Minimum tire pressure has been lowered in addition to Pirelli bringing a better front tire. This will have a considerable effect on lap time.JPBD1990 wrote: ↑24 Feb 2023, 07:58dialtone wrote: ↑23 Feb 2023, 23:46Couple more graph just for giggles, this is FP1 Bahrain 2022 from LEC vs today, FP1 time was 1s slower than today:
https://i.imgur.com/tzFtlal.jpeg
This is FP2 vs today, FP2 time was 1.2s faster than today:
https://i.imgur.com/EFwHjCy.jpeg
Couple of notes:
* SF-23 in some corners brakes a LOT later than F1-75, in some cases 20+m later according to this data (comp laps are 1s faster and 1s slower but it's still later braking from higher speed).
* Most corners are rounder, taken less aggressively and LEC has to be (or just is) slower with the throttle.
* Despite the slower corner speed, SF-23 seems to catch up F1-75 speed before the end of the straight at worst, by mid straight at best.
* Upshifts are slower in SF-23 so either they lenghtened their ratios, IMHO unlikely looking the graphs against VER, or they could push the car more there.
I think the car looks genuinely improved from last year except for the balance, which at the moment has oversteer both in slow speed and high speed corners while RBR seems to only oversteer in exit of slow speed corners.
Incredible to me is that Ferrari has the mid-low downforce wing on for this test, while they ran a mid-high spec for the race last year - so the fact that they’re able to break later, and even maintain a higher minimum apex speed in several corners, is very impressive. Certainly suggests strong downforce and also improved mechanical grip.