Few sensations there are more stimulants that hear a formula 1 engine break almost Deathly morning silence of a circuit at 8 am. And that feeling takes emotional reunion dyes when it's the preseason. It is that they are so many months waiting to return to "feel" the single-seater in the asfalto…
Although the pre-season lately are so intense technical and analytical, to the roar of the first car that leaps to track merge with the of the last thing you'll see another before packages start their journey towards the Antipodes. Nevertheless, we must try to draw some conclusion of apparently to try to guess what remains to be seen. Let's do this, then.
In this preseason have enjoyed playing in the "see who is the leaks". Every year there is a new technical focus that concentrates the objectives of all photographers, and this year won the leaks, I would say that by far. Unexpected, on the other hand, as it seemed that most intrigued when all cars rested still under the canvas would be who are aiming to pull-rod of Red Bull, and either stayed behind the curiosity to see back in action the KERS, or by viewing once and for all the behaviour of the mobile wings (DRS, in terms "fia").
But, even exciting, not to be lost with so little final relevance detallismos, when we are dealing with a season in which change the determinants of the final performance of any single-seater: the tires. That's the big change this year, and that is going to be the final key which will decide the title. Without a doubt.
If the other day he was talking about David Plaza, magazine Grand Prix Actual, of engines as simple "diffusers blowers", I dare to follow the game and define cars in its entirety as "optimization of tyres". The limit of all single-seat it precisely marked their tires, and the entire design, both mechanical and aerodynamic, has to try to get them the maximum possible performance for the maximum possible time. That will go further in this endeavour, is all to take the jackpot.
It is no secret that at this point in the film, the great concern of the majority of teams is precisely the rapid wear and tear with the Pirelli tires, and it seems that they will be forced to that Grand Prix could not settle with less than 2 or 3 pit stops. It is not surprising as see how the mechanics tested up to 15 pit stops followed one after the other so perfectly in the choreography would result in a valuoso time in the Cronus cut.
But make no mistake: wear, in what regards the tyre itself, is circumstantial, and identical for all (in regards to tire, I insist). The technical key-wide tires believe that it will be precisely to know understand them and interpret its evolution. The worst of a tyre is that it is not predictable. We must try to translate the signals will give the tire to predict their behaviour, and, above all, know what needs to be done in each of the specific situations arising from wear or the consistency of the tires. It must learn the language of the new tires, and listen to them carefully during all this offseason. It will be the only possible way so that when they try to talk, you will understand.
What can it bring wear on the tires, associated with a greater number of stops, and the important differences of time per lap as they are wearing (in addition to the own differences between different compounds), is a strategic challenge that a long time ago is not seen in formula 1. The latest symbolic references of aggressive strategies have in, above all, the victory of Schumacher at Magny Cours in 2004 with 4 stops in boxes, or the most recent strategy 3 stops of Lewis Hamilton in Turkey in 2008 to finish second.
Focusing on Magny Cours, the French track was the only calendar that had a peculiar feature which afforded it its particular asphalt: the negative effect on the wear on the tires lap times was higher than the positive effect of the lower fuel load, and therefore you could run, in the right hands, more aggressive strategies. This effect which was only happening in Magny Cours, comes this year intrinsically linked to the new Pirelli, and is therefore expected that the best minds in the paddock may surprise us once in a while, and of course - this does not change - when touch whatever improvisethat might be more often.
I had to speak of the offseason, and I've spent almost all of the paragraphs speaking of tyres. But I think give the importance they deserve. On the performance of each team, must be borne in mind that I can only speak of totally subjective sensations that leave you cars to see them go through different types of curves, but devoid of any expert judgement by the almost total lack of information on what exactly are looking at every moment. For this reason, and emulating the little information is available for the correct assessment, I would just like to give a Word-by-team to define what I think of his State.
Red Bull: fear; Ferrari: progress; McLaren: lost; Mercedes: am intrigued; Renault: correct; Williams: evolution; Toro Rosso: surprising; Sauber: inconsistent; Force India: continuity; Lotus: improved; Virgin: slow; Hispania: absent (although with hopeful inputs).
We turn to read after Australia. Although Australia is not the proper place to draw too many conclusions, that digamos…
Although the pre-season lately are so intense technical and analytical, to the roar of the first car that leaps to track merge with the of the last thing you'll see another before packages start their journey towards the Antipodes. Nevertheless, we must try to draw some conclusion of apparently to try to guess what remains to be seen. Let's do this, then. In this preseason have enjoyed playing in the "see who is the leaks". Every year there is a new technical focus that concentrates the objectives of all photographers, and this year won the leaks, I would say that by far. Unexpected, on the other hand, as it seemed that most intrigued when all cars rested still under the canvas would be who are aiming to pull-rod of Red Bull, and either stayed behind the curiosity to see back in action the KERS, or by viewing once and for all the behaviour of the mobile wings (DRS, in terms "fia").
But, even exciting, not to be lost with so little final relevance detallismos, when we are dealing with a season in which change the determinants of the final performance of any single-seater: the tires. That's the big change this year, and that is going to be the final key which will decide the title. Without a doubt.
It is no secret that at this point in the film, the great concern of the majority of teams is precisely the rapid wear and tear with the Pirelli tires, and it seems that they will be forced to that Grand Prix could not settle with less than 2 or 3 pit stops. It is not surprising as see how the mechanics tested up to 15 pit stops followed one after the other so perfectly in the choreography would result in a valuoso time in the Cronus cut.
But make no mistake: wear, in what regards the tyre itself, is circumstantial, and identical for all (in regards to tire, I insist). The technical key-wide tires believe that it will be precisely to know understand them and interpret its evolution. The worst of a tyre is that it is not predictable. We must try to translate the signals will give the tire to predict their behaviour, and, above all, know what needs to be done in each of the specific situations arising from wear or the consistency of the tires. It must learn the language of the new tires, and listen to them carefully during all this offseason. It will be the only possible way so that when they try to talk, you will understand.
What can it bring wear on the tires, associated with a greater number of stops, and the important differences of time per lap as they are wearing (in addition to the own differences between different compounds), is a strategic challenge that a long time ago is not seen in formula 1. The latest symbolic references of aggressive strategies have in, above all, the victory of Schumacher at Magny Cours in 2004 with 4 stops in boxes, or the most recent strategy 3 stops of Lewis Hamilton in Turkey in 2008 to finish second.
Focusing on Magny Cours, the French track was the only calendar that had a peculiar feature which afforded it its particular asphalt: the negative effect on the wear on the tires lap times was higher than the positive effect of the lower fuel load, and therefore you could run, in the right hands, more aggressive strategies. This effect which was only happening in Magny Cours, comes this year intrinsically linked to the new Pirelli, and is therefore expected that the best minds in the paddock may surprise us once in a while, and of course - this does not change - when touch whatever improvisethat might be more often.I had to speak of the offseason, and I've spent almost all of the paragraphs speaking of tyres. But I think give the importance they deserve. On the performance of each team, must be borne in mind that I can only speak of totally subjective sensations that leave you cars to see them go through different types of curves, but devoid of any expert judgement by the almost total lack of information on what exactly are looking at every moment. For this reason, and emulating the little information is available for the correct assessment, I would just like to give a Word-by-team to define what I think of his State.
Red Bull: fear; Ferrari: progress; McLaren: lost; Mercedes: am intrigued; Renault: correct; Williams: evolution; Toro Rosso: surprising; Sauber: inconsistent; Force India: continuity; Lotus: improved; Virgin: slow; Hispania: absent (although with hopeful inputs).
We turn to read after Australia. Although Australia is not the proper place to draw too many conclusions, that digamos…
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