Formula 1 Pre-season Testing February 2020
Discussion
DaveTheRave87 said:
Mr_Thyroid said:
It's in the rules, something along the lines of: Any innovation that is not beneficial to the sport as a whole will be banned in the year after it was introduced.
Same happened to the f-duct.
The f-duct had no chance to trickle down to road cars and driving 1 handed through Eau Rouge was just plain silly.Same happened to the f-duct.
And you want the wing working through Eau Rouge ?
You want to stall the rear wing on the straits.
TheDeuce said:
Teppic said:
Ferrari are seeking clarification from the FIA on DAS.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferrari-answers...
Phase one of working out if they can/should copy it.. Makes sense.https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferrari-answers...
Although I do recognise there are two elements to ban: one is the in-out movement of the steering wheel (the control mechanism) & the other is the changing of toe-in (the controlled effect). I think it's only the tromboning that's been banned?
Tyre Smoke said:
Who are these commentators on Sky? I've never heard so much piss and wind. I know they can't sit in silence, but they're talking pure egg.
It’s an FOM presentation, rather than a Sky presentation, also being carried live on F1TV. There’s a rolling team of commentators from both F1 and Sky, Jolyon Palmer has been doing most of this afternoon with various guests. Commentating for 8 hours a day isn’t easy, when there’s no race happening! Mr Pointy said:
TheDeuce said:
Teppic said:
Ferrari are seeking clarification from the FIA on DAS.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferrari-answers...
Phase one of working out if they can/should copy it.. Makes sense.https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferrari-answers...
Although I do recognise there are two elements to ban: one is the in-out movement of the steering wheel (the control mechanism) & the other is the changing of toe-in (the controlled effect). I think it's only the tromboning that's been banned?
Crucially, as you allude to, the toe adjustment itself is so far NOT outlawed by the 2021 regs. The dual axis steering is... That is all. Maybe that is one of the things Ferrari is seeking clarification on.
Exige77 said:
DaveTheRave87 said:
Mr_Thyroid said:
It's in the rules, something along the lines of: Any innovation that is not beneficial to the sport as a whole will be banned in the year after it was introduced.
Same happened to the f-duct.
The f-duct had no chance to trickle down to road cars and driving 1 handed through Eau Rouge was just plain silly.Same happened to the f-duct.
And you want the wing working through Eau Rouge ?
You want to stall the rear wing on the straits.
TheDeuce said:
Just how much must DR be tired of Renault Power?? An entire promising F1 career plagued by a single manufacturers engine... 
He’s going to be hoping for SV to call it a day at the end of this season. (Which, on the first showing of the red car this week, is looking more and more probable).
Sandpit Steve said:
Tyre Smoke said:
Who are these commentators on Sky? I've never heard so much piss and wind. I know they can't sit in silence, but they're talking pure egg.
It’s an FOM presentation, rather than a Sky presentation, also being carried live on F1TV. There’s a rolling team of commentators from both F1 and Sky, Jolyon Palmer has been doing most of this afternoon with various guests. Commentating for 8 hours a day isn’t easy, when there’s no race happening! Tyre Smoke said:
Granted. But for goodness sake, some of their chat has been rubbish.
It’s no worse than you’d get when there’s an hour-long safety car in a 24h race. I imagine most viewers have it on in the background rather than paying attention to every word. It’s the first time they’ve even covered testing withTV cameras, and if it wasn’t for the presentation no-one would have known about the Mercedes steering innovation for another three weeks!
Sandpit Steve said:
Tyre Smoke said:
Granted. But for goodness sake, some of their chat has been rubbish.
It’s no worse than you’d get when there’s an hour-long safety car in a 24h race. I imagine most viewers have it on in the background rather than paying attention to every word. It’s the first time they’ve even covered testing withTV cameras, and if it wasn’t for the presentation no-one would have known about the Mercedes steering innovation for another three weeks!
It's a tough job and they're managing as well as can be expected. There is a lot of filler/waffle but as you say, if they weren't there every moment we would have missed a number of details already. For what it's worth, I have enjoyed the coverage overall - a good start to the season.
Sandpit Steve said:
TheDeuce said:
Just how much must DR be tired of Renault Power?? An entire promising F1 career plagued by a single manufacturers engine...
He’s going to be hoping for SV to call it a day at the end of this season. (Which, on the first showing of the red car this week, is looking more and more probable).
I personally still wouldn't rule out a Hamilton switch to Ferrari assuming he wins his 7th this year. Slim chance but wouldn't be surprised at all.
ChocolateFrog said:
I think DR's contract is up at the end of this year too. He'll be eyeing that Ferrari spot up no doubt.
I personally still wouldn't rule out a Hamilton switch to Ferrari assuming he wins his 7th this year. Slim chance but wouldn't be surprised at all.
Either way a potential seat opens up for DR. I hope so, he's very good imo. In 2018 he had the measure of Max but the DNF's skewed the results hugely. He's not as insane as Max... But his precision and composure is impressive. He's also a sponsor/PR dream because everything he does/says does the social media rounds.I personally still wouldn't rule out a Hamilton switch to Ferrari assuming he wins his 7th this year. Slim chance but wouldn't be surprised at all.
In the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix, Felipe Massa set went round in 1:16.648 to set the fastest lap of the race. That was the last race before the chicane was put in place at the penultimate corner.
Current cars are going quicker than that but they'll have to get below 1:14.637 to beat Schumacher's fastest time from Qualifying that year.
Current cars are going quicker than that but they'll have to get below 1:14.637 to beat Schumacher's fastest time from Qualifying that year.
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