Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:10 pm
I guess people will want to see if it actually works. I suspect the advantage is more in tyre life than out and out performance.
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Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:24 pm
I guess as well, with suspension elements you need to put the safety questions to bed, if they just ran it in Melbourne and there was an issue it wouldn't go down well.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:22 pm
911 already does it.duncs500 wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 2:50 pm How long before the next track focused supercar has steering column adjustable toe angle?
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:25 pm
Who had Grosjean in the sweepstake to be the first person to have an actual crash? Oh, everybody.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:27 pm
I haven’t actually checked but I’m going to say no it doesn’t.Orange Cola wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:22 pm911 already does it.duncs500 wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 2:50 pm How long before the next track focused supercar has steering column adjustable toe angle?
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:27 pm
I think they might be looking to off set the additional tyre life with a more aggressive set up, it will at least give them options.NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:10 pm I guess people will want to see if it actually works. I suspect the advantage is more in tyre life than out and out performance.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:28 pm
It does. They actively alter the toe of the rear wheels under braking.NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:27 pmI haven’t actually checked but I’m going to say no it doesn’t.Orange Cola wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:22 pm911 already does it.duncs500 wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 2:50 pm How long before the next track focused supercar has steering column adjustable toe angle?
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:29 pm
Yeah, that’s not manually adjusting the toe angle via the steering column, is it? Which is what Duncs said.Orange Cola wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:28 pmIt does. They actively alter the toe of the rear wheels under braking.NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:27 pmI haven’t actually checked but I’m going to say no it doesn’t.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:29 pm
But not from the steering column 
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:31 pm
You’re just being picky now
Point is altering toe angles is already out there.
Point is altering toe angles is already out there.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:32 pm
To be fair, my 996 changed the front toe angle under braking. Until I changed the track rod ends.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:32 pm
No shit. But that’s not what we’re talking aboutOrange Cola wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:31 pm You’re just being picky now
Point is altering toe angles is already out there.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:33 pm
It’s kind of like everything else in F1, needlessly over complicated because there’s so many rules banning development that even more time and money is spent circumventing them
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:36 pm
Imagine if all the interesting stuff that got banned didn’t get banned and we now had decades of development on things like ground effects, active suspension, big fucking fans etc.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:46 pm
The F1 drivers would be wearing G suits 
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:05 pm
And we’d have tunnels so they could go upside down
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:50 pm
Pretty sure we’d have gone autonomous with the forces involved.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:13 pm
I wish Formula E was a full on autonomous series - would be amazing watching AI battling it out and an actual new motorsport which would help road car development.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:01 pm
Possibly revealed early to get the inevitable protests out of the wayMito Man wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:02 pm Their rear suspension is quite trick too.
I’m surprised they’ve revealed the steering for testing though, other teams may have it in a few races time. Should have just used it in Melbourne.
Re: No F1 thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:59 am
That and, y’know, they needed to test it? During testing?jamcg wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:01 pmPossibly revealed early to get the inevitable protests out of the wayMito Man wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:02 pm Their rear suspension is quite trick too.
I’m surprised they’ve revealed the steering for testing though, other teams may have it in a few races time. Should have just used it in Melbourne.