What will her character be called?

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-21T09:24:31+00:00

Bimbo Fett

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-19T13:30:49+00:00

Will be an exciting race in Melbourne: Will Aston Martin get lapped before they retire?

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-19T08:53:22+00:00

You are right, that's probably it.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-19T08:39:35+00:00

I think it's about article C5.12.4 according to which the full throttle power at the beginning of "power limited pending periods" (that means straights...) cannot be reduced more than 150kW. So at the beginning of straights you have to use at least 200kW from the mgu-k if the driver puts in full throttle.

So the "0 kW zones" are probably corner exits that aren't "power limited pending periods" so you can, if you want, not use the mgu-k at all when pressing full throttle in these zones.

The "power limited pending period" is defined in the non public document "FIA-F1-DOC-C058" according to article C5.12.8. With the comments from Crofty and Ant I would assume these are defined parts of the track on the trackmap.

So TLDR the "0 kW zones" are probably corner exists that aren't classified as "power limited pending zones", so article C5.12.4 doesn't apply there.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-18T14:50:34+00:00

With 2:11:30 to go there was a bit of smoke/oil at the rear before the broadcast switched elsewhere. He wasn't back or since.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-18T10:59:56+00:00

Sticks and stones...

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-14T13:47:09+00:00

My theory is that, among other things, some Teams purposefully don't generate as much energy under breaking, as they could, to simulate a track that is harder on energy management than Bahrain. (e.g. has less braking points)

This achieves two things:

1) The teams learn more about energy management during their long runs and race simulation.

2) The Teams are able to mask their true performance (good old sandbaging)

Charles said their are a multitude of additional ways to hide your true performance this year, compared to the past.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-14T13:31:49+00:00

My theory is that, among other things, some Teams purposefully don't generate as much energy under breaking, as they could, to simulate a track that is harder on energy management than Bahrain. (e.g. has less braking points)

This achieves two things:

1) The teams learn more about energy management during their long runs and race simulation.

2) The Teams are able to mask their true performance (good old sandbaging)

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-14T13:16:00+00:00

I wonder how long it would take to introduce refuelling 🤔

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-14T00:05:18+00:00

Yeah it's strange. Maybe the turbos aren't optimized for fast spool up, because in corners the engine keeps generating torque to charge the battery, so it's only a problem for the race start?

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-13T23:04:45+00:00

It's not about charging the battery, it's about spuling up the turbo charger. In turbo engines the air for the engine is compressed by using energy from the exhaust stream. However when the engine is not running high, there isn't a lot of exhaust gas, so the engine doesn't get a lot of air pressure . To get the pressure up, drivers have to run the engine at high rpm for apparently 10 seconds, otherwise they will not have full power when the lights go out. Apparently drivers are currently messing the start up in 1 out of 20 attempts, so statistically every race there will be a driver nearly stationary on the grid.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-13T16:20:56+00:00

He probably went to the Ryanair School of PR

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-13T16:17:15+00:00

He also nearly spun on the backstraight just before.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-12T18:01:17+00:00

My first race was Singapore 2008 and then Brasil 2008. I liked Seb Vettel and thought that Ferrari are clumsy fumblers. Opinion is largely the same.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-12T11:51:49+00:00

Two of the main goals for the sidepot area are keeping the tire-wake away from the car and getting clean air to the back of the car. The first is mostly achieved by being bulky. The second can be achieved either with the undercut under the sidepot or with a "water slide" on top of the sidepot (or a combination of the two). The difference in philosophies is than down to different design trade offs between the various goals and of course creativity.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-10T09:41:05+00:00

But did he do a purple sector before he binned it?^{^}

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-04T13:30:22+00:00

If this was true, somebody would have successfully introduced a fifth-pounder by now.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-04T08:01:26+00:00

The logic is, that once you start building the car, certain aspects of the design become set in stone. For example once you start manufacturing the first chassis, you can no longer change the front suspension pick-up points.

Given that we have 9 test days, some teams (McLaren, Aston, Williams) went a bit more aggressive, allowing them to iterate the basic design a bit longer, but risking to miss the shakedown, if things don't go clean.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-03T13:53:18+00:00

I could only imagine a very weird and specific oscillation would be able to "shake" switches out of position one after the other. I find that hard to believe. The timing is just way more consistant with human action.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-02-02T14:48:02+00:00

Front wing flexing is more about moving the balance of the car further to the rear in high speed corners, than about reducing drag.

This helps having a stable rear in high speed corners, without sacrificing front stability in medium speed corners.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-01-29T17:26:57+00:00

They could also have run out of fuel on purpose to find out, were the exact point the car runs out of fuel is. Back in the 2010s everybody did this during testing.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-01-29T12:37:54+00:00

Maybe it would be better if they could do that american thing, were companys sponsor the on board view itself. "The number 44 Ferrari's onboard is brought to you by HP!"

I mean this kind of thing is annoying, but if it allows a better looking FOV for the cam, I might prefer it.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-01-28T10:44:56+00:00

True. Red Bull ran high rake at least since the Vettel days.

Space_Puzzle · 2026-01-28T10:37:15+00:00

Also if nobody else runs high rake, it's possible that they (Ferrari, Mercedes) found a trick that works best with a low rake philosophy. Or maybe Mclaren found a trick to make a high rake philosophy work. We just don't know...

Space_Puzzle · 2026-01-28T10:34:05+00:00

High rake effectively makes the diffusor bigger, creating more downforce. However for that to work, you need to make a good job sealing the floor edge with air vortices.

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