Disagree. This is the most unstable I've seen a Mercedes factory car. It makes no sense for them to knowingly send the car out with these violent understeers and oversteers, porpoising like mad. They need to get clean laps for data, and they're not getting them so far, no matter what setups they throw out there. If this is apart of some plan to later unleash an unstable car, NASA needs to hire their design team.
We are seeing a lot of 'wavy' floor vibration at speed in front of the rear tires, which they are patching using a rod attached to the sidepod. I won't be shocked if we see floors with a lot more carbon reinforcement in this area as that waving has to be dynamically effecting the porpoising issue.
04 Feb 2022--Alfa Romeo has reportedly developed their own gearbox and suspension for the 2022 F1 season, further reducing their dependence on Ferrari. According to a report by Motorsport Italia, the team’s decision was reportedly influenced by their differing aero philosophy compared to the Scuderia. The Swiss’s 2022 car is reportedly incompatible with the Ferrari-designed suspension due to their differing design choices.
Ant Davidson said that lap would be deleted with race control's new director. If this was a race qualy session. We shall see..........
How is our car doing on the hard compound compared to last year? We had a dismal record with the hard tires, Charles even losing out to Hamilton in Silverstone due to this poor performance.
I would'nt compare last year's car performance on the hard compound tp this year's car performance on the hard compound.
So, testing is complete and it's on to the F1 reality show next weekend. Who thinks Ferrari is the top dog? Who thinks it's Red Bull? Who thinks Mercedes is still sandbagging? Will the porposeing situation be so bad for some teams that it will result in DNFs?? Stay tuned. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel . . . .
Yes, and it also depends on RB's expectations. So far he's done a pretty solid job. Racecraft is better than Bottas, who spent 5 years in a Mercedes seat !
