pantherxxx wrote: ↑26 Mar 2022, 14:52
It's interesting to note that the car with the most "radical" side-pods, seems to be suffering the most with the porpoising issue, and their engineers appear to be struggling more than the others, to figure it out, and get it sorted.
My monies on, Mercedes has a fundamental issue that's a result of their design concept, and they to properly sort it out, they would have to redesign the car, which with the budget cap, they can't afford to do (Of course, I could be wrong - Always possible)
As it is, as a temporary/desperate fix, they're stripping rear wing off the car to try to get a higher straight line speed. That's fine for the straights, where you want to be able to keep up with your faster rivals, and keep ahead of your rivals with equal speed, but it can cost dearly in the corners, both in lost time, and in increased tyre wear, as the car slides more.
I'm suspecting that despite what Mercedes/Hamilton fans might be thinking/saying ("Mercedes will get this sorted quickly, and then Red Bull and Ferrari will be in real trouble" and such like), it could take Mercedes quite a bit of time to sort it out, and it could be a case that, in reality, in fixing the issues, they create others that compromise the cars performance just as much.
Ferrari and Red Bull already have a big advantage over Mercedes: Their cars have great performance, are well balanced, and neither team are chasing an unidentified aero/design issue, that could eat into their capped budget.