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Yes the 2013 tyres were tested……on 2012 cars

Maybe harper lives in Wales, where waiting list targets don’t exist and so you can wait 6 months to see a specialist and not 2 weeks in England.

@hohum – while there is some merit to your point, the flip side is that testing at one specific track will not validate performance modifications designed for a different track and for different driving styles, […]

as far as I am aware drivers, in this scenario, don’t set and check tyre pressures……

He qualifies badly through no fault of his own and then gets from 14th to 8th on a 3 stopper with THAT car and you call that under performing.

An easy to understand analysis that I urge you all to read, thanks for posting @fisha605.

The work the teams are doing to increase consistency of airflow on the rear defuser will not necessarily be wasted if […]

and the fact that they wasted unrecoverable time complaining about it too….GaL

They have made a decision on the best information that they had at the time, we sitting on our comfortable armchairs may not understand the why. By all means lets reflect at the end of the season and not just […]

Overall I don’t believe there was any advantage nor disadvantage, the super soft’s were good for a few laps and that was it, but they had to be used and thus in the end Sutil’s drive was no more exceptional than […]

I disagree and point out that all the rest that started on soft’s were laden with fuel, they had done at least three laps and there should have been a greater advantage with a rubbered in track on the last few laps.

I don’t beleve his comments count as complaining, more of airing some obvious implications in changing the design philosophy regarding the front end.

That’s not strictly true though, the car is set up using both mechanical and aero alterations, for instance wing configuration and pitch.

That front looks super aggressive, the nose is almost horizontal from the leading edge back, looks good.

I believe the fundamental problem with this sport is the actual cost to participate, for the established teams they have the inherent competitiveness that is rewarded financially, yet for new teams it becomes a […]

As any first year engineering student will advise, you should break down the rather large and difficult problem into smaller and easier to solve solutions. The nature of a cross wind is a random effect and therein […]

I use CFD to aid design, 10 years ago this technology existed but was prohibitively expensive for an SME, today this technology is relatively inexpensive, but is such a fabulous aid to design where fluid flow is […]