diffuser wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 16:25
xReVo wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 16:08
OnEcRiTiCaL wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 10:02
With light car Alonso also was slow as hell on new tyres. I also thought is about heavy car,but after Alonso 2nd stop on new hard was 1 sec slower than sainz or McLaren. Russell also came really fast from behind.
But Aston Martin was the second car with the least degradation this weekend. The fact that the tires didn't pick up pace is probably due to the problem with the front axle they have. In qualifying they set a fast lap with red tires and very little fuel. If you think about it, it's the same problem as the Sf23
In F1 temp you can see in Quali, they're loosing all their time in the left right quick turns, which Australia has nothing but those turns in them. They're also running significantly more DF than Merc.
The Aston Martin has inherited a congenital understeer from the AMR23, and this only increases with the fuel load. And you can also throw in Alonso's understeer driving to further complicate things. They essentially have a front that doesn't bite, in fast corners as you said this gets even worse (and Aston Martin isn't even an efficiency monster). Consequently, in the race it has problems because the front doesn't bring the tires up to temperature and you also have the problem of understeer. The last straw is that this problem with the front suspension is probably due, in my opinion, to a bad synergy with the rear suspension (which in any case works well). The strong point of this car is the aerodynamic load