- 11 May 12, 16:48#302474There is no doubt that it was very important for the drivers that use the sims most to calibrate and spend time actually on track. However by my calculations; there were 24 hours or so available of testing. A race lasts 2 hours, technical calibration and setup is an open ended iterative process. One of drivers actually requested time but was unable to be accommodated. All of this also seems to have been decided ahead of the season, oh and finally a new direction on how air flows over the whole car from the front has been decided at this test session.
In view of all this, we would normally have to conclude that by not even giving a fraction of the time to a driver the experts are correct and have achieved a benefit mere mortals can't see. Yet with the McLaren of the last few years lingers the feeling that they might have relied too much on technology and textbook operational processes. Surely it is not impossible that they have played too cautious or simply errered, as simple as erring in a pit stop or two
One things for sure, we will be non the wiser as to whether it was a mistake to not take the drivers for at least a part of the test, we won't know till at least FP1, maybe not even then, maybe by Q3, or the end of the race, or maybe the end of the season to be really sure. Having said that it could take a few years to really see the benefit, if not a whole generation
So let's just stop asking questions of the teams, and of our political leaders and religious leaders, let's just accept what we are told and never dare to see for ourselves, that's the nice easy lazy route, but we will be popular!
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