2022 Formula 1 Thread

[danegrey]

Haas Sunday test blocked; team must make up time each night

Three teams said no, they cannot catch a break,

[DLSTR]

Originally Posted by danegrey

Haas Sunday test blocked; team must make up time each night

Three teams said no, they cannot catch a break,

There is a fkn crazy war ongoing and these folks act like the idiots and entitled punks that they are. F1 - Its not just racing.......................

[danegrey]

Day 2 Morning times
Day two times

1. Ocon (Alpine) 1m34.276s, C4, 59 laps
2. Leclerc (Ferrari) 1m34.366s, C3, 54 laps
3. Verstappen (Red Bull) 1m35.874s, C2, 45 laps
4. Vettel (Aston Martin) 1m36.020s, C3, 46 laps
5. Norris (McLaren) 1m36.354s, C2, 29 laps
6. Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 1m36.802s, C3, 44 laps
7. Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 1m36.987s, C2, 25 laps
8. Schumacher (Haas) 1m37.846s, C2, 23 laps
9. Russell (Mercedes) 1m38.585s, C2, 67 laps
10. Latifi (Williams) 1m39.845s, C2, 12 laps

Session over
In bizarre circumstances, that's the end of the morning session for day two of the Bahrain test.

KEY MOMENTS

Ocon 0.090s quicker than Leclerc
Latifi's Williams catches fire
Bottas's Alfa Romeo stops in closing moments
That prevents FIA's standing start trial from taking place
Russell completes the most laps

[danegrey]

laughing a bit in watching F1 testing, all the support vehicles for the track are Ford, saw a Mustang and a Lincoln SUV...

[danegrey]

Day 2 times, HAAS is going to run another hour, with the session over
Day two times

1. Sainz (Ferrari) 1m33.532s, C4, 60 laps
2. Verstappen (Red Bull) 1m34.011s, C4, 86 laps
3. Stroll (Aston Martin) 1m34.064s, C4, 70 laps
4. Hamilton (Mercedes), 1m34.141s, C5, 47 laps
5. Ocon (Alpine) 1m34.276s, C4, 111 laps
6. Leclerc (Ferrari) 1m34.366s, C3, 54 laps
7. Norris (McLaren) 1m34.609s, C3, 60 laps
8. Vettel (Aston Martin) 1m36.020s, C3, 46 laps
9. Magnussen (Haas) 1m36.505s, C3, 39 laps
10. Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 1m36.802s, C3, 120 laps
11. Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 1m36.987s, C2, 25 laps
12. Schumacher (Haas) 1m37.846s, C2, 23 laps
13. Russell (Mercedes) 1m38.585s, C2, 67 laps
14. Latifi (Williams) 1m39.845s, C2, 12 laps
15. Zhou (Alfa Romeo) 1m39.984s, C2, 48 laps

[ZontheRocks]

I am excited to see what Charlie and Carlito can do this season. Ferrari times looking nice this time of year.

[ZCanadian]

Originally Posted by ZontheRocks

I am excited to see what Charlie and Carlito can do this season. Ferrari times looking nice this time of year.

C-squared.
Referencing the constant in General Relativity?
Tifosi can only hope!

[danegrey]

MAGNUSSEN SETS F1 TEST DAY’S BEST TIME DURING EXTRA RUNNING - this is interesting

https://the-race.com/formula-1/magnu...extra-running/

[danegrey]

RICCIARDO TO MISS FINAL DAY IN BAHRAIN AFTER POSITIVE COVID TEST
By Scott Mitchell

Daniel Ricciardo has tested positive for COVID-19 and must isolate before being released in time to compete in the 2022 Formula 1 season opener next week.

It means Ricciardo misses the entire second pre-season test in Bahrain, with Lando Norris to complete a third consecutive day in the MCL36 on Saturday.

