2026 gearing

All that has to do with the power train, gearbox, clutch, fuels and lubricants, etc. Generally the mechanical side of Formula One.
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Juzh
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hollus wrote:
12 Mar 2026, 21:42
Mercedes go tthe gear ratios spectacularly wrong at first in 2014. So I wouldn't blindly copy them.
Lets not go overboard. Suboptimal =/= spectacularly wrong. Differences in end result were pretty negligible. Mercedes was always nearly on par on straights with dragster williams.

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Toto Wolff wrote:"Everybody has a different concept and with the McLaren, without going into the detail, they have taken some decisions that are very different to ours when it comes to, for example, gear ratios.

"That could have been good or could have been bad. But it's a brand-new car.

"It is the works teams that have their nose ahead but it's just a matter of time. You see what the others are doing, you have the exact same hardware, you have the exact same software, but in that case how do you simulate it best?