2020 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, March 12-15

[dren]

Pole:
1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Who Cares

Race:
1. Lance Stroll
2. FIArari
3. Corona Virus

[NAPI10]

Tyre management will be a challenge in the Australian GP ???
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/2020 ... n/4722448/

[SiLo]

People are over exaggerating mercedes reliability, they had oil pressure issues after running the equivelent of about 3/4 GPS

They encountered cooling problem in 2019 winter testing. I don't remember if it were discussed here. It caused them during season. Now they have more and who can say it wont go worse.
When we look back, expecting more reliability from them is logical but we have to keep other possiblity in mind.

That was an entire design issue. If this is the same we will see the same results of running the engines in a lower power mode.

[caesar1]

As for everything else i think Red Bull will debut their larger wings and shock everybody.

Would it be better than one race special "Suzuka Wonder" PU last year?

I remember that
People always talk about these amazing big updates that teams will bring but they rarely happen or aren't as big as expected.

[dren]

As for everything else i think Red Bull will debut their larger wings and shock everybody.

Would it be better than one race special "Suzuka Wonder" PU last year?

I remember that
People always talk about these amazing big updates that teams will bring but they rarely happen or aren't as big as expected.

It happens on rare occasion. Teams usually say they're bringing some new bits and fans take it as a huge upgrade that will give them an edge on the rest. Then it just happens to be a little flip up somewhere.

[dans79]

Do you think that we can not see reliability at tests?
So what is reason of those 6 days they are not showing us anything? Isn't there any meaning of Alpha tauri's one engine finish?

Not directly no, because we don't know how over or under cooled the PU's might have been in testing.

They are testing Engine too, so they must simulate real conditions to get accurate data. I am sure that teams uses all pu modes during testing.

I think you missed my point. Running a Singapore cooling configuration is going to effect the PU a lot differently than say one for China, Spa or Monza.

[Just_a_fan]

Tyre management will be a challenge in the Australian GP ???
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/2020 ... n/4722448/

Hence RedBull querying Mercedes items that are obviously intended to make the car easier on the tyres - the rear brake cooling duct thingy and DAS. RedBull will presumably argue that DAS is purely aerodynamic (Newey has already said that, of course, because he's an aero one-trick-pony, sorry "god" that everyone will presumably listen to), but I think Mercedes will just tell the stewards what it actually is for - tyre management. Maybe RedBull are hoping to get details of it through that process.

[dans79]

You should tell that to Claire Williams,they had four issues.Mercedes two

Well then Claire hasn't been paying attention. Right after the first one occurred, James Allison was interviewed, and he said Brixworth knew was the issue was, and either had a fix or was working on a fix for it.

[dans79]

Maybe RedBull are hoping to get details of it through that process.

Honestly, I don't think they need any details. A lot of people, even fans have figured out what it's benefits are and how it works. The real issue is implementing it, the car basically has to be designed/engineered with it in-mind.

[etusch]

You should tell that to Claire Williams,they had four issues.Mercedes two

Well then Claire hasn't been paying attention. Right after the first one occurred, James Allison was interviewed, and he said Brixworth knew was the issue was, and either had a fix or was working on a fix for it.

And?

[dans79]

You should tell that to Claire Williams,they had four issues.Mercedes two

Well then Claire hasn't been paying attention. Right after the first one occurred, James Allison was interviewed, and he said Brixworth knew was the issue was, and either had a fix or was working on a fix for it.

And?

What?

[etusch]

People are over exaggerating mercedes reliability, they had oil pressure issues after running the equivelent of about 3/4 GPS

They encountered cooling problem in 2019 winter testing. I don't remember if it were discussed here. It caused them during season. Now they have more and who can say it wont go worse.
When we look back, expecting more reliability from them is logical but we have to keep other possiblity in mind.

That was an entire design issue. If this is the same we will see the same results of running the engines in a lower power mode.

If that is not big deal and they knew that before the tests as Allison had said, why they were in same conditions all along 6 days

[dans79]

They encountered cooling problem in 2019 winter testing. I don't remember if it were discussed here. It caused them during season. Now they have more and who can say it wont go worse.
When we look back, expecting more reliability from them is logical but we have to keep other possiblity in mind.

That was an entire design issue. If this is the same we will see the same results of running the engines in a lower power mode.

If that is not big deal and they knew that before the tests as Allison had said, why they were in same conditions all along 6 days

The PU's aren't turned out like sausages (Khrushchev reference), so they probably had a limited number to use during testing. Six days of testing at 98% PU output is better than 5 minutes at 100% output.

[TAG]

Mercedes have been the most reliable team since the 2014 PU regulation change, not sure how someone thinks that will all of the sudden change. We'll know Saturday who is where and we'll know Sunday whether a PU can go a race distance. Melbourne is a power circuit, don't think anyone will be able to hide flaws there.

[Ringleheim]

Mercedes have been the most reliable team since the 2014 PU regulation change, not sure how someone thinks that will all of the sudden change. We'll know Saturday who is where and we'll know Sunday whether a PU can go a race distance. Melbourne is a power circuit, don't think anyone will be able to hide flaws there.

Keep in mind these engines are being developed and things change. Clearly, Mercedes had a reliability issue in testing with current spec engines. Maybe they were trying something unusual looking to deliberately see if it would fail; I doubt that.

I think their reliability will be a question mark through the early part of the season, assuming we have a season.