On the other hand if they had put in a fast laptime like Alfa or Haas did, you would be saying they are running low on fuel, and engine cranked up like they did in previous years of testing, and it won’t be there come race time.ringo wrote:So if the car is very stiff. What does that say on its tyre wear?
Did testing give any indication or are the 18 inch tyres very robust and will last 2 weekends? lol
Im cautioisly optimistic about it's lap time.
The power of the engine is uknown but I cannot help but seeing it as having a low top speed.
It just looks draggy.
EDIT:
I think I should also say that I've already posted the telemetry of the Alfa and Ferrari compared with Bottas' lap and it was clear that RPM was higher for Alfa showing that Ferrari had a lower engine mode. It's also a fact that the fast lap from Ferrari had overall lower top speeds that what Ferrari itself achieved on the first day of Bahrain testing by a big margin. So overall your draggy and top speed comment is questioned not only by Vanja's CFD example, but also by actual data. You can still say it's draggy but there's no evidence to support it besides your statement.