cheeRS wrote: ↑16 Apr 2024, 07:36
To make a statement like that, you're ignoring the gearbox for some reason...? ICE cars don't make max power based on vehicle or final drive speed, it's purely based on RPM. So whether you're at 40mph on the lowes chicane, or you're at 200mph on the Kemmel, you're going to want the ICE operating at max power - I am generalizing here, but you'd never be at or anywhere near idle.
No, I'm not ignoring the gearbox.
For the example of Loews Hairpin, the car will be in the lowest gear it has (1st) so it will have the highest rpm for the road speed.
From an onboard video showing telemetry, the minimum rpm through that corner was 4,500rpm. Minimum speed was about 50km/h, but I'd have to double check that.
The car cannot negotiate the corner faster, so it cannot have higher rpm, unless 1st gear was lower (higher rpm for given road speed).
If the engine was at 9,000rpm, the car would be going twice as fast (ie ~100km/h), which wouldn't work for that hairpin.
So the engine will be making the most power it can at that rpm, not its maximum possible power.
cheeRS wrote: ↑16 Apr 2024, 07:36
Anyway, I'd trust Newey's interpretation over most anyone here, and I mean that as a compliment to Newey and not as a dig to anyone here
As I prefaced before any quotes, I quoted Newey, who was quoted in the article, and I quoted the author of the article. Not sure what you mean by "not a direct quote."
I am not questioning Newey, but the interpretation of the author of the article and some in here.
"Not a direct quote" is referring to quoting the article, but not an actual quote from Newey.
cheeRS wrote: ↑16 Apr 2024, 07:36
Further, as it is and pretty much has always been, F1 cars operate in a narrow power band (RPM), so why would you want (or need) to operate at lower RPM on a straight?
Referring to cheeRS's post?