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Team: James Allison (TD), Pat Fry (ED), Nikolas Tombazis (CD), Stefano Domenicali (MD), Simone Resta (DCD), Corrado Lanzone (Head of production), Luca Marmorini (HE), Rory Byrne (Tech Advisor)
Drivers: Fernando Alonso (14), Kimi Raikkonen (7)
it appears Kimi had to make many steering corrections compared to Fernando... would the steering configurations be different on both the cars???diemaster wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiAnjUvqbo
Very good video showing how drivers are not using the whole rev band. If you look closely you'll see that the shift lights are fully on long before the car reaches maximum allowed revs. When Kimi accelerates out of T1 is it very well visible that he keeps on revving quite a lot after all lights are on.diemaster wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiAnjUvqbo
Why is there chrome ring were the nose and the wings are attached?stefan_ wrote:2014 Australian Grand Prix - Friday, 14.03.2014
nice image. first one I've seen of the back brakes. Interesting how the calliper is on it's back below the disk. While on the front they are vertical (standing up if you will) behind the disk.
??? The blue helmet is Fernando, he is doing much more corrections than Kimi. But this is related to the usual problem: They can not get heat into their tires. While Merc and RB are doing fast laps after the outlap, the Ferraris have cold tires even after an additional warm-up lap. At least it seems they solved that problem for Kimis car in FP2.ironrose wrote:it appears Kimi had to make many steering corrections compared to Fernando... would the steering configurations be different on both the cars???diemaster wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiAnjUvqbo
Mandrake wrote:Very good video showing how drivers are not using the whole rev band. If you look closely you'll see that the shift lights are fully on long before the car reaches maximum allowed revs. When Kimi accelerates out of T1 is it very well visible that he keeps on revving quite a lot after all lights are on.diemaster wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiAnjUvqbo
diffuser wrote:nice image. first one I've seen of the back brakes. Interesting how the calliper is on it's back below the disk. While on the front they are vertical (standing up if you will) behind the disk.
Don't remember if the rear callipers where in the same position last year.
I wasn't denying the fact that these are programmable. But I got the impression that Kimi wanted to rev it to the max as he used to do with the old V8, whereas the best compromise between speed and efficiency lies where the rev light indicate the limit.diffuser wrote:Mandrake wrote:Very good video showing how drivers are not using the whole rev band. If you look closely you'll see that the shift lights are fully on long before the car reaches maximum allowed revs. When Kimi accelerates out of T1 is it very well visible that he keeps on revving quite a lot after all lights are on.diemaster wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiAnjUvqbo
I wouldn't read to much into that. I bet that those lights aren't set to a static value. I bet they change based on the mapping they are running and are simply there to tell the driver when they want him to change. For all we know they could be shifting at 8k.
From the images I've seen so far, Ferrari is the only top team not using the heat from the brakes to heat up the wheels. Mercedes, RB, McLaren, Williams, Sauber etc. (OK, not all top teams, but still) do so. I'll add the images later, but I find this a bit odd - will the tires hold longer without this system?basti313 wrote:??? The blue helmet is Fernando, he is doing much more corrections than Kimi. But this is related to the usual problem: They can not get heat into their tires. While Merc and RB are doing fast laps after the outlap, the Ferraris have cold tires even after an additional warm-up lap. At least it seems they solved that problem for Kimis car in FP2.ironrose wrote:it appears Kimi had to make many steering corrections compared to Fernando... would the steering configurations be different on both the cars???diemaster wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiAnjUvqbo
if true, this is interesting since I would say that it's not particularly difficult from the technical pont of view.CBeck113 wrote:
From the images I've seen so far, Ferrari is the only top team not using the heat from the brakes to heat up the wheels. Mercedes, RB, McLaren, Williams, Sauber etc. (OK, not all top teams, but still) do so. I'll add the images later, but I find this a bit odd - will the tires hold longer without this system?
Do they already have two solutions? Because in FP2 Kimi managed to have the tires warm after the outlap...motobaleno wrote:if true, this is interesting since I would say that it's not particularly difficult from the technical pont of view.CBeck113 wrote:
From the images I've seen so far, Ferrari is the only top team not using the heat from the brakes to heat up the wheels. Mercedes, RB, McLaren, Williams, Sauber etc. (OK, not all top teams, but still) do so. I'll add the images later, but I find this a bit odd - will the tires hold longer without this system?
so, if they don't do it, it's because they explicitly don't want to...
On test they also evaluated that possibility.basti313 wrote:Do they already have two solutions? Because in FP2 Kimi managed to have the tires warm after the outlap...motobaleno wrote:if true, this is interesting since I would say that it's not particularly difficult from the technical pont of view.CBeck113 wrote:
From the images I've seen so far, Ferrari is the only top team not using the heat from the brakes to heat up the wheels. Mercedes, RB, McLaren, Williams, Sauber etc. (OK, not all top teams, but still) do so. I'll add the images later, but I find this a bit odd - will the tires hold longer without this system?
so, if they don't do it, it's because they explicitly don't want to...
