F1doc wrote: ↑14 Jun 2022, 18:47
zibby43 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2022, 06:42
AR3-GP wrote: ↑14 Jun 2022, 03:57
Aston Martin are using the W13 rear suspension with the RB bodykit (
) and they did not appear to suffer from porpoising in Baku.
So is it the suspension or the aero?
Impossible to tell if the cars are being run differently. The Merc is now slammed to the ground. Where's the AM ride height?
You can see the ride height in many of the photos here:
https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/new ... gp-weekend
I suspect the bouncing is more to do with the aero concept as AM had significant porpoising before the Barcelona changes. I don't think their suspension has changed.
Aston Martin have flatout said that the change of aero concept stopped their porpoising and now they can driver lower. What it shows is that the Merc suspension cannot suppress the aerodynamically driven issues of the Merc aero platform whereas when given a RB bodykit (
), the suspension no longer has anything to suppress.
So in a sense, the suspension is incompatible but one can argue that the demands that the Merc aero package place on the suspension are too much.
It's clear that Mercedes don't want to abandon their aero concept. The car visually has changed very little from Bahrain test. Meanwhile, Aston Martin brought half a car and radically altered the cars behaviour.
Lets see Mercedes bring half a car before we decide they cannot do anything.
The fact that both AM and RBR no longer bounce shows that both the Mercedes/RB suspension is not neccesarily the silver bullet. One can address the issue with suspension, but one may find it better off to simply address it through aerodynamic means.
A lion must kill its prey.