Hope he recovers for the start of the season, who is the reserve driver for McLaren

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ha...hrain/8903795/

Hamilton: Mercedes battling to tame W13 F1 car in Bahrain

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes is battling to tame its W13 Formula 1 car amid the heat and wind of Bahrain, as it endures wild oversteer moments and ongoing porpoising.
Jonathan Noble
By:
Jonathan Noble
Mar 11, 2022, 11:53 AM

Neither Hamilton nor team-mate George Russell have appeared completely comfortable with their car during this week’s Bahrain test, with the Mercedes not looking at ease in the rapidly changing conditions at Sakhir.

Hamilton set the fourth-fastest time at the end of regular running on Friday, although his effort was subsequently beaten by Kevin Magnussen's Haas - which completed an extra hour on-track solo to compensate for freight delays that caused it to miss Thursday morning's session.

Although Hamilton is not completely disheartened by the situation, he admits things have been far from ideal.

“Yeah, it's tough,” he said after the penultimate day of pre-season testing prior to next weekend's first grand prix in Bahrain.

“I mean, you can see on the on-board, tank-slappers left, right and centre.

“You're bouncing and bumping and it's not quite happy at the moment. But we're trying to tame her.”

Hamilton does not think that the upgrades Mercedes has brought to the Bahrain test are to blame for the struggles, as he instead suspects that the unique conditions of the Middle East are the trigger.


“It’s the wind, it is the bouncing that we have,” he said.

“We still have that this week, and if anything it's worse. So we're just working through lots of different scenarios, trying to figure out how to hold on to the downforce and not have it bouncing as it was in the last test.

“I think everyone's probably in a similar boat. Some have managed to utilise or get around it in a better way.

“But it's difficult out there. It's bumpy, it's slippery. It's sand in the morning. In the morning, it's way too hot. And in the afternoon, it's just dusty.”

Hamilton has faith, however, that Mercedes can work on the issues it is facing to be in good shape.

“It's just hurdles that we're coming across with this new kind of car that everyone's facing in 2022,” he said.

“I'm confident in the team here and back of the factory, that they will figure it out. But it's definitely not going to be a smooth run.”

Russell was only 13th fastest of the 15 drivers to run on Friday. But when asked about suggestions that Mercedes is sandbagging and disguising its true pace, Hamilton dismissed them.

“We would be really, really, really good if we were having all these oversteer moments and having this tacky driving, just to hide our cars [pace]," he replied.

“It's not the case. We definitely have things that we're trying to get through.

“I think, as I said, others are struggling less but who knows? Maybe when we get to next week, we'll have a better understanding.”

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F1 TV Pro is 20% off. Now available on Firestick too. Wasn't so LY.

[danegrey]

Day three times

1. Perez (Red Bull) 1m33.105s, C4, 43 laps
2. Zhou (Alfa Romeo) 1m33.959s, C4, 82 laps
3. Gasly (AlphaTauri) 1m34.865s, C4, 91 laps
4. Sainz (Ferrari) 1m34.905s, C5, 68 laps
5. Alonso (Alpine) 1m35.328s, C4, 54 laps
6. Norris (McLaren) 1m35.504s, C3, 39 laps
7. Latifi (Williams) 1m35.634s, C3, 73 laps
8. Stroll (Aston Martin) 1m36.029s, C3, 53 laps
9. Hamilton (Mercedes) 1m36.217s, C5, 78 laps
10. Magnussen (Haas) 1m38.616s, C2, 38 laps

Haas still having issues, water and fuel leak problems

Morning round-up
- Perez sets fastest time of testing so far in upgraded Red Bull
- Car, which has updated sidepods in particular, hit track after 50 minutes
- Most laps of all (91) for Gasly, who completed near-race distance over three stints
- Haas loses time early in morning to water pressure leak after Magnussen's early start
- Williams changes run plan; will give Latifi majority of afternoon session after Friday fire

[DLSTR]

Mercedes appear to be very much struggling to gain pace and balance. All RedBull today so far even with 2+ hours left in the last session now.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ha...t-now/8928537/

Hamilton: Mercedes not in hunt for F1 wins right now
Lewis Hamilton believes that Mercedes is not currently in a position to fight for Formula 1 race wins in the wake of its ongoing test struggles.

