Australian Grand Prix 2012, Albert Park Circuit - Race 1/20

Shimmy said:
I did think Schumi was taking extra care to handle his front wing when he came off.
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Odd considering that it's the rear wing which is suspected to hide their secrets - with the passive F-duct hole exposed by the DRS, which then stalls the lower rear wing beam.

As far as I understand it anyway.
 
Spunkey said:
Odd considering that it's the rear wing which is suspected to hide their secrets - with the passive F-duct hole exposed by the DRS, which then stalls the lower rear wing beam.

As far as I understand it anyway.
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I can't see how the rear beam wing could be blown to be stalled due to the minimum radius rules that apply to all elements of the rear wing including the beam wing.
 
Spunkey said:
Odd considering that it's the rear wing which is suspected to hide their secrets - with the passive F-duct hole exposed by the DRS, which then stalls the lower rear wing beam.

As far as I understand it anyway.
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The opening revealed by the DRS was known about. However, that shot of the underside of the front wing clearly shows the slot used to stall it, confirming that it is the front being controlled from the rear.

sunama said:
That's basically what has happened. They are shell-shocked - no doubt about it.

Before the race they were claiming that they did not do a single low fuel run, at any stage so far (which, I do not believe). Horner was saying that he was comfortable where he was, so I think they felt that they had a competitive car which could compete at the front.

Like you said 6 tenths off the pace is massive.
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I think RBR knew something was up. To bring a radically changed rear to the final test, only get a handful of laps in, and then decide to run it in the first GP says that the original back end wasn't providing the results that they knew they required in comparison to some of the other cars. Contrast that to McLaren who spent the first two test sessions gently tweaking their system and then turned up at the 3rd with a refined version.

sunama said:
Of course they have (during the Winter).
What generally happens is a team will bring new parts to every race (weekend). They test them out during the practise sessions, THEN if they like the new part, they decide to use it in the race.

What I am suggesting, is that in order to speed up development they can use the races as glorified test sessions. In otherwords, rather than wasting time fighting for 1pt, they can kit both cars out with different experimental parts and test them during the race. If need be (and if possible), mid race, they can switch these parts out with other experimental pieces. This way, when they leave the race, they shall have more data to work with and this "should" speed up development.

Bear in mind though, that if they decide to do this, they may be regularly finishing 1+ laps down on the rest of the field and there is also the reliability aspect - the experimental parts may break during the race.

My way of thinking is that Ferrari need to concentrate on developing their car - move it forward - and not worry about individual race results or points. Develop the car, so that next year, they have a great package to work from (as a starting point).

Ferrari must do something radical, if they are to go for the title in 2013, assuming that 2012 is a write-off.
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Ferrari have already gone radical, and there are so many variables that they don't understand how things interact. They currently don't even appear to have a baseline that they can go back to, before going forwards again.
 
mattx2 said:
Just watching bbc highlights new commentator is awful
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Yup.

Great qualifying though. That's a really promising result for the season!

What a shocker for Kimi though. Out in first quali and his teammate puts it third on the grid.
 
Ah seems that Webber didn't have KERS so that's 3/10th with that in mind McLaren arent that fair ahead.

Watching Kimi again, it seems he probably could have got a top 12 spot, but obviously going on the grass made him miss the, or catch rather the flag, denying him that extra lap.
 
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