- 01 Jul 09, 18:57#130260
Thats actually incorrect.
Its something that Herman Tilke has done terribly wrong when designing some circuits. Mainly Valencia. Slow corners do bunch the cars up, but it actually means that after the corner, the cars spread out a lot more than they normally would. So we have slow corners creating too much bunching up, and fast corners create to much turbulence. So what you want before a straight is a medium corner. Something like Curve Paul Frere at Spa, or turns 14 and 15 at Sepang.
The best example I can use is Valencia. The idea behind that circuit was to use slow corners before the straights. Valencia has 3 straights with that in mind, but a lot of the overtaking actually happened into the final corner, because the turns leading up to the final corner, turns 18 and 19 where medium corners. This was in GP2 of course. Since there was only one overtake during F1, which also into the final corner.
Anyways, I think overtaking has improved in F1. But its clearly nowhere near enough of an improvement. I personally question whether or not these rear wings are helping at all. To overtake the car in front, you still need to be at least 3 seconds faster. It also doesn't help that the field is so much closer, and that the difference between 1st and 20th is only just over 2secs. Making it difficult for 1st place to even overtake backmarkers.
Overboost in F1 is the way to go in my opinion. It means we can overtaking, without watering down developments in aerodynamics. As its been said before, these aerodynamicsts are so smart, its really quite hard to limit them.
To overtake you need a slowish corner eg slow chicane or hairpin to bunch the cars up, then a straight, to slip stream, then a slow corner preferably a slow chicane or hairpin. thats is how to increase overtaking. tracks that I think are going to be good overtaking tracks are.
Thats actually incorrect.
Its something that Herman Tilke has done terribly wrong when designing some circuits. Mainly Valencia. Slow corners do bunch the cars up, but it actually means that after the corner, the cars spread out a lot more than they normally would. So we have slow corners creating too much bunching up, and fast corners create to much turbulence. So what you want before a straight is a medium corner. Something like Curve Paul Frere at Spa, or turns 14 and 15 at Sepang.
The best example I can use is Valencia. The idea behind that circuit was to use slow corners before the straights. Valencia has 3 straights with that in mind, but a lot of the overtaking actually happened into the final corner, because the turns leading up to the final corner, turns 18 and 19 where medium corners. This was in GP2 of course. Since there was only one overtake during F1, which also into the final corner.
Anyways, I think overtaking has improved in F1. But its clearly nowhere near enough of an improvement. I personally question whether or not these rear wings are helping at all. To overtake the car in front, you still need to be at least 3 seconds faster. It also doesn't help that the field is so much closer, and that the difference between 1st and 20th is only just over 2secs. Making it difficult for 1st place to even overtake backmarkers.
Overboost in F1 is the way to go in my opinion. It means we can overtaking, without watering down developments in aerodynamics. As its been said before, these aerodynamicsts are so smart, its really quite hard to limit them.
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