Andi76 wrote: ↑15 Feb 2023, 21:15
In Germany Andreas Schmidt reported that the W14 uses Red Bulls Trick from last year to lower the rear at high speeds. We all remember Red Bulls superior Topspeed in 2022. Andreas Schmidt from AMuS says that was because Red Bull used a trick to lower their rear at high speeds. Probably a collapsing rear suspension, something Newey started to use at McLaren in 1998 already. The word is that Mercedes found out how to it and copied it.
If its purely mechanical then what could be the solution? All f1 cars have dual rate suspension right? like you said from years ago, whats next, a third rate?
Mechanically its very easy to go from a lower rate to higher rate in one coil, but this sounds like it would be going from higher rate to lower rate, which is total weird because it happens at the highest speeds/mass
I hope its purely just really clever spring/damping setups, it would be annoying as hell if its some weird acentric rotation of an upright mount or chassis mount that move depending on conditions.
They should just stop this mess and go full hydraulic controlled suspension, it would solve all the bouncing issues and allow for sublime compliance over curbs and bumps, plus the FIA could standardise the control aspect by linking it closely with ECU, like a spec part