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Rankings of 2016 Chassis' after Barcelona

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  1. freshmeat

    freshmeat F1 Veteran

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    #1 freshmeat, May 19, 2016
    From Autosport:

    They always say Barcelona is the perfect test of a Formula 1 car, a place that stretches all aspects of chassis performance. I watched the first and third free practice sessions for the recent Spanish Grand Prix from Turns 1/2/3, to try to gauge that order again now the teams all have four races under their belts. I have corroborated these visual impressions against GPS data to bring you my ranking of F1 chassis performance so far in 2016:

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    I guess the McLaren guys haven't been smoking crack...
     
  2. DF1

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    #2 DF1, May 19, 2016
    Ferrari have alot of work to do!!
    No surprise about Red Bull or Mclaren
     
  3. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #3 Fast_ian, May 20, 2016
    Interesting analysis.

    However, wtf;

    Fair enough.

    So why are they ranked below Torro Rosso & the Woking boys?.......

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  4. freshmeat

    freshmeat F1 Veteran

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    #4 freshmeat, May 20, 2016
    because...
    which makes a lot of sense especially for the last sector of barcelona.
     
  5. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #5 Fast_ian, May 20, 2016
    Fair enough. But they said;

    :confused:

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  6. freshmeat

    freshmeat F1 Veteran

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    #6 freshmeat, May 20, 2016
    Oh I interpreted that part as referring to just the sheer power from the mercedes pu, rather than the overall chassis, which this ranking is about.
     
  7. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #7 Fast_ian, May 20, 2016
    Interpretation, interpretation, interpretation.

    :)

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  8. moretti

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    #8 moretti, May 20, 2016
    It's like rating ice skaters .... .it's all BS and subjective rubbish
     
  9. bobzdar

    bobzdar F1 Veteran

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    #9 bobzdar, May 20, 2016
    This is chassis rankings, not overall rankings.
     
  10. DeSoto

    DeSoto F1 Veteran

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    #10 DeSoto, May 20, 2016
    This is nice for some chat at the web, but quite pointless. The overall result is what matters, specially in modern F1 where packaging and cooling needs of the engine have a lot to do with the chassis design.

    Also at least in the case of Mercedes and Ferrari, money spent in engines is money not spent in chassis.
     
  11. william

    william Two Time F1 World Champ
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    #11 william, May 20, 2016

    +1
     
  12. william

    william Two Time F1 World Champ
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    #12 william, May 20, 2016

    Yep
     
  13. racerx3317

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    #13 racerx3317, May 20, 2016
    Wasn't Kimi complaining of understeer recently? I'd probably rank the Ferrari chassis a bit lower. It probably has issues just not obvious issues. With the amount of power the engine puts out it should be closer to Merc if the chassis was really that good.
     

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