Is there a problem with the engine, or are they just spreading the ware?
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Formula One's most successful team, Scuderia Ferrari have unveiled their brand-new machine, the F1-75 with which the Italian outfit's young driver pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will race in the sport's 73rd season.
Is there a problem with the engine, or are they just spreading the ware?
Found an issue in the engine and will examine it as a precaution, although should be available in future races as they fix it.
More aggressive spoon wings are lower drag and lower downforce wings. I don't think past races necessarily represent what we are going to face. For example RB-18 needed to find ways to load up the front wing to reduce understeer, Imola is even more front limited than any of the circuits we've been at so far so I think there may be surprises.
The first ICE is still okay they just wanted to carry out reliability check on it it would be returned to the engine pool.
It is said Ferrari will use it for free practice for the rest of the season. So it's not a loss and it will allow the 2nd ICE to be run only in qualy + race as always when you have such a pool.
It’s a great question and other users here can offer more detail but basically the car parts must all be tested for everything from invisible cracks to simply normal wear and tear. Some parts are a per race use so have to be replaced every weekend. There simply is a myriad of pieces that all must be trusted 100%, and so checks are in place to ensure every piece is examined so the car must be taken apart to appropriately carry out those measures.JPBD1990 wrote: ↑22 Apr 2022, 05:55This is a very n00b question and I’m embarrassed because I’ve been following F1 for almost 20 years - but why do they disassemble and reassemble the cars to such a degree every weekend? Isn’t it more efficient to just put the car in a container and then chuck some wheels on it at the track?
Is it because so many parts are ‘consumables’ per say? Like how long does the hydraulics system last? A race? 3 races? The whole calendar? What about the suspension and dampers etc?
Thanks that’s super interesting! I would have thought this introduces a higher degree of risk of ‘finger trouble’ and other little errors during disassembly and reassembly, but I guess there’s no other option considering they need to replace many things and check over many other things.Chuckjr wrote: ↑22 Apr 2022, 06:47It’s a great question and other users here can offer more detail but basically the car parts must all be tested for everything from invisible cracks to simply normal wear and tear. Some parts are a per race use so have to be replaced every weekend. There simply is a myriad of pieces that all must be trusted 100%, and so checks are in place to ensure every piece is examined so the car must be taken apart to appropriately carry out those measures.
2nd ICE in the fourth race on one car might be seen as an early take by some, but what if the team has decided this course of action befor5e hand?. And that course of action also included the car which fell behind in championship standings. Remember that the ICE being replaced have one race mileage less than the one staying put. This car new race engine will if everything goes well with it, be able to do more races than the one which will also have to do whole weekends. The first engine used by all will always do fewer race weekends than the second one introduced.
Could it be that since Ferrari has much smaller airbox area they can load middle of the rear wing more?dialtone wrote: ↑22 Apr 2022, 00:25More aggressive spoon wings are lower drag and lower downforce wings. I don't think past races necessarily represent what we are going to face. For example RB-18 needed to find ways to load up the front wing to reduce understeer, Imola is even more front limited than any of the circuits we've been at so far so I think there may be surprises.
Thats right. Ferraris airbox is much smaller to get more air to the rear wing. Also the"shoulders" of their engine cover are very small to get even more air to the rear wing.One and Only wrote: ↑22 Apr 2022, 11:01Could it be that since Ferrari has much smaller airbox area they can load middle of the rear wing more?dialtone wrote: ↑22 Apr 2022, 00:25More aggressive spoon wings are lower drag and lower downforce wings. I don't think past races necessarily represent what we are going to face. For example RB-18 needed to find ways to load up the front wing to reduce understeer, Imola is even more front limited than any of the circuits we've been at so far so I think there may be surprises.
