FittingMechanics wrote: ↑17 Sep 2024, 11:34
Sevach wrote: ↑17 Sep 2024, 11:23
Juzh wrote: ↑17 Sep 2024, 10:13
"blatant lie" lol calm down. I didnt say there isnt any car ahead, I just said there isnt any car close enough to get DRS. I checked it quickly and didnt look particularly hard so I missed that train in the far distance.
During qualifying Charles reached 339 for his pole lap, Piastri 336.
Both had DRS open obviously.
During the race Piastri in clear air tends to have 323, Charles 320.
Crucial swing in drag when DRS is "closed".
Leclerc was saying that McLaren was lower on downforce and that he was able to catch them up in the twisty sections but couldn't catch up on the straight. Also looking at the videos, the biggest problem for Leclerc was traction out of T16 where Piastri would always increase his advantage and then immediately start to lose ground against Leclerc.
McLaren having lower downforce rear wing easily explains why they didn't gain a lot when DRS is open.
Because it was clearly a less loaded wing, but people were too focused on the "mini DRS" trick, which apparently has been there for quite a while, it just recently got noticed by the general public.
Of course, there must have been some benefit to it, but the reason why McLaren was fast in the straight line was mostly because they brought a lower DF package in Baku and it was reflected in laptime as well. Leclerc was consistently faster in S2 both in quali and in the race.
Back in Monza, they used the same wing but by Monza standards, this wing is considered high downforce. And again, it was reflected in laptime. They had lower top speed but were faster through the corners. Leclerc was losing through lesmos and ascari, but was gaining back in the straights. He managed to prolong tire life, because his laptime was coming from performance in the straights and he could afford to not push hard in the corners and use tires up like McLaren was forced to.