Lower fuel use with current car without dropping performance

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machin
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Re: Lower fuel use with current car without dropping perform

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machin wrote:
WhiteBlue wrote:16.000 is not a good rev range for the V8 to run in. It is too close to the resonance speed of the engines.
Off the top of your head what is the resonant speed?
Any further info on this one mate?

I've just been watching Rosberg's lap in qualifying at Valencia and he accelerates out of the slower corners in second gear at 10,000rpm at several points around the track (he's down to 8000rpm at some apexes when he's not on full throttle), so it doesn't look like Mercedes are too worried about low revs...?
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