KeiKo403 wrote: ↑02 Mar 2023, 17:56
organic wrote: ↑02 Mar 2023, 16:57
Porpoising is aggravated by higher downforce levels. To test whether they have resolved porpoising they therefore tried everything they could to make it happen, hence the larger rear wing
I get that starting a response with ‘with all due respect’ can sound very passive aggressive but I really don’t intend it to.
With all due respect and apologies if it’s just a turn of phrase but did they try everything they could?
Wouldn’t a better test be to slam, for want of a better phrase, the floor to the track surface and run with a lower downforce wing? It was the intended low ground clearance of the W13 which caused the porpoising wasn’t it, raising the car up and replacing the lost downforce with the big rear wing was a way to limit the bouncing whilst still retaining some level of good downforce at the expense of drag.
Don’t get me wrong they know what they’re doing better than me but it strikes me that they either know their car has inherent problems once again
or they’re hiding a beast of a car
.
(Or, for completeness, they have an alright car which they can build on through the season
)
No, it's best to use the higher load wing and not slam the car. This way the suspension can go through a wider range of motion and the relationship between suspension and aero can be better analyzed.
Remember the reason the W13 was a failure was mainly to do with the suspension and its poor "symbiosis" with the floor aero for lack of better terms.
This is why I am optimistic about the W14. It may not start off as fastest, but it can be tuned and improved. I am sure they resolved the suspension issues and have a more unfettered scope for changes with aero and setup if they need to play catch up.