Motorsports Thread

[figbat]

Watching FP1 - the porpoising on Mercedes doesn't look good compared to Red Bull. They must be feeling seasick!

I’m amazed it’s still there - I’d have thought they’d have dialled it out by now. Maybe they believe the porpoising is less of a problem than running a higher ground clearance or different suspension settings.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I’m amazed it’s still there - I’d have thought they’d have dialled it out by now. Maybe they believe the porpoising is less of a problem than running a higher ground clearance or different suspension settings.

There's a bit about it on the Skysports website from the Mercedes technical guy, they can easily get rid of it by raising the ride height, but once they do that they lose the speed.

It appears it's getting the spot between acceptable porpoising & speed loss, my non scientific knowledge think Mercedes will have a handle on it in 4 races, if Red Bull can get caught up in Ferrari, Mclaren & Alpha Tauri in the meantime they won't be that far behind.

 

[Illaveago]

I just saw a clip of it on the Beeb a few minutes ago . It looked terrible! I can't imagine what it would be like driving that for 2 hours!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I just saw a clip of it on the Beeb a few minutes ago . It looked terrible! I can't imagine what it would be like driving that for 2 hours!

is that Hamilton's car? His team mate doesn't seem to have the same problems

 

[Illaveago]

is that Hamilton's car? His team mate doesn't seem to have the same problems

Yes. I'm not sure if it was just before the braking zone but it looked pretty uncomfortable!

 

[Jody]

is that Hamilton's car? His team mate doesn't seem to have the same problems

Apparently running different floor designs and setup for evaluation.

The car looks awful to drive.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Apparently running different floor designs and setup for evaluation.

The car looks awful to drive.

yes I know, it also sounded awful in the clip I saw, the floor hitting the deck as the car bounced. But I'm not expecting it to be the same in Qualifying, they will have sorted for that.

 

[Jody]

I'm not so sure. I reckon they aren't going to fair well.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'm not so sure. I reckon they aren't going to fair well.

We'll have to wait and see, I suspect Toto is playing silly games as usual.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

We'll have to wait and see, I suspect Toto is playing silly games as usual.

Not sure silly. Highly professional, and he doesn't half get into Horner's head.

I suspect that at this point he's not sandbagging though, Merc are a little way off the pace.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Not sure silly. Highly professional, and he doesn't half get into Horner's head.

I suspect that at this point he's not sandbagging though, Merc are a little way off the pace.

The gamesmanship, one of the things that make F1 interesting, did anything interesting happen with the Merc mirrors being called out for being aero devices? I'll wait till after qualifying and see whats really going on.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

No, because aiui Merc has outsmarted the Rules, as can happen from time to time.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I don't think Mercedes are sandbagging if they ever were, I think they are where they are, either the simulations didn't have enough data or something unexpected is happening, I do think they will get a handle on it.

I also wonder if they will compromise their qualifying IF overtaking is possible, but they will both be at the sharp end, at least in qualifying as it's a single lap, you can take so much pain for a single lap, just not 53 laps (or however many it is)

 

[Reynard]

Ooooh, Radio 5 Live have added Sam Bird to their commentary team. Loving his analysis.

Where's Jolyon gone, tho?

 

[Landsurfer]

Mercedes have admitted that both their cars are driven by 13 year old lads hidden in a shipping container behind the pits .... the drivers only use the steering wheel to hold on to .... the lads in the container are playing XBOX F1 ......!