Smiling Dan said he was running more down-force than Kvyat was. That would make him slower on the straights. Nice that he moves over for those coming by to lap him.
I'm paraphrasing.... Horner says they "brought a pony to the horse race."
While it's easy to poke fun at McHonda right now, I still think they're going to be a force.................eventually. Whether Fred will be part of that remains to be seen.
However, I'm getting more and more enthusiasm for Haas racing, based on their close association with Ferrari and the prancing horse's improvement this year. They may come out of the box mid field, depending on who they sign for drivers.
Haas et al have said more than once they would like to have American drivers but will likely opt for someone with a lot of F1 experience and then add a less experienced second driver, possibly American, though that might not happen right away. Given their growing close association with Ferrari their first developmental driver may have to come from Ferrari's pipeline. They say they don't want to be a Ferrari junior team so maybe not but it wouldn't surprise me.
Kindly disagree, Haas needs drivers with some good experience in F1 to help get the team off on the right foot in their first season.. Don't need an unknown the first year, F1 is it's own animal, look how bad Micheal Andretti was in F1.
For their experienced driver they'll go for the best current driver they can find who looks like he needs a new contract. Haas already said, essentially, they couldn't/wouldn't say anything about drivers yet because they're waiting for silly season to see who might become available. (he didn't actually say 'silly season' but it's what he was talking about)
The second driver could come from the same search if they get lucky since I'm sure the first year is all about getting a good running start. They're planning it to be a learning and growing year but they also intend (naively?) to hit the ground running in the mid-field rather than making up the numbers at the back.
My guess is with that second driver choice they'll be balancing the need for as much current experience as they can afford with their desire to bring in an American or other F1 rookie.
It's there subconsciously. If there was no danger (which is the same as saying if no one could get hurt) it not be as exciting to watch. Imagine if they were to race in a large parking lot with no walls and only cones.
It's not entirely opposition as the title implies.
Some of the reasoning is a bit surprising to me, like I would think they would like the potential grip-wise once the rest of the necessitated suspension mods are taken into account. I'm not an expert but assumed that as long as there's a reasonable tire profile to work with (i.e., that is NOT a ridiculously low profile) the characteristics of that lower profile would likely include better tire dynamics which would lead to improved handling, etc.
Meh, no one asked me...and that, apparently, is a good thing.....
Teams signal opposition to 18-inch wheels (crash.net)
......and the much simpler suspension settings. Because remember that the less air you have in a tire the less change in pressure due to temp change. I would think the engineers would love the idea that they could have a lot less guesswork involved with getting pressures right.
Wouldn't a move up in wheel size also result in potential changes needed for the ERS? With larger wheels and brakes, I would think that the amount of kinetic energy that the MGU-K captures would increase. I could understand why teams would not be keen on making the switch for 2016. Make it a mandate for 2017 and let teams spend more time on designing the cars.
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