What was that X lap for Kimi? Outlier caused by...?
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What was that X lap for Kimi? Outlier caused by...?
Different deployment/charging strategies.upsidedowntoast wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 05:54can someone smarter than me explain this telemetry chart? why is the merc top speed so low?
Ah ah love your post and I hope you are correct!CouncilorIrissa wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 09:16Congratulations with WCC & WDC guys, the team has knocked it out of the park with the PU once again. And the chassis is no slouch either!
Andrew Shovlin: Overall the day finished in a decent place, but our first session was very messy. We had a few configuration issues on the power unit side that took a couple of runs to unpick. On top of that, the balance of the car wasn't great for either driver. That affects our cornering speeds, which in turn impacts the deployment.
We had a good recovery ahead of FP2; the power unit was working as intended and the car was responding a lot better after a few set-up changes. Having finished the morning somewhat on the back foot, we were able to put together a solid programme with decent long runs from both drivers. That's given us good information ahead of the race on Sunday but there are still a few areas that we need to make progress on overnight. We're into that work already and hopefully can find a bit more pace to deliver a strong team result in Qualifying tomorrow.
When was the last time, let alone after a major change of technical regulations, you saw genuine title fight between 4 different teams? Completely unrealistic scenario. We will be lucky if we get any season-long inter team battle this year.MB_Racer wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 10:14Ah ah love your post and I hope you are correct!CouncilorIrissa wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 09:16Congratulations with WCC & WDC guys, the team has knocked it out of the park with the PU once again. And the chassis is no slouch either!
But please don’t give us hope!
IMO, It should be a tight battle with Ferrari (unfortunately), Max & the McLaren MB also
An interesting fact: on his best lap Antonelli with the Mercedes practically doesn't do LiCo. Hamilton with the Ferrari does two small ones before braking in T3 and T6, while Piastri with the McLaren does 3 huge ones in the first sector, then concentrating the deployment on the subsequent traction.
I was mentioning this with the whole "compression ratio" thing... that I didn't necessarily believe that was Mercedes only advatange. What if Mercedes advantage isn't just the horsepower output, but it's consistency in deployment and gradual recharge through the lap?FittingMechanics wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 09:59Different deployment/charging strategies.upsidedowntoast wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 05:54can someone smarter than me explain this telemetry chart? why is the merc top speed so low?
Mercedes doesn't superclip on the run to T1, does superclip to T3, then doesn't lift and coast to T6 but then superclips/lift and coasts to T9.
Ferrari and Red Bull are doing mostly the opposite. Major difference is T6 where Ferrari and Red Bull start to charge the battery heavily which gives them more "juice" on the straight to T9.
2009 Brawn GP / JB & RB with Vettel ?avantman wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 15:56When was the last time, let alone after a major change of technical regulations, you saw genuine title fight between 4 different teams? Completely unrealistic scenario. We will be lucky if we get any season-long inter team battle this year.MB_Racer wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 10:14CouncilorIrissa wrote: ↑06 Mar 2026, 09:16Congratulations with WCC & WDC guys, the team has knocked it out of the park with the PU once again. And the chassis is no slouch either!
Ah ah love your post and I hope you are correct!
But please don’t give us hope!
IMO, It should be a tight battle with Ferrari (unfortunately), Max & the McLaren MB also
They have to take time to inspect the monocoque before even considering sticking new parts back on it. Gearbox and PU also need inspected.edu2703 wrote: ↑07 Mar 2026, 04:41Will it be possible to fix it before qualifying? I don't think so...
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