FORMULA 1 ROLEX GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH 2020: PRACTICE 1/2/3 ▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▀▄▀▄

The result of this is no surprise. The FIA cleared this system. Now Red Bull will add theirs. They were seeking clarification to do so. Horner simply would not admit this at all in the paddock.

 

It's going to be a tough year ....watching Stroll leading the Ferrari's

 

Nothing like unimaginative cloning to solve the small budget team problem. I have ZERO respect for that team now. Build a car - Do not copy an entire car and think its something of a respectable challenge. Pathetic.

 

Makes you wonder wtf Ferrari have been doing since Barcelona ? eating Pizza?

 

Waiting for next year....

Ferrari has for a long time rested on the laurels of their many fans who will accept anything and find it marvelous.

 

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/150311/aero-correlation-problems-behind-ferrari-2020-struggles

Ferrari says a correlation problem between the figures seen in simulations and how its SF1000 performed on track left its Formula 1 car aerodynamically 'fragile' in its current spec.

With the team working on a major revision which will be introduced for the Hungarian Grand Prix, team principal Mattia Binotto addressed the current specification of car's aero problems.

Having determined that it needed to make significant strides into adding downforce, Binotto said that it meant that the car was not as robust in aero performance as was needed to take the fight to Mercedes and Red Bull.

"In winter testing the car was not performing as expected," he said, when asked by Autosport to explain its findings from the early running.

"The car on track was not performing as we saw in the design that we did at home, so there was a miscorrelation from design to track.

"Obviously we had to understand it first.

"We started trying really to understand it as soon as we were back home at the factory, and during the shutdown period that was not possible.

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"I think we realised that, from the aero point of view mainly, there were some miscorrelations.

"Eventually I think we [realised we] pushed a lot our project, on trying to seek a lot of downforce to lift up what was our situation last year in terms of weaknesses.

"I think that eventually whatever we developed was too fragile in terms of aero robustness when being on track."

Ferrari retained the inboard-loaded front wing concept that it used in 2019, but added a number of new aerodynamic additions in order to progress further forwards.

However it appears that Ferrari's largest weakness last year, which was a lack of balance in slow-speed corners, has not been considerably improved.

 

If I was Ferrari I would be putting more efforts into developing the next gen cars than the current one. They aren’t going to catch Mercedes so why bother and waste money and effort doing so. They should do just enough to maintain station, ie 2nd and put the majority of effort into the next car!

But in reality I suspect they are arguing about what topping to have on their pizza!

 

Don't be too optimistic
I don't believe for one second the story about the narrower nose.
And I don't believe too in a spec b car.
Just some aerodynamic improvement there and there .
Really don't get all those correlations problems stories.
Truth is binotto is unable to put pressure on people to deliver and engineers became lazy when the pressure is off.
Full stop

 

I thought customer cars were bannned?

 

Maybe will switch to Renault (Zhou is test driver there)?Needs top 4 finish in F2 to get super licence...on pole for Austria

 

https://theriser.info/xo_event/foot-7/

1 - Don't click on the first "screen". Scroll down.
2 - Click on the bottom screen.
3 - Close the stupid pop up immediatelly. You need to do steps 2-) and 3) three times.
4- Voilà, 2020 F1 Austria on your PC, Tablet, or phone.

 

They are, but I suspect FIA is turning a blind eye because they need cars on the grid and the Mercedes clone was part of the deal Stroll agreed with.

 

Next season they'll be using the same cars. Actually they need to "homologate" some parts before the last race of 2020 because the development will be partially frozen.

The **** is that whatever happens this year, the next one probably will be very similar, but that's the timing they have lo live with.

 

Wow! Just saw an aerial shot and that thing is HUGE!

 

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Latifi smacks the barriers...

 

That was an impressive pirouette!

 

Seems like the teams are expecting rain tomorrow, because they seem to be blowing off practice 3.

 

Ah, seems the red flag period woke the teams up. (Get laps while you can. )

 

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