And that was just few months into the new regulations...
No one knows for sure. Just speculation.charliesmithhd wrote: ↑01 Oct 2018, 17:31Can I ask what is changing on the 2019 car, and how we know this? I think I saw that the sidepods were changing, would this include the inlet style as well?
Longer chassis.charliesmithhd wrote: ↑01 Oct 2018, 17:31Can I ask what is changing on the 2019 car, and how we know this? I think I saw that the sidepods were changing, would this include the inlet style as well?
Obviously... with what else can you compare ? it was a total fail from Mclaren to kill the works deal with Honda... and it showed that Mclaren is now one of the worst teams making an F1 car.....Andres125sx wrote: ↑02 Oct 2018, 17:53The most amazing thing is you´re still obsessed enough with the PU switch to continue comparing
Great stuff. Dont buy the whole gear ratio screw up, they have been doing this for the last umpteen time. Its always has been a draggy car since Peter P took care of aero. Under slipstream they have reached 350+ in some races, so aint no gearing problem there.hollus wrote: ↑02 Oct 2018, 21:53There was some comments of wrong gearing affecting them.
I won't make a full analysis as other years, but taking a couple of random points in 8th gear (onboards are scarce this year!) I get, projecting to 11500 rpm in 8th:
316 km/h for Alonso
322 km/h for Hamilton
320 km/h for Vettel
329 km/h for Hulkenberg
So probably there is nothing outrageously wrong with the gearing in the McLaren.
Pointers to a Red Bull video with rpm data welcome!
Same here. These cars now have so much torque that the gears are a bit irrelevant. That's why you never see them going above 115000 rpm despite the limit being 14.000.
I think it was a mistake to kill the works deal, but I wouldn´t call it a total fail since perfomance with Renault engine has been better even when this season chassis has some flaws. I think it may be a mistake in the long term if Honda manage to solve their problems, but for 2018 they´re faster with Renault, period.BrunoH wrote: ↑02 Oct 2018, 21:54Obviously... with what else can you compare ? it was a total fail from Mclaren to kill the works deal with Honda... and it showed that Mclaren is now one of the worst teams making an F1 car.....Andres125sx wrote: ↑02 Oct 2018, 17:53The most amazing thing is you´re still obsessed enough with the PU switch to continue comparing
The 11.5k revs has more to do with the fuel flow curve cap i'd assume.cramr wrote: ↑03 Oct 2018, 07:46Same here. These cars now have so much torque that the gears are a bit irrelevant. That's why you never see them going above 115000 rpm despite the limit being 14.000.
The differences in velocity may be more drag related (different RW levels) than the actual engine (See a Renault faster than Mercedes)