tpe wrote: ↑21 May 2022, 15:15
rafeyahmad wrote: ↑21 May 2022, 14:17
tpe wrote: ↑21 May 2022, 14:08
So...
The introduced a new floor to solve porpoising, porpoising is still there and there seems no progress compared to RB. Merc is close now, much earlier than anyone thought, apart probably from the die heart fans.
Are we still sure that F1-75 doesn't need any updates?
Because the floor is not THAT different from what we have already see.
What nonsense.
They didn't introduce the floor to completely "solve porpoising". It was to
reduce it so they can run the car lower. The ultimate solution will come with the rear suspensions in the 2nd half of the season. People absorb misleading headlines and then get disappointed when the team doesn't deliver on them.
The updates have worked as reported by Duchessa. Just because you can't visibly see the differences or the difference to RB doesn't seem that big doesn't mean they haven't. RB have also lost 5 kgs. It's all relative.
So, can you please tell me how porpoising was reduced? Do we have a measurement for this?
I don't have any data, of course, so I just comment with what is visible from the TV. And I didn't see any improvement.
I remember f1 pundits saying that flaps/slots on the floor are good to control porpoising, but reduce the max downforce of the car.
Facts line up too, ferrari initially came up with a straight floor, then added a flexible flap to reduce porpoising. Now, they should have reduced porpoising, since they removed that flap.
Opposite situation for mercs, they had a straight floor and tons of porpoising so they added a very similar floor flap (to ferrari) for barca to reduce porpoising, trade-off being reduced downforce.