basti313 wrote: ↑11 Apr 2022, 18:57
dialtone wrote: ↑11 Apr 2022, 18:34
basti313 wrote: ↑11 Apr 2022, 18:25
I think this graph is not really telling anything else...and please pull it up like this you see nothing.
Lec was just managing all race. Ver clearly hat the drop, Alo had the drop. Magnussen had ~10laps good tires, did a 1:23 low. After these ~10 laps he struggeled with the graining, dropped to 24 low (so one second off the pace) and in the end he was overtaken by Schumacher, who did constant 23low at this point.
Also the McLarens completely dropped off with Ric reporting the issue.
For me it is hard to not find someone compromised but Leclerc. Once anyone was pushing the graining started. I just think we did not see too much as they were barely pushing on the Mediums.
Here's what you can do: add more downforce to the front wing like Ferrari did on Saturday.
I do not have an F1 car, sorry.
The graining was introduced by a bit higher track temp and got everyone by surprise. I do not think Ferrari was planning for this, they just did not have to push.
I think the solution would rather be a good tire. This stupid graining once the temps change a bit is nothing you see on any other good racing tire.
Most certainly not accurate again...
https://www.formu1a.uno/ferrari-ha-alza ... e-a-imola/
Ferrari started with a setup that was going to protect primarily the rear tyres, then long runs in FP2 showed a possibility for graining in the front, more apparent on the mediums. To handle this, between friday and saturday they decided 2 fundamental things. The first: increase front downforce to limit graining. They chose the higher load front wing of the 2 they brought in Australia, the one with the top flap straight rather than slightly cut. Albert park didn't just change layout but also tarmac; Pirelli itself, via Mario Isola, warned since friday that sliding, even with increase in grip, was possibly going to continue during the race since the track wasn't treated with high pressure wash to eliminate excess bitumen. [...] The second a 5 HP increase in the engine to counter the added drag compared to RedBull.
So everyone knew, they bet they could get away with it like in Jeddah, but they did not get away with it.
On top of it worth mentioning that RedBull spent the first 20 minutes of FP2 in box trying to fix their setup after FP1 showed significant balance problems, ultimately it meant that Ferrari was able to do 18 laps on Mediums in FP2, while RedBull did only 14 and maybe this was enough to discover the graining on the Ferrari side.