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Even the recent ruling regarding the movement of the front wing area by all teams speaks to this point. They know the teams are doing it for a reason (ostensibly to prevent damage to the cars via curbs or off track excursions), but they also gave some wiggle room regarding how much flex is allow beyond the normal amount that they expect to see. Typically any time testing procedures are put in place to test for movement, they never have a zero tolerance procedure (i.e. absolutely zero movement). It typically is X amount of force can result in Y amount of movement. Quote:
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As a matter of fact, one may wonder if the trailing edge of the rear bodywork wasn't "flexing" at speed already in their previous iteration, at least to a certain extent. In this previous "studio" shot (I believe this is the "test spec" as exhibited in Geneva last March), you could at least identify a supporting surface under the "engine cover":
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1) A toe back to the pits
2) By a Fire Safety Truck... 3) the ridiculousness of this picture. The VW Amarok is an Audi Safety Truck towing a Porsche. |
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Perhaps they just ran the tank dry
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ahh ok! So the joke is that Webber's F1 stint at Red Bull was merely a small public relations job at some fizzy drinks company and that return to Porsche and Le Mans is the major leagues.
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In case people are interested, there are some good technical articles about interlinked suspensions that are currently used in F1.
http://scarbsf1.com/blog1/2011/10/17...ar-suspension/ http://somersf1.blogspot.com/2013/04...edes-fric.html |
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Good ..... finding out the issues before the race , I wouldnt expect anything else .
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One of the jobs still available for the LMP1 project at Porsche is Head of Suspension
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I don't think the issue is "rapid turnover" or the like. It's possible that the engineers are hired on short term contracts rather than permanent positions. So Porsche is always looking for new applicants. If they think a current employee is less than satisfactory, he can be replaced. Porsche most likely has a current 'head of suspension"
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I don't know how many people work in that area (how large of pool they can pull from), but I read the position requirements and they seemed tough for me. Extensive suspension design experience with LMP or F1 plus fluent in German and English. It almost seems targeted at Audi! Richard |
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So, they might have suspended the "head of suspension"? The suspense is killing me!
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