Your lucky day… I had a google.siskue2005 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 00:29
Please post the video where he says that they raised the car a bit. Thanks
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Your lucky day… I had a google.siskue2005 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 00:29
Please post the video where he says that they raised the car a bit. Thanks
I suspect Mercedes have finally put their stubborness aside, and had their light bulb moment with respect to ride height. They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different outcome.
I don’t think it’s stubbornness.
Their suspension is already at the limits of extension so more rake is not realistic without a fundamental suspension change.chrisc90 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 01:00I reckon in a couple races time you will see a merc with a slight bit of rake to it. I said it weeks/months ago that it could well work when the downforce is pulling it to the floor from a higher rear position.
It will/should give them a bit more suspension travel too which will probably help in the slower speed corners aswell. It’ll be a balancing act of how much rake, together with the drop gives the best performance
It was a good script with good performances in Baku, but overall it failed to deliver the expected results. In fact, it backfired. So there was no point repeating the same show again. Next up is Silverstone!chrisc90 wrote: ↑19 Jun 2022, 23:58
I think they are perfectly safe. Notice there was no comments to televised media from Mercedes this race? Toto said they raised the car a bit, as looked at the Rake of the RB. Did you hear about drivers complaining in the race? Did they struggle to get out the car?
The second stay was easy to add, and it didn't do anything anyway, so they removed it.ispano6 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 05:44So what was the heated exchange between Toto and Binotto? And why all of a sudden Mercedes has two stays on their floor during a weekend when a TD is mentioned regarding this very change? Seems like Mercedes has been working hard off the track to sway the regulations in their favor. Toto's comments seem a bit pitiful too, making things seem like it's the regulations fault for stiff suspensions. Hopefully Braun won't have any of it.
What does that have anything to do with Mercedes' suspension being too stiff? Since Toto can't find fault in his rivals then he lays fault in the regulations on safety grounds? That's real rich. They're providing the shitboxes and the drivers are choosing to get into them. It's not even clear as to what Mercedes are asking the FIA to change, they're just saying "Hey do something." Or are they insisting all teams should be forced to be handicapped by raising the ride by the same amount Mercedes has to in order to prevent their driver's pain in the ass? Or are they aiming to get a currently illegal suspension ready once they convince the FIA to make it legal? Toto and Mercedes should stop pretending to use the concern of other team's drivers as evidence to alter the rules. Still, curious to learn what made Toto lose his cool during the team principal meeting and what drama/tactics he employed.zibby43 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 06:29The second stay was easy to add, and it didn't do anything anyway, so they removed it.ispano6 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 05:44So what was the heated exchange between Toto and Binotto? And why all of a sudden Mercedes has two stays on their floor during a weekend when a TD is mentioned regarding this very change? Seems like Mercedes has been working hard off the track to sway the regulations in their favor. Toto's comments seem a bit pitiful too, making things seem like it's the regulations fault for stiff suspensions. Hopefully Braun won't have any of it.
And of course they're trying to shape the rules in their favor. Just like RBR/Honda/and the king of pitiful comments (Horner) did when they had no viable Q3 mode that could remotely resemble what Merc were deploying back in '20. Or when Horner complained about DAS triggering a spending war. Or FRIC before that.
Or when RBR/Merc collaborated to expose Ferrari's fuel flow meter trick in '19. That's F1.
Lastly, Brawn's gone. So is Symonds.
The other version is that Mercedes pushed for this TD, and/or FIA informed Mercedes at forehand of the TD.zibby43 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 06:29The second stay was easy to add, and it didn't do anything anyway, so they removed it.ispano6 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 05:44So what was the heated exchange between Toto and Binotto? And why all of a sudden Mercedes has two stays on their floor during a weekend when a TD is mentioned regarding this very change? Seems like Mercedes has been working hard off the track to sway the regulations in their favor. Toto's comments seem a bit pitiful too, making things seem like it's the regulations fault for stiff suspensions. Hopefully Braun won't have any of it.