Mmmm, hope so. Tho Helmut said Mercedes have the best traction and this is Traction City, on top of the new engineUnc1eM0nty wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:25 amAhhhhh, at last a proper track to help us forget Monaco
Qualy was very close last year, top six were within four tenths, here's hoping for more of the same.
Probably only in quali thoughNathanOlder wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:48 amAnd apparently an extra 20hp to use with that traction
Conventional differentials are renowned back-breakers when going in and accelerating away from corners. Improved upon however, it could be said or likened to a twenty horsepower addition to engine power.NathanOlder wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:48 amAnd apparently an extra 20hp to use with that traction
I bet the new Merc engine will come with a new Phase Document that sets out basically the damage budget and what modes they can use for how long, and the higher power race modes will have longer periods allowed now. That's what they mean really when they say 'reliability'vogonvader wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:53 amProbably only in quali thoughNathanOlder wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:48 amAnd apparently an extra 20hp to use with that traction
What technical characteristics of a car define this? How do you measure it?
One thing the Red Bull used to have, up until this year at least, was that under braking and at low speeds the rake and suspension dropped the front wing onto the ground, for ground effect. Red Bull have had the best braking and low speed grip for a long time. So as @Bill says ex Red Bull drivers like Seb and Danny have had to adjust and make mistakes under pressureGPR -A wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:27 pmWhat technical characteristics of a car define this? How do you measure it?
A Driver's skill and confidence in breaking late, carrying more speed and handling any kind of instabilities and/or oversteer through a corner, defines the speed carried through a corner. More robust drivers like Alonso, Hamilton and Max manage to handle breaking and mid-corner instabilities much better than most others. Would that define their car as a whole more supreme?
First off, FIA's sector times does not give any information about a car's breaking performance. Ricciardo is struggling like any new driver in a new car. Once he settles in and understand the behavior of the car better, he would be back on his usual driving mode. With the rear brakes being BBW and controlled by Software, which is configured for track characteristics, it's always a feel a driver would get to do the best.
I don't think that is necessarily true for many technical reasons; the tyres being a major one, and then the aerodynamics. Ricciardo will never do what he was doing in the redbull in renault, no matter how comfortable he gets in the RS19.GPR -A wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 5:28 pmFirst off, FIA's sector times does not give any information about a car's breaking performance. Ricciardo is struggling like any new driver in a new car. Once he settles in and understand the behavior of the car better, he would be back on his usual driving mode. With the rear brakes being BBW and controlled by Software, which is configured for track characteristics, it's always a feel a driver would get to do the best.
Vettel never struggled for breaking when he moved to Ferrari and neither does Red Bull employs mediocre drivers (with the exception of Webber & Gasly). So these guys know how to make the best use of the high class equipment. It's more to do with driver, than a car with regards to the breaking performance.
Hamilton struggled with late breaking in 2014, when the then new technology of BBW came in picture and Brembo breaks were not up to it and he had to play around with Carbon Industrie breaks. In that period, he lost out a lot to Nico in qualifying. But once he got hold of the breaks, he started outshining Nico almost always.