Venturiation wrote: ↑23 Mar 2025, 13:11
these are the posts from Australia
2013, McLaren switch from push rod to pull rod suspension and looked rather good in testing. Come the first race and they were pretty terrible (and was all season).
What happened Jenson?
‘We fitted a suspension component the wrong way round in testing so the car ran lower, giving more downforce but it would have worn the plank away and made the car illegal during the race’.
AutoRacer reported the leading paddock rumor for why Ferrari's performance dropped is the plank wear. .
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comme ... g_the_car/
The McLaren comparison is my quote.
I was essentially mocked for it a few days ago. However, yes it might not be feasible to install a component upside down 12 years later, my point about the car running lower, producing more downforce but causing excessive plank wear.
What is actually mockable is that McLaren found the problem, admitted it and rectified it. Ferrari seemingly found the problem, haven’t admitted it (yet) and raced it to be disqualified!
You have my pity Ferrari fans. Eventually you my look back to this day with sentiment as suggest I was doing comparing a 2013 cock up to the modern day formula.