The question no one knows is whether it is Aston's wind tunnel that is signfiicantly miscalibrated or Mercedes'.Nikosar wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025, 21:21What’s emerging from this week, is that Aston is having a question mark on the new wind tunnel for 2026 ? It’s a hit or miss, it could pay off or not. They have the wide pool of talents, but the tunnel seems to be the main focus for the team now.
I hope they manage to test the upcoming upgrade in the new tunnel.
same guy that was saying how dangerous Alonso's "non- brake check " on Russell was a couple of seasons ago. slip streaming is part of f1, and on many occasions hes talked about how this or that driver needs to get a good slipstream at baku. i think hes just a grumpy commentator that obviously favors some drivers more than others.
He's just an untalented guy.zoroastar wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025, 21:29same guy that was saying how dangerous Alonso's "non- brake check " on Russell was a couple of seasons ago. slip streaming is part of f1, and on many occasions hes talked about how this or that driver needs to get a good slipstream at baku. i think hes just a grumpy commentator that obviously favors some drivers more than others.
I'll be very curious when (and if) the team brings a second update package based on the new wind tunnel's numbers. It will be good to compare updates and see how well the tunnel is working.Sedaxel wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025, 23:37Alonso said in the interview that they're probably the last team right now.
Enough said.
I agree with some of you: leaving 2025 car would let the team without any clue about how to build a decent car. Even with Newey, if the rest of the team is so clueless, there's no possible way of succeeding. Newey alone won't do a miracle.
They need to improve this car. Not necessarily make a winning cat... Just find the way to improve it and prove that their designing methods can work, knowing how and why things happen and how to fix them.
Nothing happened, they just never improved it. They fell behind cause their performance
Remember they brought everything they had to testing. Testing ended just before March 1st. So I doudt the upgrades could be that old. You're gonna make changes based on what you see in testing, you get to see your correlation that way.
No you can't spend CFD/Wind Tunnel hours on this car. It's impossible to save it.Sedaxel wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025, 23:37Alonso said in the interview that they're probably the last team right now.
Enough said.
I agree with some of you: leaving 2025 car would let the team without any clue about how to build a decent car. Even with Newey, if the rest of the team is so clueless, there's no possible way of succeeding. Newey alone won't do a miracle.
They need to improve this car. Not necessarily make a winning cat... Just find the way to improve it and prove that their designing methods can work, knowing how and why things happen and how to fix them.
Based on what Cowell said about how the AMR WT data doesn’t line up with the Merc WT data, you need to build out what the AMR WT says just to see if it correlates. You don't want to wait till 2026 to find out it doesn't.Xyz22 wrote: ↑20 Apr 2025, 02:23No you can't spend CFD/Wind Tunnel hours on this car. It's impossible to save it.Sedaxel wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025, 23:37Alonso said in the interview that they're probably the last team right now.
Enough said.
I agree with some of you: leaving 2025 car would let the team without any clue about how to build a decent car. Even with Newey, if the rest of the team is so clueless, there's no possible way of succeeding. Newey alone won't do a miracle.
They need to improve this car. Not necessarily make a winning cat... Just find the way to improve it and prove that their designing methods can work, knowing how and why things happen and how to fix them.
Newey already did this in 2008 with the Red Bull which was garbage and made a competitive car for the following year.
