and put extreme focus on racing simulations because it's my main pet peeve when I race, because points are always awarded on Sunday.
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They did put more anti-lift the on he rear suspension but the problem is that the car is very prone to overheating the rears, the same issue that plagued the W15 as well. For some reason only the Mercedes is the car can't keep its temps in working order with the Pirelli's, that maybe the big flaw with the Downwash sidepods because they never had this issue with the Zero-pod concept. Mike Elliot came up with a concept where it doesn't impact the tyres as much with the W13.
And this is inline about what I said about the importance on mechanical parts, you can bring whatever big aero upgrade you want @OverheatedTurbo, but the main focus for them is without question the brake drum cooling front and rear, cooling internally for the engine and distribution of heat with the cooling outlets, and more suspension modifications.
Team needs take a page out of Alain Prost's strategy and put extreme focus on racing simulations because it's my main pet peeve when I race, because points are always awarded on Sunday.
When will that be implemented tho? JA said that the focus is to keep rears under control and I thought that most of the package was focused on that..
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