High downforce wing works for McLaren in first session (FP1 interactive data)

16 comments on “High downforce wing works for McLaren in first session (FP1 interactive data)”

1. 

   Ed
   10th September 2010, 12:08

   Fernando and Felipe have exactly the same ultimate lap!
   1. 

      Adrian
      10th September 2010, 12:13

      Does that suggest that they’re getting the absolute maximum out of the car I wonder…
      1. 

         Sound_Of_Madness
         10th September 2010, 12:31

         Rather not. Lotus can’t be 2 sec out of them.
         1. 

            Skett
            10th September 2010, 13:12

            You never know it could be true, the engines slightly less powerful but not too bad. The area where the new teams are lacking is aerodynamics which is less important at monza so you never know (plus 2 seconds is still a mile in f1)
      2. 

         BasCB
         10th September 2010, 12:32

         I did have the feeling from the graph, that Ferrari is not as consistently driving those laps. Especially compared to McLaren and some of Vettels runs.
2. 

   BasCB
   10th September 2010, 12:31

   Interesting. So Red Bull is running their F-duct (or not? Webber was a lot slower, was he running it or not?), but have very low wing, so their speed is a tad better on the straights. That would make them favourite in a race, as the difference with McLaren is pretty small.

   But is it possible McLaren was hiding a bit of revs to mask their speed?
   1. 

      Skett
      10th September 2010, 13:14

      I doubt that, if they were doing that and still managed to be quickest then they’re miles quicker than everyone else. I suspect its just down to running more wing
3. 

   Patrickl (@patrickl)
   10th September 2010, 12:35

   So Vettel has done only qualifying simulations while Webber also mixed in a race simulation.

   Is the qualification that important here? I thought this was a track where overtaking is actually possible.
   1. 

      Steph (@)
      10th September 2010, 12:42

      Alonso did say that this track is usually won at the first corner but then that could be true about many races in the past but this year has been chaos.
      Maybe it’s just driver preference and Seb wants to qualify as high up as possible as he’s scared of the Mclaren’s race pace so it might be the only chance to keep them behind?
   2. 

      bosyber
      10th September 2010, 12:46

      I think Vettel might be worried at not getting the best at Spa, and then fumbling the whole race. Arguably, he has needed to be on the front row to have success this year, while Hamilton, Button, Kubica and Webber (Alonso? not sure) have done better even if they weren’t ahead after the first lap.
4. 

   F1 Novice
   10th September 2010, 12:50

   Wow 345 KPH that’s 214mph pretty quick :) not much wrong with a customer Ferrari lump then.
5. 

   DaveW
   10th September 2010, 14:29

   Sector times say Hamilton running more wing that Button, and Webber more than Vettel.
6. 

   johnno
   10th September 2010, 20:30

   can tems run the f-duct with such thin wings? I dont think there will be a big enough surface area for the f-duct to blow onto, possibly why mclaren, renault, ferrari are running standard wings?
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   TommyB (@tommyb89)
   10th September 2010, 20:47

   Sorry, may be old here but have you seen Toro Rosso’s F-duct?

   http://bit.ly/cCZZ1z

   Completely different to the others I’ve seen and they were fastest on the straights most of the day.
8. 

   rahul
   8th October 2010, 7:02

   mclearn & ferrari great performance in singapore gp
9. 

   rahulthazhava karunagappally
   8th October 2010, 7:09

   ferrari not much consistant than the mclearen through out the laps in this gp , but performance of ferrari is good

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