no chance unless its raining mercs to far behind now
i guess everyone will always remember hungary 98
http://video.zita.be/video-galerij/flitspaal/michael_schumacher_pushing_hard_hungary_1998.aspx
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Hungarian Grand Prix 2012, Budapest - Race 11/20
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no chance unless its raining mercs to far behind now
i guess everyone will always remember hungary 98
http://video.zita.be/video-galerij/flitspaal/michael_schumacher_pushing_hard_hungary_1998.aspx
Isn't Hungary a fairly high down force track? Merc were quick at Monaco.
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The Hungaroring is often described as "Monaco without the city", so yeah, a car that is good at Monaco should be good in Hungary.
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DRS confirmed as the same as last year.
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Yep. IIRC last year the DRS didn't have a great effect here, so people will be happy/sad about that depending on which side of the DRS debate you reside.
monaco isnt high downforce its high traction and mechanical grip something the merc doesnt lack.
the merc however sucks at mid speed and highspeed corners.. its downforce is shockingly bad and its straight line speed isnt anything special either.
with low fuel the merc is fast but with any reasonable fuel load it turns into a dog and eats its tyres quickly, its almost like a car made for the refueling era.
merc just sacked there aero guy and hired a new one which is good news...
the last guy had the same front wing for almost 3 seasons ffs he was utterly useless
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Yep
DRS zone: Detection point is on the entry T14 and Activation point is 70m after T14.
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According to Arknor, yes. He also works on Rosbergs car Mon-Friday morning, then he works on Schumachers' on Friday lunchtimes after two hours in the pub.
Funny cause all pre-season arknor was telling us how much Merc had ramped it up in their aero department.....
you dont go fast enough at monaco to generate much downforce from aero.
you know aerodynamics is dependent on the speed of the air passing over and under the car right? if your not going fast your not getting much benefit
obviously at monaco you have maximum wing etc but the cars dont generate much downforce compared to circuits like suzuka and spa
monaco is not a circuit that demands high downforce it demands high mechanical grip and traction
obviously not but the head aero guy obviously decides what upgrades are going to happen and which arent he will also be in charge of what parts are going to be looked at.