All of the posts by @pauldyson1uk in this thread haven't been resorting to hyperbole but he voiced what seemed to be genuine concerns.
What that post did was to present anyone who doubted Hamilton to be a doom sayer.
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All of the posts by @pauldyson1uk in this thread haven't been resorting to hyperbole but he voiced what seemed to be genuine concerns.
What that post did was to present anyone who doubted Hamilton to be a doom sayer.
which has what has been happening. There is barely any rational behaviour in the F1 thread. If people think tribalism in football is bad…
If you think like that, perhaps you aren't rational enough
Is this about to turn into some handbag trading??
I dont do hyperbole.
I do have some concerns , must admit I got the pit wrong in Miami, I did think Lewis had a new set of softs to put on not having that set.
What concerns me is that Mercedes don't have a clue what is wrong, they clearly tried something in FP1 and 2 and that worked, qualifying was poor, the race was bout where I expected them.
Your point about Newey is a very interesting one.
But of course we are highly unlikely to ever know.
Regarding the Mercedes W13, it strikes me that its performance potential is right on the edge of a very sharp razor blade.
And if you can get everything right, the rewards could be worth the risk.
But it is so 'peaky', it will fall off the edge incredibly easily.
It’s easy to say in competitive sport, and hard to actually action, but if Mercedes are convinced their car design gives a significant advantage, then despite all the panic and frustration by fans and the drivers alike, they should not be deviating course any time soon. The rules are around for some time, even if this season goes to the bin, if they figure out what the fix is then they’ll be set with a unique design that everyone will be playing catch up on. It could mean domination again.
Having said that what you said is also true. At some point they gotta cut their losses. But if the simulations show a big advantage, given where they are this season I’d keep going until I KNEW for sure that the potential either can’t be unlocked real world, or it’s next to impossible to get it set up to unlock it.
alright fella’.
Ok, I guess?
Which is fair. I can understand rabid fan bases and bias within all of us. It's a bit rich to act fair and balanced when you clearly have a bias. Think I should ignore these instead of getting caught up in silly arguments.
From the man who brought us 'Chuck LeClerc'. Yuki Suzuki might be my favorite.
Completely agree with your second point.
If they are convinced that their design has the performance they believe, then only hard work and the application of their technologies are going to unlock it.
Toto Wolff comment that it is physics and not mystics is a really good one.
Fair point, that I will take on board.
But when do they do that ? Do they do it mid season, spending vast amounts of budget or do the write of this season, do what they can and concentrate on next season.
Like you if it was me I would be wanting to know 100% that the design needs changing.
If they get the car right, from what I have read the Mercedes will be a very good car.
My general position is that if Newey believed in it, he'd have done it. That is the short of it because the man is the best chassis developer in F1 right now.
Radical and f1 dont often mix (I think the last radical change was the DD back in 2009). That is the problem that Mercedes now have.
Just because you're brilliant doesn't mean you're the only person who ever has good ideas...
Well its looking like a fecking brilliant idea right now isn't it?
I think you only have to look at Russell's lap time in P2 at Miami that tells them when they have the car in the operating window it can pull out a decent lap time. They won't be deviating away from this, regulations don't change for a while so they have time to unlock the potential from this. We're only going to understand if that car has any potential when we get a new floor and they can run the car at an optimal ride height in comparison to the other front runners.
Totally irrelevant to your appeal to authority.
I don't know how much we can take from that though, it's FP2 and no one is really going for it at that point. For example Sainz was 2sec faster in Q3 than he was in FP2, Perez and Leclerc both over a second faster.
I think Russel felt better in the car than he has done before, but the lap time itself doesn't really say all that much when everyone is driving at 8-9/10.
Giggled for way too long especially when Lewis appeared
Merc's race debrief, explains some
These f1 tech talks are superb. This one is turbos and mgu-h.
I didnt know that ferrari are still the only engine supplier on the grid not using split turbo design. Mercedes paved the way for this idea (explained in the video), honda tried to make it work from 2017 onwards and failed for a very long time (mclaren years) and Renault have implemented it this season.
I didnt know that ferrari are still the only engine supplier on the grid not using split turbo design. Mercedes paved the way for this idea (explained in the video), honda tried to make it work from 2017 onwards and failed for a very long time (mclaren years) and Renault have implemented it this season.
If Bottas wouldn't make mistake they would be 6 and 7 fighting themselves but having both on fresh tyres would gave them mich better chance that both drivers go past Bottas. In the end it worked out fine but it's definitely better to have both cars on fresh tyres instead of having driver on used set holding up driver on fresh set.
Newey doing his thesis on ground effect 40 years ago and didn't think of the Merc design means nothing really. Merc also have a tonne of brilliant engineers and as someone said above, people other than Newey can have good ideas, and indeed not every idea Newey has will be good.
For me this still comes down to whether or not you believe in the Mercedes team. Its true a lot of their early dominance was down to a PU that was light years ahead, but in more recent years they've also produced chasses and aero packages as good as anyone else. They also have the ability to properly innovate (e.g. DAS). I believe they have a concept that could be brilliant, its proving tricker to dial in that they expect from simulations and the cost cap is hampering their ability to just throw money at the problem. I don't think they'll deviate and I do think they'll solve it.
