One thing to keep in mind that was said during the race. Head Wind in S1 and tail wind in S3 (all the way down to turn 1).Artur Craft wrote: ↑14 Oct 2019, 13:38Yeah, I don't understand this. They always go with smaller rear wings than others. It doesn't seem to work. But, curiously, Verstappen was faster than Mercedes on s1. It's just their s3(straights and a chicana) which was crap.
Albon is learning the car and will get better as he gains more confidence. So Japan is a better reference than Singapore and future races expecially Abu Dhabi will be one to look for. The rookie is learning the track limitation in FP1 to FP3 whilst Verstappen is already on limit at FP1 and finding the setup direction. In Japan Albon was already comfortable with the setup and unlucky not to outqualify Max as he had his one of his worst S1 on his fastest run.
The tyre wear on this track is very high as shown by the need to 2 stop on many cars even with the hardest compound. So its a case of picking which sector to ease and which to push. If you push S1 then you lose out on S2 and S3 and vice versa.rogazilla wrote: ↑14 Oct 2019, 15:57One thing to keep in mind that was said during the race. Head Wind in S1 and tail wind in S3 (all the way down to turn 1).Artur Craft wrote: ↑14 Oct 2019, 13:38Yeah, I don't understand this. They always go with smaller rear wings than others. It doesn't seem to work. But, curiously, Verstappen was faster than Mercedes on s1. It's just their s3(straights and a chicana) which was crap.
Look at the RB15 thread, last thursday, Max had noticably more rear wing (deeper) then Albon. Hence quicker sector 1 (late braking for turn 1, Max had the fastest micro sector there) and fastest through the later parts of the esses, Max had the fastest mini sectors there as well) and the relatively Poor S3 performance (long straight). I think they used this for Max specifically for the race. Qualy was out of reach anyway. In the race they could turn up the unit for longer times (at least, that is what was promise). Max still had a new set of each compound, the only one to have that. Leclerc also knew this. No good result here for Max for Honda’s eyes.Artur Craft wrote: ↑14 Oct 2019, 13:38idk, we'll have to wait the following tracks to better judge
Yeah, I don't understand this. They always go with smaller rear wings than others. It doesn't seem to work. But, curiously, Verstappen was faster than Mercedes on s1. It's just their s3(straights and a chicana) which was crap.
I wonder that if They can(allowed) develop a fuel that keeps heat longer or produce more gas after burning to have more affect on turbo or is this kind of something possible?Snorked wrote: ↑15 Oct 2019, 18:59The new front wing was delayed according to this website https://sportiva.shueisha.co.jp/smart/c ... ndex_4.php
Fuel update was worth around 13 hp
With the help of Honda, the team finally came to completion, but the team officials said that they couldn't take as big a step as originally said.
Still, gain is about 0.2 seconds at 10kW (about 13.6 horsepower). Even 0.1 seconds is a big boost for Toro Rosso who fights in a mid-sized group. However, Red Bull needs more gain.
Thanks @Snorked. Now I have found that article too.Snorked wrote: ↑15 Oct 2019, 20:10It's on that site in the fuel article
With the help of Honda, the team finally came to completion, but the team officials said that they couldn't take as big a step as originally said.
Still, gain is about 0.2 seconds at 10kW (about 13.6 horsepower). Even 0.1 seconds is a big boost for Toro Rosso who fights in a mid-sized group. However, Red Bull needs more gain.
