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A more plausable explaination of Brawn's early dominance

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  1. LightGuy

    LightGuy Four Time F1 World Champ
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    #1 LightGuy, Dec 2, 2009
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    And an insight into the tire situation for next year.

    http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/formula-1/will-gray/article/1442/

    "Bridgestone modified the rear tyre construction to move the relative grip balance between front and rear further rearwards and counter the over-steer, but with limited testing (80 per cent of testing was done in laboratories this year) there was not much change that could be made.

    To cope with this unusual grip balance, the weight balance of the cars between front and rear had to be changed, creating a very unique weight balance in 2009.

    One of the reasons Brawn came out ahead (in addition to the double diffuser design) was that they got the weight balance right for the tyres that were used, while both McLaren and Red Bull had to make suspension changes mid-season to overcome the issue."

    I never fully bought that the rear "superdiffuser" could make enough of a percentage differance for their dominance.
    Its all about tires.
     
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    #2 kraftwerk, Dec 3, 2009
    Interesting and plausable, IIRC BrawnGP/Honda decided early on to build the car without KERS.

    Probably giving them more options of getting the balance right, as opposed to where are we going to put the extra weight of batterys ect.

    That along with the diffuser gave them a winning car.
     
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    #3 racerx3317, Dec 4, 2009
    Makes sense to me. Looks to me at least, Brawn made several astute choices and started the season with a car no one could touch at the start of the season which won them the title. That said, I think they will be midfielders next year, regardless of who drives.
     
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    #4 william, Dec 4, 2009

    They have lost their 2 drivers, so we can expect a period of adaptation for the new ones too.

    Mercedes must be in it for the long run, and probably don't expect miracles in 2010.
     
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    #5 racerx3317, Dec 4, 2009

    I think it would have been the case if Jenson and Rubens stayed too. There was so much in thier favor in 09 and now people have caught up.
     
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    #6 ACross32, Dec 4, 2009
    Very interesting indeed. The Brawn cars appeared to have completely neutral balance and very good grip early on in the season, specifically coming off corners, whereas cars like the F60 would just step out and oversteer upon throttle application.
     

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