Apparently they run 11100 rpm limited.
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Isn't that the point of a works deal? To have a collaborative relationship and be able to better fit engine and chassis and integrate them together? If AMR should be expected to sit back and wait for an engine from Honda without any say in the design and Honda sit back and wait for a chassis from AMR without any say, what is the point of the works deal? Both should be able to make requests to each other and both should be able to push back when something cannot be done and both should be able to come to a well tested "compromise" solution when designing / integrating chassis and engine. That's the whole point of a works deal.Otromundo wrote: ↑13 Mar 2026, 04:16Last week or maybe the week before I saw a video of a Japanese reporter interviewing a big boss from HRC. He had a life-size model of the engine behind him where you could see that the electrical part + battery were in staggered positions. They asked him the reason. He replied that AN had asked them for the MGU-K to be as low as possible and that they had to modify the engine. That the electrical part above the MGU-K housed "electrical components" (I suspected they could be capacitors, which is something I think is important to confirm, by the way) and that the lower part housed the battery. And that AN's reason was to move the center of gravity as low as possible, something logical and also typical of AN. At no point was AN or AMR criticized.
I've been looking for it for 2 days because I didn't save its address and I would like you to see it. But there is no way. Let's see if I can find it while I wait for P1 to start.
The drivers depend on the feel of the road in the steering wheel. If you dampen it, you lose all that. Anyways, last weekend, Stroll said the vibration was down 50%.GhostF1 wrote: ↑13 Mar 2026, 05:53I suppose a question that someone I know asked me that seems so obvious, it hasn't been asked is.. "if the vibrations for the driver are THAT bad they can't even drive the car, can they not introduce a damper on the steering and seat somewhere? Most motorcycles have dampers to mitigate severe vibrations for this exact reason. At this point, if it introduces a kilo or two, so be it, I think that's the least of their concerns for the moment, but if it gets them running, great".
I personally refuse to believe there is nothing they can do to make it possible for the drivers to actually drive it for [prolonged timeframes. This sounds archaic and a dodge or an exaggerated safety plea for development time.
That staggered box Honda used last year was a separate unit, so stacking it on top of the battery now isn’t really a big deal.Otromundo wrote: ↑13 Mar 2026, 04:16Last week or maybe the week before I saw a video of a Japanese reporter interviewing a big boss from HRC. He had a life-size model of the engine behind him where you could see that the electrical part + battery were in staggered positions. They asked him the reason. He replied that AN had asked them for the MGU-K to be as low as possible and that they had to modify the engine. That the electrical part above the MGU-K housed "electrical components" (I suspected they could be capacitors, which is something I think is important to confirm, by the way) and that the lower part housed the battery. And that AN's reason was to move the center of gravity as low as possible, something logical and also typical of AN. At no point was AN or AMR criticized.
I've been looking for it for 2 days because I didn't save its address and I would like you to see it. But there is no way. Let's see if I can find it while I wait for P1 to start.
Strange cause Stroll initially declined to answer it saying “it is up to others to answer on vibrations improvement..”diffuser wrote: ↑13 Mar 2026, 11:03The drivers depend on the feel of the road in the steering wheel. If you dampen it, you lose all that. Anyways, last weekend, Stroll said the vibration was down 50%.GhostF1 wrote: ↑13 Mar 2026, 05:53I suppose a question that someone I know asked me that seems so obvious, it hasn't been asked is.. "if the vibrations for the driver are THAT bad they can't even drive the car, can they not introduce a damper on the steering and seat somewhere? Most motorcycles have dampers to mitigate severe vibrations for this exact reason. At this point, if it introduces a kilo or two, so be it, I think that's the least of their concerns for the moment, but if it gets them running, great".
I personally refuse to believe there is nothing they can do to make it possible for the drivers to actually drive it for [prolonged timeframes. This sounds archaic and a dodge or an exaggerated safety plea for development time.
Alonso said that they've done so few laps so far that they haven't yet optimized the car and the package; this car is still far from its maximum potential.Ashwinv16 wrote: ↑13 Mar 2026, 09:17looking at the sector times i am starting to see Adrian's frustration. He really cooked with the regs. Granted the car is still not great in slow corners but it's an absolute rocket in medium speed corners(defie lty the fastest or at least 2nd fastest behind the Ferrari and handles the high speed well. Honeslty it looks like as long as Honda gives reliability with a battery and regen to match others, it wont matter if the cars down on power. The chassis will make it up. Slow corners is massive worry though with terrible understeer and even worse traction but step by step.
Maybe they can use the 2 filming session's laps to get some laps in over that period.
Potentially they can. Also Krack after Melbourne said they could have finished the race.