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Rankings of 2016 Chassis' after Barcelona

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  1. freshmeat

    freshmeat F1 Veteran

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    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

    DF1 Three Time F1 World Champ

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    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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    Interesting analysis.

    However, wtf;

    Fair enough.

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

    Cheers,
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  4. freshmeat

    freshmeat F1 Veteran

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    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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    Fair enough. But they said;

    :confused:

    Cheers,
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  6. freshmeat

    freshmeat F1 Veteran

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    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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    Interpretation, interpretation, interpretation.

    :)

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  8. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    It's like rating ice skaters .... .it's all BS and subjective rubbish
     
  9. bobzdar

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    This is chassis rankings, not overall rankings.
     
  10. DeSoto

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    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 Silver Subscribed

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    +1
     
  12. william

    william Two Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    Yep
     
  13. racerx3317

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    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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