A very sad day yesterday. They heard it an hour before qualifying.
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Okay if you've seen it, then I will go with that but why didn't Max go with the high downforce wing? There's very little difference in the straightline speed between the two cars in the Q3 laps.dxpetrov wrote: ↑23 Oct 2022, 09:22They were not in Q. Checo switched back to high DF wing.AR3-GP wrote: ↑23 Oct 2022, 03:38Both drivers are using the medium load wing this weekend. They both switched to it today. Checo had the high load wing only for yesterday.ispano6 wrote: ↑23 Oct 2022, 03:24Max and Checo are running different wing levels, perhaps with Checo's set up being more favorable for S3. The cooling track and wind would have also been slightly disadvantageous to Max's set up, but he seems pretty confident for race pace. The race will probably see a safety car of some sort and strategy will definitely come into play with tyre choice especially the last stint.
He had the medium downforce wing on all weekend, so really it was the direction max was always going in. Given at Zandvoort with more downforce requirement than COTA, max preferred the medium wing level. Maybe it comes partly from a difference in strategy. Max maybe goes for a 3-stop accepting the higher deg whilst Perez will attempt a 2-stop with the more tyre-preserving higher df package? Or it could come from max preferring the less stable rear end in higher speed unlike Checo
This is the bad side of the greater exposure by Netflix. A Pantomime is set.
If they had a higher load rear wing, couldn't they just re-balance by increasing the front wing angle?organic wrote: ↑23 Oct 2022, 14:02He had the medium downforce wing on all weekend, so really it was the direction max was always going in. Given at Zandvoort with more downforce requirement than COTA, max preferred the medium wing level. Maybe it comes partly from a difference in strategy. Max maybe goes for a 3-stop accepting the higher deg whilst Perez will attempt a 2-stop with the more tyre-preserving higher df package? Or it could come from max preferring the less stable rear end in higher speed unlike Checo
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Neither team cost money anymore due to the cost cap and sponsorship deals. (Although the engine stuff probably cost something)
