gibells wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 11:48
It strikes me that Mercedes have the same problem as they had last year. In that the softer compounds are just useless for them because they blister too quickly. And, for whatever reason, by keeping their design principle the same this year, they will be stuck with another diva. Red Bull and Ferrari look dangerous to me.
I just can't wait for all this speculation to end...
- Not Bottas and his tyre photo again
. "Softer compounds useless because of blisters" for a team that had what (made up number) 80% of pole positions and remarkably kept most of those? Softer compounds = tyres used 95% of the time last season.
- I don't know about RB but it was Ferrari that adjusted their design
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/889949/1/f ... 018-f1-car Binotto:
"If we take stock of what we did last year, in low-speed tracks we always did well while in circuits where the speed was higher we were suffering a little bit more. So aerodynamic development was sought in that respect and the car was conceived in that way in order to have homogeneous, uniform performance all season.
...Ferrari has moved towards the longer wheelbase design favoured by Mercedes last season, adding much of the Italian squad’s development efforts were focused on the bodywork around the sidepods and in producing a narrower rear-end package.
"When it comes to performance, these are all contributions that aim to improve the aerodynamics of the car. They try to improve the drag level in general while improving the overall efficiency of the car.
This also covers nicely all the shouting about Ferrari's huge engine disadvantage based on specific track balance.
- Diva was the term conned after Hamilton's Monaco failure. "No excuses this time for Bottas" Hamilton that is.
