That's somewhat true to be fair. Ferrari have not yet reached an optimal setup and if they do, they'll gain some speed.
Great stuff, thanks for sharing!nico5 wrote: ↑28 Feb 2023, 13:41To back up the "same downforce, 10kph less drag" claim, this is a comparison of lap 3 of Leclerc's 2022 race and Sainz's very last run with (supposedly) a new floor and most likely on lap 1 fuel. Pretty similar cornering time and speeds (except where Carlos was lifting in T6 and 12 (Leclerc and Max had a lot of deg last year pushing it) and T10, where they struggled all testing). But way more straightline speed, despite not being on full power.
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JPBD1990 wrote: ↑01 Mar 2023, 01:03I assume this should be here and not the car thread, but the line has gotten grey for me.
Anyway, comparison between F1-75 and SF23. Impressive that in all but 2 corners, the SF-23 is stronger everywhere. If you click the link and open the thread it also compared the RB18-19 and the W13-14 too.
Particularly impressive for me is that the SF-23 is stronger everywhere but that one corner, with this skinny rear wing. I think this really serves to prove the ‘same load/more efficiency’ comment. I think it’s also impressive the margin by which the SF-23 is stronger than the F1-75. The same is not the case for the RB19 or the W14 over their predecessors.
His analysis is usually pretty good. Have been following since 2020. Would definitely not classify his work as junk by any stretch regardless of his lack of context in that post. It was just a surface level comparison.AR3-GP wrote: ↑01 Mar 2023, 01:07
This guy doesn't acknowledge that we don't know fuel loads, engine modes, the "newness" of the regulations, or the effect of the new tires when comparing the best lap from pre-season last year to a best lap of pre-season this year.
We need to be more selective of the content that gets brought to this forum and passed off as "analysis". There's an increasing amount of "twitter analyst" who have been unleashed thanks to the f1python api. They seem to specialize in generating colorful plots that lack critical analysis of the information contained within.
Okay. I'll take your word for it. I didn't look at his other content, but this post in particular is dangerously misleading. Like comparing apples to oranges with no context and calling it good. The post offers absolutely zero insight into how much better the SF23 is than the SF-75 because there is no basis to assume the laps are like for like or anything close to.JPower wrote: ↑01 Mar 2023, 01:27His analysis is usually pretty good. Have been following since 2020. Would definitely not classify his work as junk by any stretch regardless of his lack of context in that post. It was just a surface level comparison.AR3-GP wrote: ↑01 Mar 2023, 01:07
This guy doesn't acknowledge that we don't know fuel loads, engine modes, the "newness" of the regulations, or the effect of the new tires when comparing the best lap from pre-season last year to a best lap of pre-season this year.
We need to be more selective of the content that gets brought to this forum and passed off as "analysis". There's an increasing amount of "twitter analyst" who have been unleashed thanks to the f1python api. They seem to specialize in generating colorful plots that lack critical analysis of the information contained within.