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Quote:Gunk
I don't know. The car seems to have the same weaknesses as the 2016 car. It was worse in Austria than 2016. Silverstone was a very poor race for us last year.
There's an article on the Autosport forums about teams cheating with hydraulic suspension - well, 'cheating' or doing 'super clever stuff that gets around the rules'. Williams isn't one of the teams doing super clever stuff. FI is, however.
Quote:Mehryar
Force India is bringing their biggest update package of the season so I can't see how we should beat them this weekend too.
Quote:TerraNova19
It is Mercedes that is doing the clever stuff.
Fi is using the gearbox and rear suspension from Mercedes.
Quote:Mehryar
I am not behind your idea Gunk.
If we think we get same spec of gearbox, suspension and engine from Mercedes, then there only remains lubricants and fuel and aero to do better than them to beat them.first 2 (lubricants and fuel) for sure the company which builds the engine is ahead so we will be already in backfoot to makeup the loss on aero which is so hard to think with 40% of their budget we can come out with such a superior aero package compared to them.
This philosophy works for Haas, they want be considered as a serious team with some points, may work for Force India, their goal is to finish 4th, best of midfielders but not for a team who dreams to be a regular top3.We need to build our own parts in hope we can make up the lost ground we have compared to Ferrari and Mercedes because of their inside data on engine side and then see if there's a chance to come out with a better aero package or not.
Quote:Mehryar
Another thing I am looking forward to is Alonso performance this weekend.
He's going to revert to spec3 engine and takes penalty.under his hands you can see if Honda has made a good step ahead or not.
Quote:Francesc
Massa just destroyed another floor by running wide over the kerbs at Copse...
Quote:gpl
Why not
They should have spares not that complicated and they are small bits.
The floor may be another matter but I still think they should have 2 spare floors also.