It's not like we didn't see it in Jeddah. It's just very low amplitude and dissipates quickly.
In Jeddah that was more going over bumps then porpoising. In Miami it was more pronounced and I saw Max and Sergio's head bobbing up and down significantly for the first time.
Agreed; although Miami was also not exactly the pinnacle of smoothness so that didn’t help either.
I doubt it will be an issue there. Wasn't the bouncing for the RB18 mostly caused in Miami because they softened the suspension for the very slow chicane to be able to ride the kerbs better? I don't see why they would have to soften the suspension that much for a track like Monza.
Eh, isn't the 1st corner chicane a pretty big influence on how the rest of the 1st sector goes? And when Red Bull went well there in the past it was because at least in part because their suspension allowed them to go over the curbs to allow for better corner entry and exit. Well, we'll see.SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 7:47 amI doubt it will be an issue there. Wasn't the bouncing for the RB18 mostly caused in Miami because they softened the suspension for the very slow chicane to be able to ride the kerbs better? I don't see why they would have to soften the suspension that much for a track like Monza.
No I mean with that much top speed difference between redbull and Ferrari. Ferrari should use higher df to keep their acceleration.SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 7:47 amI doubt it will be an issue there. Wasn't the bouncing for the RB18 mostly caused in Miami because they softened the suspension for the very slow chicane to be able to ride the kerbs better? I don't see why they would have to soften the suspension that much for a track like Monza.
Monza's curbs was better match for Mclaren and ferrari were struggling to fight with them. Then I genious came out and shaved that curbs. They are not that big anymore ( this happened years ago ) Redbull has proportional setting advantage in anycase.bosyber wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 7:52 amEh, isn't the 1st corner chicane a pretty big influence on how the rest of the 1st sector goes? And when Red Bull went well there in the past it was because at least in part because their suspension allowed them to go over the curbs to allow for better corner entry and exit. Well, we'll see.SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 7:47 amI doubt it will be an issue there. Wasn't the bouncing for the RB18 mostly caused in Miami because they softened the suspension for the very slow chicane to be able to ride the kerbs better? I don't see why they would have to soften the suspension that much for a track like Monza.
I think this may be indeed right or the car just behaves better than Ferrari with full tank. However, the biggest reason Leclerc was overtaken is that he was in trouble with his front right tyre.TNTHead wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 11:59 amAnother subject: I wonder how much advantage the RB18 gets pace wise because of the low drag in relation to fuel load. If the estimations of around 15% less drag than Ferrari is true it should mean that they can cover race distance with less fuel to begin with (with the same fuel efficiency). This should give a pace advantage in the first half of the race. Isn't exactly that what we were witnessing in Miami: first half of the race there was a pace advantage. It could be the medium tyres, but it could well be due to lower fuel load. Or, they can run the engine in a higher mode because of the lower drag leading to higher engine output.