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Desperate to win. But who isn't?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92829 "Who knows what regulations are going to do? But we have a very strong team, and Mercedes Benz always have the best engines." OOH! What does that mean?! |
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What is a blown diffuser? On road cars, the engine exhaust exits are normally located at the rear of the car. On a Formula One car they are deliberately located in front of the rear wheels (or sidepods, in the case of the Renault) so that the hot, fast flowing exhaust gases can be channelled towards the cars rear diffuser. This increases airflow through the diffuser and in turn increases the amount of downforce the diffuser produces. This is perfectly legal under current F1 regulations. What is an off-throttle blown diffuser? Normally the engine will only produce exhaust gases when the driver is on the throttle. This means when the driver lifts off, the blown diffuser is suddenly robbed of the additional airflow. To get around this, some teams have modified their engine mapping so that when the driver lifts off, although fuel supply and ignition are cut, airflow through the exhaust – and hence to the diffuser -continues. This technique has become known as cold blowing – the exhaust is still blowing into the diffuser, but that airflow is now cold since no fuel or ignition is involved. What is hot blowing? Some teams have taken things a step further. To make the off-throttle blowing as similar – ie as hot and fast flowing – to the on-throttle blowing as possible, they cut the ignition when the driver lifts off the throttle, but continue to inject some fuel through the engines valves into the exhaust. This fuel ignites on the hot exhaust, increasing the amount, speed and temperature of the airflow exiting towards the diffuser. So Strider is right, If what he says is true. You may remember Heidfeld running into the back of Kobayashi at turn two in Canada? That's the difference it makes. Last edited by Marbot; 4 Jul 2011 at 00:42. |
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Thank you that really is a big help....
I should know but I could not get my head around the *cold part* of the concept... |
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You can forget about it now, because both hot and cold blowing are now banned.
p.s. AFAIK , Sauber, Toro Rosso, Williams, Virgin and HRT are the only teams that didn't have a hot blowing exhaust. Last edited by Marbot; 4 Jul 2011 at 00:58. |
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There is a very good article by Pat Symonds in the current edition of F1 Racing in which he explains the intricacies of off-throttle exhaust-blown diffusers. I hadn't really understood them properly until I read them.
The key to Hamilton's pessimism is probably in this quote from him in Monaco: Quote:
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It's interesting that he mentions "lots of front wing", because , unlike the Renault exhaust system, all of the other teams running the banned exhausts have them operating on the rear of the car, so you would have to balance the front of the car to match the rear.
I have a sneaky suspicion that Renault will find some of the form back that they had at the beginning of the season. |
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Im pretty sure cold blowing is remaining but hot blowing is banned. The difference is whether the air mixture is combusted before exiting the exhaust (hot) or just pumped straight through the exhaust (cold). |
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Blown diffusers, however, are still legal. They allow exhaust gas to be blown through the diffuser when the driver is on the accelerator pedal. But these too will be banned for next season. |
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The word on the street is that Ferrari have had trouble making their system work properly, so they may also be less affected than most by its loss. |
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Looks like a certain Mr. Mansell has advised Lewis to stay put at McLaren, we all know how Mansell's spell at McLaren worked out!
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/050720...-hamilton.html Seriously though, it does seem it is the best option for Lewis at the moment. |
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To be honest you don't have to be a legend to work out that Hamilton's best option is to stop complaining about the team and stay where he is.
The only alternatives are Red Bull, where I think Vettel would up his game enough to see him off or Ferrari, which isn't really a possibility. Anyway, for my money Alonso is the best all round driver of the three. Right now, I'd think that McLaren is putting up with him because they know that he can bring them wins if the car is right, but in all other respects they probably find Jenson a much better person to deal with and he can bring them wins, too. |
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Where has Hamilton actually been complaining about the team?
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But not as many as Lewis. Two dodgy races for him and people are talking Jenson up too much. Then in Valencia, Button qualifies down in sixth. Return to form. I like Jenson a lot and rate him as a driver, but better than Hamilton? After Canada, the "only as good as your last race" thing was looking pretty spot on for Hamilton's reputation. Last edited by Born Racer; 5 Jul 2011 at 17:42. |
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Vettel and particularly Alonso are much better at 'looking at the big picture' during races, as indeed is Button. If the drivers world championship was a one race win or bust affair, I'd put lots of money on Hamilton to win that, but wouldn't be too surprised if he didn't make it through the first corner.
JV kind of sums him up: "JV: He seems to have gone backwards in his evolution which is a little bit strange, because last year he had calmed down. He was still aggressive but he seemed to me, it looked like that he was thinking a lot more, but this year he left his brain at home. He's super aggressive, he's fun to watch, I don't want him to change, it's great. He's the only action there is in the race, everybody else uses the DRS and it's boring, it's useless. But he actually goes for it, it's great. Once in a while, he should think a little bit because they are not clever moves. It's okay to be aggressive, but not if it catches you out as well and he gets caught out himself - that's when it's a mistake." He's also been throwing out a lot of mixed messages just lately. Or, at least, his management team have. |
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I can't remember exactly where I read it, so you'll just have to believe me or not as you choose, but around about Canada time he was complaining that in Spain the team had geared the car too low and that was why he couldn't get past Vettel, and in Canada after qualifying he criticised the team for gearing the car too high and putting too much downforce on it, both decisions that meant it was perfectly set up for rain and DRS on race day.
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this is going to be very much an unpopular point of view, but im always a little surprised by comments suggesting that Mclaren is the best place for anyone to be anymore. they are the 'slickest' team out there. very corporate with lots of money, technology, and certainly very capable (most drivers would love nothing more than to be there...except of course all the drivers regularly hyped as being the best) but in the last ten years everyone of their drivers has either enjoyed greater success before showing up there or after they have left. Kimi, Montoya, Alonso, and so far even Button despite a handful of wins with them...Heikki is really the only exception. LH has done everything possible to drive the wheels of his Mclarens and despite his sometimes poor attitude i firmly believe Mclaren need him more than he needs them.
i suppose he does not have anywhere else to go at the moment so it makes sense to say 'stay where you are because at this point in time a change wont be to a better team', but i havent seen anything that would lead me to believe that LH wont be more successful somewhere else. i guess im just a Mclaren hater. |
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I'm not a McLaren hater, but people should realise they're nothing like as well organised and efficient as they like to portray themselves. This is nothing new.
There's a signed print hanging on my wall of Hamilton winning in the wet at Silverstone in 2008. That was probably his best win and the car looks so much better than today's efforts, grooved tyres or not. |
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