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Originally Posted by Johno.UK
That's the point though. The components are what makes the car. They all go through airflow tests to equalise them so the body basically just holds the subframes together which have the standard parts they are so used to. If it was all about data then the teams who have had the same car for the longest would be at the front. That isn't the case and of course we've seen many times a brand new car with hardly any testing running at the front right from the start.
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Errrrr - no.
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Originally Posted by Johno.UK
the body basically just holds the subframes together
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The body is a huge variable - width, wheelbase, stiffness for example all have a huge impact on how the car performs. The difference between the 1 Series and 3 Series used by WSR will be huge in terms of setup.
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Originally Posted by Johno.UK
If it was all about data then the teams who have had the same car for the longest would be at the front.
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Nope. The oldest cars on the grid will have reached the end of their development cycle - there is nothing else to be had from those shells, no new gains to be had. Also as shells age they lose stiffness, years of accidents take their toll and the shells are as straight as they used to be. Also teams running the older cars tend to be those on a budget - so they run their components longer (for example Dynamics may fit new brakes for every session - whereas HARD don't) - that's part of the reason those drives cost more.
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Originally Posted by Johno.UK
of course we've seen many times a brand new car with hardly any testing running at the front right from the start.
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Not really - without sufficient testing the teams are still evolving their setups during race weekends. We've seen this with Dynamics last season - it took them a while to get the FK8 competitive consistently, BMR took a while to get the Levorg on the pace.