The W13 finished level with the W12 in terms of the gap to the lead (Austria 2022 vs 2021).
Car again had the best tyre deg, and the performance delta kept decreasing as the stint went on.
I think it's just down to the drivers and engineers getting the setup right. From 2020 i have suspected redbull and their driver's ability to get the setup right. Especially on sprint weekends. Max has had a poor record with that in my eyes. Hamilton clearly knows what he is doing. Another race with strong pace. And its not just down to the inherent properties of the car. He is choosing to setup with this bias. Plus whatever he is doing inside the car to close down when everyone else's tyres are worn.
But we are missing the two or three tenths to be able to race at the front. We have glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel with the car – then it disappears again, and we need to get on top of that. Today, over a race stint, we looked more competitive than yesterday.
They still only had a 50% finishing rate (on the day) 2nd and 3rd would have given them 34. If they do get sorted it is looking good.LM10 wrote: ↑11 Jul 2022, 17:58Still your opinion after Sunday?Stu wrote: ↑09 Jul 2022, 19:29That is a significant increase in tunnel volume, this should reduce sensitivity to ride-height and reduce porpoising. If Ferrari are not careful they will become the third team.RZS10 wrote: ↑09 Jul 2022, 16:10Looking at this (unfortunately not perfectly scaled) comparison it is possible that they did not add those bulges etc but that they are a result of widening the tunnels and wrapping the floor around internal components.
https://i.imgur.com/y7nlmyH.png
This is an attempt to visualize it, i drew those lines on the bottom one and then copied the layers to upper one and distorted them to the best of my ability so they fit a few key points ... the end of the edge top right, kinda the same point bottom left where the boat section ends, end of innermost strake top middle, edge of the plank and the line on the right is parallel to the edge of the diffuser
https://i.imgur.com/aWFy1HG.png
I do think that the Merc suspension is the big performance restriction now; more travel would be a real benefit.
You're right, but from what I understood Stu meant the car performance when saying "third team".Big Tea wrote: ↑11 Jul 2022, 18:15They still only had a 50% finishing rate (on the day) 2nd and 3rd would have given them 34. If they do get sorted it is looking good.LM10 wrote: ↑11 Jul 2022, 17:58Still your opinion after Sunday?Stu wrote: ↑09 Jul 2022, 19:29
That is a significant increase in tunnel volume, this should reduce sensitivity to ride-height and reduce porpoising. If Ferrari are not careful they will become the third team.
I do think that the Merc suspension is the big performance restriction now; more travel would be a real benefit.
Yes. But if Mclaren were firing on all cylinders with both drivers scoring it could be close at year end when DNF's and grid penalties are taken into account.
Can’t really use that gap from Sunday as an indicator. Hamilton was coming through the field and was on a different strategy to the leaders (2-stopped).
I kind of did mean that, we did see a fabulous performance from Ferrari (until Sainz dropped out), but for whatever reason Verstappen couldn’t keep his tyres alive to challenge. The Mercedes challenge this weekend was significantly blunted by the accidents on Friday which lead to (what looked like) a compromised race set-up. If Mercedes have made the aero step that they seem to have done there are tracks coming up that really could see them mixing with Ferrari & Red Bull.