techman wrote: ↑13 Nov 2017, 12:24
One has to wonder if McLAren trimmed DF to have a respectable top speed.
you must be joking. mclaren are running the most drag out of all f1 teams. RedBull removed the T wing but McLaren being mclaren ran them. not only that mclaren has the highest rake angle. no wonder the top speed gets affected. cant wait to see the top speed of this mclaren in 2018 compared to redbull. i pretty much guarantee. their top speed will be lower compared to redbulls. since redbull is the most efficient chassis out there
You know what
compromissed means? I really hope you do. If not, do remember that chassis development was hindered and had to be
compromissed by the
lack of running the team had during winter testing (Yeah, that time where one supposed to make power, chassis, drag, efficiency correlations you know?) mostly due to Honda constant "minor issues" ™
Some keep forgetting here that Honda
missed their power targets!! The chassis is planned and parts put into pipeline
months in advanced taking into account said factors. You cannot expect the aero/car designers and engineers to go: "Aww shucks! scrap that rake, those suspensions, and rear wing; cause instead of having a PU pushing us with X HPs we have to cope with about 80hp less". Its reality, and sadly for Mclaren, it bit hard!.
It could be at RBR level, or better, but we won't ever know how good or what potential this car had due to Hondas shortcomings. Peter Prod and his team have done wonders just to compensate. Don't believe it? Take it from Scarbs video on the latest front wing introduced and how it works and attempts to help the car be more efficient due to its lack of grunt.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/video/mai ... 00390/?s=2 0:30 to 1:15
I suggest that instead of pinning Mclaren versus RBR as soon as 2018 starts, you should be looking at Toro Rosso versus Mclaren. Then some races after the summer break, you could check Mclaren versus RBR. Why? Cause as it is now, RBR has a ton of experience with the Renault package and cooling solutions. So it's only obvious to expect Mclaren to be behind RBR until they get some races under their belt and start optimizing the car with their own solutions, and not just Renault "stock recommendations".
*sigh*
2018 cant come any sooner!