Mercedes has endured a tricky time in Bahrain this week, with its W13 suffering from porpoising and proving to be a handful for both Hamilton and team-mate George Russell.

With the German manufacturer yet to find an answer for its woes with just one week to go before the opening race of the season at the Sakhir Circuit, Hamilton is downbeat about the team’s immediate prospects.

Speaking on Saturday about if the situation had already prompted some concerns about him not being in a position to fight for the championship, Hamilton said: “Obviously it's a little bit too early to have those kind of thoughts. But at the moment, I don't think we'll be competing for wins.

“But there is a potential within our car to get us there. We have just got to be able to extract it and fix some of the problems, which is what we're working on.”

While Mercedes’ Bahrain struggles appear to be similar to the difficulties it faced in the test 12 months ago, before turning things around to win the first race, Hamilton says the situation is far from being a repeat scenario.

He suggests that the fixes Mercedes need to make to get on top of its car will require more than just set-up tweaks.

[danegrey]

HERTA GETS 2022 F1 TESTING PROGRAMME WITH YEAR-OLD McLAREN

https://the-race.com/formula-1/herta...r-old-mclaren/

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/th...ubles/8953338/

The photo that offers clues about Mercedes’ F1 troubles
Lewis Hamilton’s declaration that Mercedes is not in a position to win Formula 1 races at this stage of the season says much about the extent of its testing troubles.

Jonathan Noble
By:
Jonathan Noble
Co-author:
Matt Somerfield
Mar 13, 2022, 5:26 AM

For however much its rivals believe the German car manufacturer is sandbagging, it was clear from observing the W13 on track that it is not in a happy place right now.

The excessive porpoising, lurid oversteer moments and struggles to find consistency through a corner have left it on the back foot.

But while there has been no detailed explanation yet about what its issues are, some late modifications to the car – including the drastic move of cutting away some of its floor structure – have offered us some clues about the team’s difficulties.

As our exclusive photograph (below== picture 1 with white arrow) shows, late on Saturday Mercedes took the saw to the innermost underfloor strake, removing some of the lower edge, in an effort to change flow distribution out and across the forward section of the floor and into the underfloor and diffuser section.

Photo by: Giorgio Piola

Their final few runs of the session were also completed with the W13’s underfloor having been doused with flo-viz, in order that it might get some visual confirmation of the competing flow structures and hope that it might provide some further feedback on the direction it might need to take to solve the ill effects that the phenomenon creates.

The move to cut the floor shows that Mercedes is trying to find a way to get rid of the porpoising problem without having to raise the ride height so much that it loses its peak downforce.

Trimming, refining and even adding details to certain areas of the floor appears to be the preferred way that Mercedes feels it can get its car in the right window.

The floor design, as a whole, is new and part of the package of parts introduced by the team at the beginning of the test alongside its radical sidepod concept.

And, where the team had previously had a more complex wave-like section on the front edge of the floor, it is now a little more simplified (red arrow).

What’s more, the design of the floor's edge could be considered simplistic when compared with some of its rivals, who might be using the geometry, allowable edge wing and some flexion to keep the floor's attitude more stable.

Meanwhile, Mercedes has been forced to add a metal stay, which prevents the entire floor edge from flexing too much (blue arrow), whereas on the Ferrari, below, this only really has authority over the section rear of the cutout and edge wing.


The last few runs also saw Mercedes run the car with more angle of attack applied on the front wing (you’ll note how steeply inclined the upper flap is relative to the adjustment points), in an effort to shift the car balance forward and put the car more on the nose.

This did seem to have the effect of making the car a little more pointier to help get rid of understeer and also raise the rear a little which could help with its bouncing issues.