Team: Stefano Domenicali (TP), Mario Almondo (Director of Operations), Aldo Costa (TD), Nicolas Tombazis (CD), Luca Marmorini (HE) Drivers: Fernando Alonso (5), Felipe Massa (6)
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Pierce89 wrote:The hardest tires of the range are too hard. Not only because of the Ferrari but on the hards the cars never seem to race as hard, I guess because the cars feel less confident.
I also think the rule that you must use both compounds is ridiculous(anybody with a reason why they SHOULD do it?)
just because ferrari are the only top team unable to make them work..and why wouldnt you have the two tyre choice? it adds more strategy in to it, otherwise the vast majority of races would be run on just the soft tyre.
oh and the medium was the prime tyre this weekend not the hard.
I never said to take the choice away. I asked why REQUIRE the use of both compound. If you could use hards exclusively, bam a one stopper vs. tradional strategy vs. someone only using softs and on a 3 stopper would be way cooler than everyone on a variation of the same basic strategy.
P.S. I specifically stated I wasn't saying that from the perspective of helping Ferrari's performance, so ,I find your post a little strange.
“To be able to actually make something is awfully nice”
Bruce McLaren on building his first McLaren racecars, 1970
“I've got to be careful what I say, but possibly to probably Juan would have had a bigger go”
Sir Frank Williams after the 2003 Canadian GP, where Ralf hesitated to pass brother M. Schumacher
The Cobra Probe is a multi-hole pressure probe able to resolve 3-components of velocity and local static pressure in real time. A frequency response in excess of 2000 Hz means the Cobra Probe is especially suited to the measurement of turbulent flows, although accurate mean-flow measurements are also made. The Cobra Probe is robust and easy to use.
f1 teams have plenty of money, there are pitots you can get which negate the effect of yaw with various intake designs.
I would assume this would further point to use of Toyota's wind tunnel and their PIV facilities. Its one of the most critical areas to achieve a correct mapping.
The probes mention above have an operating range of 45 degrees. Are you aware of something in the 180 degree range?
We have lots of data on the flow around a wheel and they don't indicate the wheel creating flow 90 degrees to the track surface. Something odd is going on the this test instrument.
Brian
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The Cobra Probe is a 4-hole pressure probe that is able to resolve 3-components of velocity and local static pressure, and can measure flow fluctuations in excess of 2000 Hz within a ±45° acceptance cone. The Cobra Probe is ideal when the flow direction is not well known, large fluctuations in the flow direction occur, or a more robust probe than the traditional hot-wire anemometer is required.