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Fred_C_Dobbs wrote:Charlie Whiting defends the MWRSeems a bit dodgy, ain't that the truth?
Until I'd read this, I always had believed CW was a reasonable and rational individual. After reading this, I'm left to wonder if he's made off with Bernie's stash of Alzheimer meds and is having a right old time with them.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
Q. What other rule changes are outlined for 2011?
CW: - Ban on 'double diffusers'.
- Ban on F-Ducts (driver operated rear wing stall systems).
- More stringent load/deflection tests on the front wing and the front of the floor.
- One additional wheel tether on each wheel.
- Anti-intrusion panels attached to the monocoque around the driver's legs.
- One additional load test on every chassis at a point beneath the driver's seating position.
- Gearboxes will have to last five races instead of four previously.
- Introduction of a 107 per cent minimum qualifying time.
f1ea wrote:I still dont understand when the heck this gadjit is supposed to be used......... 600 m... at the braking point... timing loops.... WTFOkay, consider a circuit like Monza as an example. Let's say the ARW zone is between the first and second chicanes. There will be a timing beam just before the first chicane, where the gap is measured. If the following driver is within 1 second at this point, he will be elligible to use the device down the following straight, from a point 600m before the second chicane. Does that make sense?
CarBore wrote:Under the assumption that the Newey wing will be best? Unless you are referring to Vettel's tendency to be fast in qualifying, in which case I disagree. Pure straight line speed is what the driver has the least input on and is mostly the carAssuming that the Red Bull has the most downforce, they'll be able to use the wing in places other cars can't around corners...
scotty wrote:Q is the big question mark... although you'd have to be getting quite a bit of downforce from the diffuser and or mechanical grip in order to be able to enable the MRW. It would be a total fiasco in Qualies if that's the case, the Red Bulls would jut be ahead by greater than 5 or 6 tenths on every track!CarBore wrote:Under the assumption that the Newey wing will be best? Unless you are referring to Vettel's tendency to be fast in qualifying, in which case I disagree. Pure straight line speed is what the driver has the least input on and is mostly the carAssuming that the Red Bull has the most downforce, they'll be able to use the wing in places other cars can't around corners...
What's Burning? wrote:Apparently they were already doing it at times in testing, ie round turn 3 at Barcelona. Thing is, i can't see Quali being anywhere near as important this year!scotty wrote:Q is the big question mark... although you'd have to be getting quite a bit of downforce from the diffuser and or mechanical grip in order to be able to enable the MRW. It would be a total fiasco in Qualies if that's the case, the Red Bulls would jut be ahead by greater than 5 or 6 tenths on every track!CarBore wrote:Under the assumption that the Newey wing will be best? Unless you are referring to Vettel's tendency to be fast in qualifying, in which case I disagree. Pure straight line speed is what the driver has the least input on and is mostly the carAssuming that the Red Bull has the most downforce, they'll be able to use the wing in places other cars can't around corners...
scotty wrote:Well, we'll get to see one type of race on Saturday and a completely different dynamics to the same car on Sunday.What's Burning? wrote:Apparently they were already doing it at times in testing, ie round turn 3 at Barcelona. Thing is, i can't see Quali being anywhere near as important this year!scotty wrote:Q is the big question mark... although you'd have to be getting quite a bit of downforce from the diffuser and or mechanical grip in order to be able to enable the MRW. It would be a total fiasco in Qualies if that's the case, the Red Bulls would jut be ahead by greater than 5 or 6 tenths on every track!CarBore wrote:Under the assumption that the Newey wing will be best? Unless you are referring to Vettel's tendency to be fast in qualifying, in which case I disagree. Pure straight line speed is what the driver has the least input on and is mostly the carAssuming that the Red Bull has the most downforce, they'll be able to use the wing in places other cars can't around corners...
scotty wrote:hmmm ok i get it more or less, so it will be usable only in that straight, or will there be timing beams in all corners before the straights, or is it restricted to the one zone only?? also, you have to get within 1sec all without using the wing......f1ea wrote:I still dont understand when the heck this gadjit is supposed to be used......... 600 m... at the braking point... timing loops.... WTFOkay, consider a circuit like Monza as an example. Let's say the ARW zone is between the first and second chicanes. There will be a timing beam just before the first chicane, where the gap is measured. If the following driver is within 1 second at this point, he will be elligible to use the device down the following straight, from a point 600m before the second chicane. Does that make sense?
f1ea wrote:I believe it is restricted to one zone only, i haven't heard anything to the contrary anyway. So there'll only be the one timing beam for it as far as i know. And yeah, the drivers have to get 1 sec behind without the wing.scotty wrote:hmmm ok i get it more or less, so it will be usable only in that straight, or will there be timing beams in all corners before the straights, or is it restricted to the one zone only?? also, you have to get within 1sec all without using the wing......f1ea wrote:I still dont understand when the heck this gadjit is supposed to be used......... 600 m... at the braking point... timing loops.... WTFOkay, consider a circuit like Monza as an example. Let's say the ARW zone is between the first and second chicanes. There will be a timing beam just before the first chicane, where the gap is measured. If the following driver is within 1 second at this point, he will be elligible to use the device down the following straight, from a point 600m before the second chicane. Does that make sense?
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