For me this still comes down to whether or not you believe in the Mercedes team. Its true a lot of their early dominance was down to a PU that was light years ahead, but in more recent years they've also produced chasses and aero packages as good as anyone else. They also have the ability to properly innovate (e.g. DAS). I believe they have a concept that could be brilliant, its proving tricker to dial in that they expect from simulations and the cost cap is hampering their ability to just throw money at the problem. I don't think they'll deviate and I do think they'll solve it.
A few reputable places reporting that Merc are bringing an anti-porpoising floor and an improved PU to spain which makes sense as Spain was their target for the upgrades. Looks like we will finally see whether this design is worth continuing with or not.
They need to get it sorted with the next few race to still be in the title hunt, its still not too late.
Spain then Monaco which might be a good track this year for them.
A lot of rumours about development budget caps from various teams and how they are likely to be hit soon. Don't know about you lot but part of the thrill of F1 is the constant development, if we end up with just 2-3 package updates a season it takes something away from the sport for me.
Agreed, I think we need something to try to encourage new teams and attempt to make things competative, but it means a team's season can be ruined by one dodgy summer of development.
Yeh, apparently according to binotto RedBull have already spent 75% of their budget and are 0.2 seconds quicker than ferrari at present.
Ferrari set to introduce major upgrades for spain, their first of the season. Also some reports (unsubstantiated) that Mercedes have spent alot of the development budget that should have taken them to mid season break already and after spainish gp, upgrades will be few and far between.
Sources? Interested in reading the reports.
The paper was one of the first to break the no-side pod side pod stuff. So fairly reputable. Theres a translation further down in the thread.
Isnt the PU frozen ? I thought they cant change that.
They're allowed to make battery power changes for now and reliability adjustments. If they weren't running at full power due to reliability concerns which the new PU fixes, it's possible that the newer engines will perform better. Everything has to go through the FIA though to be signed off.
While that's true it's the only way for others to compete. Think of FFP in football.
The likes of Ferrari/Mercedes are the City/PSG of football. Other teams like Williams/Mclaren just can't compete financially.
If F1 wants more teams to join like Andretti in the future, the budget cap is necessary to make a fair footing for all.
The smartest will still end up coming out on top which is the main thing, it just means they won't be able to throw endless resources at it.
Mercedes would have probably got their errors sorted after 2 races with an endless budget, now they're having to work a bit differently.
While all of those points are valid it still changes F1's nature from being at the cutting edge of current technology to ... I'm not sure yet. If it weren't for Ferrari we would be one step away from Lola building all the chassis in my opinion.
It's not strictly true because Ferrari/Mercedes don't have a bottomless pit of money, every single manufacturer will only spend what its worth with perhaps the exception of Red Bull.
If the cap is so aggressive that teams will give up on development by Spain, not that its confirmed but the feeling is a big package there with small upgrades moving forward then the grid is effectively going to be frozen. Absolutely nothing wrong with that but this season is mostly lucky that Ferrari/Red Bull are close, had one or the other smashed it then it's no different to watching the Mercedes dominate at their peak. The field spread at present is closer than I thought it would be but there is still a big difference between top 2, mid pack and rear so really F1 isn't any different now, its just dumbed further down and cheaper for the teams.
Whilst on the subject of change I think after 5 races its fair to make an assessment on the cars themselves at this point in time, I think visually from offboard they are good looking but they look terribly cumbersome at times and then the onboards make them look heavy and actually quite boring to drive. It will be interesting to see them around Monaco, can't help but think we might see a few more wall brushes than normal with the aero parts blocking the drivers view of the wheels.
In reality this thread is one of the least rational places on the Caf, which is saying something.
Edit: there are a few people who are notable exceptions tbf
They're mainly restricted by the regulations now anyway.
Not sure how much we can really use in modern road cars from this generation. The engines are pretty much the same and the ground effect isn't anything new at all.
Certainly enough of a wealth/staff advantage compared to the majority of teams. Clearly their budgets were high enough that they could afford to be disposable in many ways.
They have their own wind tunnels where as most other teams dont etc. That all needed regulating to stop it being a 1/2 horse race every year.
The field spread was always going to happen with new regulations, but i'd say they've all actually done a pretty decent job. It's the closest we've seen in many years.
Yes unfortunately 2 of them seem to have done a better job than most, but from Red bull and Ferrari backwards you can't say who will be the next fastest team yet.
Mclaren might ace it, Mercedes might get their act together, Alpine look pretty tasty on certain tracks. Even Albon is getting into the points quite regularly. It's unpredictable which is great.
Next year teams will be even closer to the front, by 2024 we could have all teams fighting for race wins which would be awesome IMO.
Thanks,
Last paragraph was most interesting...
"The first real anti-porpoising corrections for the W13 will arrive in Spain , especially with a new fund. In addition to aerodynamic updates, the second Power Unit on the W13 should make its debut in Barcelona which, based on what has been collected, will be able to guarantee a leap forward in performance. As we understand it, the first unit was not used to its maximum potential, however, upon explicit request, the world champion team did not want to comment on whether the second unit is a new specification with interventions granted by the FIA to solve the reliability problems that emerged. on the benches, a little as granted to Ferrari. Further cavalry should then arrive with specification 3 , which should debut later in the season. The Mercedes goal to hunt for Honda and especially Ferrari in terms of engine performance."