They have Malaysia rated at 3/5 and Australia and China at 2/5. It has less high speed corners and perhaps a less abrasive surface. I hope it's still 3 stops on average though, I thought that was about perfect in Malaysia. Of course, if it's less than Malaysia, more than Australia it could still be in the three stop bracket.
The F1 technical guide states at 18k revs the engines will consume approx 650 litres of air per second. Thats a whole lot of puff to direct at any surface you fancy !!
I dont know what happened I was using the chat then It took me to a page saying: You have been banned for no reason specified The ban will never be lifted. I need to contact Mick about this. Anyway I am back.
At 18k revs that is stated as 650 litres of air per second. A strong wind to direct against something !!
I really can't understand LewisWDC. Sometimes he is fine and then other times he just loses it. The whole racism argument he had with Manny was a perfect example of that. Anyway, back on topic, I think Ferrari have made some good progress in Malaysia and hopefully they will be able to at least challenge for the podium in China.You can see a huge difference in the handling of the Ferrari in Melbourne compared to Sepang: Still far from perfect, but they are getting there. The flexible front wing should be the final piece that will (hopefully) put them into a position where they can fight for pole and race victories.
I'm not so sure about the Ferrari looking better José, think it's more to do with the drivers wringing a performance from it tbh... That said, it does fair better in race trim as apposed to qualifying. Let's hope after the planned tests they can identify the cause of the lack of performance, and resolve it sooner rather than later and Ferrari can start competing against the McLarens and Red Bulls and we get a good fight this year again after an awkward start to the season....
Latest forecast is still suggesting: Friday: Rain Saturday: Potential rain in morning, drying track for quali Sunday: Dry, mid to low 20's (Celsius obviously ) Still to early to be sure as the band of rain is quite 'thin' and so may miss the Shanghai area completely.
OK, well if its any help you are OK for me, Iv'e seen that chat page but would not consider participation, the spellings are too difficult and so is the unique vocabulary !
The FIA has confirmed drivers will NOT be allowed to use the Drag Reduction System along the full length of Shanghaiââ¬â¢s straight during the race. SHAME ON THEM.
Autosport has reported that the FIA has settled on the DRS activation point for this weeked: Not really news as where else would it go, but it does tell us that it won't be available for the whole length of the straight, which would make overtaking too easy. Timing strips: please log in to view this image
I predict flat spotting at the hairpin at the end during qualifying as they will misjudge the speed along that staight with full DRS
