Temporada 2023

[GoVal]

Boundary layer is a phenomena where there's a layer of air stuck to the car. Over long surfaces it builds up & upsets the aero.

AMR tech director Dan Fallows discovered at Red Bull, during the exhaust blown diffuser era, that vibrating the bodywork reduces this. As used on planes

[GoVal]

So, the large sidepod flanks are built internally, to be vibrated by the exhausts, not using the exhast gasses, just their movement

The large flanks to the sidepods each house a large internal volume called the 'Resonant Tank'. This shakes the waterslide tunnel and the underfloor

[GoVal]

FA has run this and found better aero performance, despite the vibration.

LS can't tun the RTs due to his pre-season fractures, as the vibration from the resonance may delay their healing. Thus, he's lacked a little speed to FA's car with the Resonance Tanks.

[GoVal]

Such is the success the Spaniard has had with the tanks, the team are calling them Fernando's RTs.

But Lance ran just one tank in qualifying today. So Lance could finally have a FA RT in his car today on the 1st April...!






https://twitter.com/ScarbsTech/status/1642062360633384960

[GoVal]

Por cierto, hoy es 1º de abril, y a los británicos les gusta hacer bromitas  .

[McHouserphy]

Such is the success the Spaniard has had with the tanks, the team are calling them Fernando's RTs.
But Lance ran just one tank in qualifying today. So Lance could finally have a FA RT in his car today on the 1st April...!

  

[GoVal]

Un formato especial para la carrera al sprint en Bakú cada día más cerca. Tienen que hilar qué pasa con el tema de motores, neumáticos y sanciones.



F1 teams agree to pursue standalone sprint format for Baku

Plans to introduce a new standalone Saturday sprint format for the Azerbaijan GP weekend took a step forward after F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali met team bosses on Sunday.


By: Adam Cooper Apr 2, 2023, 6:13 AM


The purpose of the meeting was not to have a formal vote, but in effect to get a mandate from the teams for the FIA to press ahead with finalising the regulatory details in time for Baku.

The rules will also have to be checked and tested by the team sporting directors in the sporting advisory committee, before being formally ratified ahead of the round, from 28-30 April.

Various potential formats have been under discussion, including the possibility of a one-lap qualifying format for the sprints, but that idea has now been abandoned, in part because of the complications of readying the timing software to cope with the format.

There had also been a debate about which of the sprint and race qualifying sessions would be on Friday or Saturday, but it has now been agreed to make Saturday an independent event.

The basic plan now for sprint weekends is to have normal race qualifying on Friday after FP1, with the grid set in stone and no impact on it from the result of the sprint.

Sprint qualifying will take place on Saturday with a slightly shortened version of the usual three-session format.

Although the exact timings are still being discussed one likely option is to split the three sessions across twelve, 10 and eight minutes.

Teams wanted to have a shorter sprint session in order to keep a lid on the number of laps that power units are run in qualifying modes during the weekend, and because of the limited number of sets of tyres that are available.

There are many complicated issues that have to be addressed, such as tyre allocation, with each driver restricted to 12 sets on sprint weekends. Parc ferme rules also have to be finalised.

The general idea is that technical penalties such as those for PU changes will continue to apply to the main race, as was already the case with sprint weekends, and that sporting penalties incurred in the sprint are applied to the sprint.

It's understood that a driver who incurs a grid penalty for triggering an incident in the sprint is likely serve it in the next sprint rather than in the following day's main race, although that has yet to be confirmed.

Speaking before Sunday's meeting Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said he was in support of the standalone format if the details could be agreed.

"I think two qualifying sessions per se is not something that's bad," he said when asked by Autosport.

"If we stick with the current format, I think we wouldn't be able to do this with the engine mileage and I think Pirelli's hasn't got enough tyres. So that's something that needs to be solved."


https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-teams-agree-to-pursue-standalone-sprint-format-for-baku/10451984/

[McHouserphy]

[yorch]

https://twitter.com/search?q=felipe%20massa&src=typed_query

Massa se plantea realizar acciones legales para reclamar el titulo de 2008, en base a que la carrera de Singapur, el "piquetgate", debió haber sido anulado. Por lo visto la mierda no llegaba solo a Renault/Briatore...

No sé, 15 años despues, incluso aunque tuvieras razón, ya no tiene demasiado sentido.

[GoVal]

https://twitter.com/search?q=felipe%20massa&src=typed_query

Massa se plantea realizar acciones legales para reclamar el titulo de 2008, en base a que la carrera de Singapur, el "piquetgate", debió haber sido anulado. Por lo visto la mierda no llegaba solo a Renault/Briatore...

No sé, 15 años despues, incluso aunque tuvieras razón, ya no tiene demasiado sentido.

Hace 15 años y encima en el GP en el que salió de su parada con una «cola puesta». Hasta los comentaristas de este vídeo dicen que con eso está el campeonato perdido. Igual quiere que Ferrari se lo devuelva  .



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp620lWUmzM

[GoVal]

Buen hilo sobre el RB19 y su suspensión delantera «anti-dive» que permite a la parte delantera hundirse menos al frenar.





https://twitter.com/F1DataAnalysis/status/1644650163418300429

[GoVal]

Al pobre Leclerc no le dejan en paz ni en su casa.

[GoVal]

Así van las obras en Las Vegas.













Parece que van a hacer un casino dentro.

[McHouserphy]

  Yoyas Toyyyyyyy
Yigüertooooooooo  

Así van las obras en Las Vegas.

Parece que van a hacer un casino dentro.

Me ha parecido ver un "muehto" ... llamad a Grissom.     

Y de lo de Felipinho... ... hay que estar muy aburrido para tan siquiera pensarlo.
eso si que son batallitas del abuelo.    

[GoVal]

Las obras en Las Vegas siguen avanzando.



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