So the team botched Dan;s pitstop trying to double stack it seems. Hope they get that sorted out in case it happens again. It certainly looked that way given how quick both drivers came into the pits.
Yeah very efficient way of doing things. Lets see how it pans out with the team and development going forward!djos wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024, 01:38My kind of manager!runningmanz wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024, 01:21Yeah there is something there even Yuki is not happy with the car. Will be interesting to see what improvements are made for Australia by the team and drivers.bigblue wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024, 00:36To me, it's not clear if Ricciardo is talking about defective/badly installed parts, overall set-up direction, or small design errors that can be fixed when he's been saying they found issues. Sounds most like overall set-up from this autosport article?
By the way, a bit too early to say much about Yuki vs. Daniel, need another couple of races for preliminary feelings imo.
Correct after 2 races its clear that sample size is way too small to draw any solid conclusions.
Interesting comments from Dan about Laurent's no BS approach.
https://racingnews365.com/ricciardo-pra ... p-approach
In all Honestly, this is the best approach and how I deal with those who I work for and who work for me. I don't do sub-text or politics, it just gets in the way of getting results.
“Even I like to talk to sometimes, I might be dragging on a little bit and he's like, ‘Mate, just get to the point, what do you want to tell me? 'You don't have to be nice, just say it’.
The concept simply doesn’t work with the current ground effect cars, going down this path would send the team to the back of the grid and this won’t help any one.
That car had issue with platform control, something that was not fully addressed on the subsequent car. I am not of the opinion that it is going to be a winning concept, but something different to RB19 clone concept being seen up and down the grid.
If it has a good platform, the zeropod is theoretically fastest, dubbed "world champion in the wind tunnel" AFAIK that's how it was called.FW17 wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024, 10:59That car had issue with platform control, something that was not fully addressed on the subsequent car. I am not of the opinion that it is going to be a winning concept, but something different to RB19 clone concept being seen up and down the grid.
The big issue with the Zero pods was its extreme peak downforce was unusable unless the car was slammed to tarmac, and then it porposed like a demon.K1Plus wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024, 11:06If it has a good platform, the zeropod is theoretically fastest, dubbed "world champion in the wind tunnel" AFAIK that's how it was called.
The VCARB has the RB19 suspension both front and rear, and we know it's very stable. Why not try?
Zeropod concept is good but tricky. W13 car showed remarkable speed in controlled situations.
It doesn’t matter how good the rest of the car is, Mercedes themselves admitted that the concept only works in a very narrow window, very close to the ground.Espresso wrote: ↑16 Mar 2024, 02:05Zeropod concept is good but tricky. W13 car showed remarkable speed in controlled situations.
MB wasn’t able to marry it to the suspension and the floor. And still (current car) lack the understanding to have all components working together.
Look now. They still haven’t solved the porpoising problems and dropped in the rankings.
RB have a similar problem putting it all together.
With that engine and suspension the potential is there. Getting the floor and monocoque working is the challenge.