Raid wrote:Slipstreaming is still very important in F1, but it only happens on straights. It's following during cornering that's the problem, when the downforce is actually needed. Without the downforce, a car has to lean more on the tyres, causing them to overheat and degrade more quickly
arqueturus wrote:Raid wrote:Slipstreaming is still very important in F1, but it only happens on straights. It's following during cornering that's the problem, when the downforce is actually needed. Without the downforce, a car has to lean more on the tyres, causing them to overheat and degrade more quickly
Makes more sense. I quite enjoy watching it with my other half but I do wish it was a bit more 'fast and loose' as it were. They just banned aero winglets in MotoGp this year (after being around for a year) so I wonder if some radical moves might be needed in F1 to shake it up a bit?
Snowy wrote:Slipstreaming currently only works until the car behind gets into the turbulent air caused by the car in front, at which point the aero on the following car stops working as well and the advantage is lost and the following car starts running hotter as everything starts working harder to achieve the same ends. This often explains how drivers close up on the car in front but then get stuck and end off dropping back as their tyres bake.
Raid wrote:With Ron Dennis out of the way, it''ll be interesting to see if McLaren's attitudes change. Seemingly Ron was largely responsible for the dreary liveries they've had for the last few years.
Sniff Petrol wrote:With confirmation this week that Jost Capito has been ousted from his role at McLaren, new boss Zak Brown continues in his quest turn around the ailing F1 team with a programme known as ‘de-Ronning’.
Brown’s other measures to ‘de-Ron’ the team are said to include a policy of leaving some battered old shoes and a pile of dirty laundry by the door in the reception area, just next to the very worn chairs and a wonky table bearing some old magazines, many of which are missing the cover and are not in chronological order.
‘Since Zak took over, the menu in the staff canteen has changed too,’ admitted one insider. ‘Now, the only things they serve are croissants, jam doughnuts and Cadbury’s Flakes. And we have to eat them at our desks. Without using a plate.’
Another source reveals that staff are now encouraged to ‘leave fingerprints’, ‘spill things’ and ‘accidentally walk dog shit’ into the factory.
The final part of Brown’s ‘de-Ron’ policy is a strict instruction for all team personnel to use one word to describe something instead of five, one of which isn’t really a word, and a radical new plan to stop torturing Fernando Alonso with a terrible F1 car.
Sniff Petrol wrote:‘Since Zak took over, the menu in the staff canteen has changed too,’ admitted one insider. ‘Now, the only things they serve are croissants, jam doughnuts and Cadbury’s Flakes. And we have to eat them at our desks. Without using a plate.’
Raid wrote:Today we have the Renault: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/02/21/p ... aks-cover/
Another good looking car, but it's another livery covered in black. I know it helps to make sponsor logos show up better, but their title sponsor is Infiniti right? The last car they sponsored was purple and yellow.
second_base wrote:You need to fuck off now...like right now dude.
Parv wrote:Edwin has been my least favourite forumite for a long time now.
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