We've seen teams say "changes to X" to "improve performance" in the show and tell. Pretty easy to hide what's been done when that is all that's required.Stu wrote: ↑18 Jul 2022, 07:40That will work well in the era of “show & tell”…Henri wrote: ↑18 Jul 2022, 02:37https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/for ... -upgrades/
Engineers say the best upgrade is yet to come.. and its gonna be secret
I am German and cam confirm that this translation is correct.Shakeman wrote: ↑18 Jul 2022, 10:58"Our best upgrade will be one you don't see,"
This is the auto translation, which seems to be doing a lot of work to become a 'secret upgrade' if the translation is accurate. My German is limited to badly counting to ten and the phrases I learned from the Victor comic in my childhood, 'Gott im Himmel!' so I can't verify...
MGU-K hasn't been homologated yet - which is what the news have been referring to. I imagine all 4 PU manufacturers will upgrade the K-unit prior to the deadline of 1 Sep 2022.
Looks like the FIA are catching on... I had my suspicions as far back as June. The hens will come home to roost for redbull and ferrari. So much for bashing the zeropods. The car may well be the fastest after the FIA clamps down.ringo wrote: ↑20 Jun 2022, 18:39So I was wondering.. Could Redbull have a sprung floor? and is this allowed by the regulations?
A sprung and damped floor could greatly reduce the impact of bounding and porpoising. Instead of depending solely on the suspension to deal with the porpoising, a suspension can be rigged into the floor.
Those same brackets that we see in the floor of the redbull behind the sidepods may well be damped.
We have already seen the spring and damper in the keel.
Added to that running rake in the car simplifies bouncing as the car will touch down on the keel first before the rear squats to the ground.
I think Mercedes need to investigate this and implement it. Soften the cars suspension and install a suspension in the floor, so that there is a degree of freedom between the floor and chassis under extreme loads.
“Some teams have skids that actually disappear when the car hits the bottom [of the ground],” Wolff told reporters,
“The reason for skids is they are the limitation of how much [wear of the board] you can have. If the skid can disappear miraculously into the floor, that’s clearly against the regulations.
“Then the second thing is there is a plank that can deflect, or that basically also moves away more than the tolerance should be.
“The tolerance is one millimetre and if a plank moves away many more millimetres up into the car, obviously you gain some performance there too.
There is no Mercedes quote from that page so be doubtful!Shakeman wrote: ↑18 Jul 2022, 10:58"Our best upgrade will be one you don't see,"
This is the auto translation, which seems to be doing a lot of work to become a 'secret upgrade' if the translation is accurate. My German is limited to badly counting to ten and the phrases I learned from the Victor comic in my childhood, 'Gott im Himmel!' so I can't verify...
Reliability upgrades are possible. If you're running your ICE slightly below its power level because of a reliability issue, sorting that issue would bring performance and would be legal.
Just_a_fan wrote: ↑19 Jul 2022, 00:27Reliability upgrades are possible. If you're running your ICE slightly below its power level because of a reliability issue, sorting that issue would bring performance and would be legal.
Actually, there was a story that ferrari ran their first PU with lower power level and if everything goes OK, they will increase the power with second PU. I have no idea at what level they could be nowJust_a_fan wrote: ↑19 Jul 2022, 00:27Reliability upgrades are possible. If you're running your ICE slightly below its power level because of a reliability issue, sorting that issue would bring performance and would be legal.
I've no idea, but the teams are well versed in gaming the rules so if they can, they will.chrisc90 wrote: ↑19 Jul 2022, 09:34Just_a_fan wrote: ↑19 Jul 2022, 00:27Reliability upgrades are possible. If you're running your ICE slightly below its power level because of a reliability issue, sorting that issue would bring performance and would be legal.
Do reliability upgrades not have to be warranted though? As in there has been a number of problems with xyz component or the engine has failed in the same way a couple times