Gordon Murray talking about the Brabham BT52 in Autosport:
“It was pretty non-adjustable,” he explains. “The front wing’s main plane was non-adjustable, so all you could change were the flaps. The rear wing was fixed apart from the Gurney, and it had no rear anti-roll bar. I didn’t want to fiddle with the car.”
Simple happy days!
Balestre had got his way and effectively banned ground effects, so traction again became an issue, as two tonnes of downforce had been produced by the ground effects cars. That was essential with the rising power outputs from the turbo cars.
A form of ground effects is back for this season.
I think that will be good news for Alpine.Prost has left Alpine. It was an advisory role, so I’m not sure how important this is. @IanW ?
Just over three weeks til testing at Barcelona, another test just before Bahrain, then the 23 races begin.
20 March: Bahrain (Sakhir)
27 March: Saudi Arabia (Jeddah)
10 April: Australia (Melbourne)
24 April: Emilia Romagna (Imola)
8 May: Miami (Miami)
22 May: Spain (Barcelona)
29 May: Monaco (Monaco)
12 June: Azerbaijan (Baku)
19 June: Canada (Montreal)
3 July: Great Britain (Silverstone)
10 July: Austria (Spielberg)
24 July: France (Le Castellet)
31 July: Hungary (Budapest)
28 August: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)
4 September: Netherlands (Zandvoort)
11 September: Italy (Monza)
25 September: Russia (Sochi)
2 October: Singapore (Marina Bay)
9 October: Japan (Suzuka)
23 October: USA (Austin)
30 October: Mexico (Mexico City)
13 November: Brazil (Sao Paulo)
20 November: Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)
Scarbs should not have made that video as he has got so much wrong about why Lewis was so quick in the last 3 races and in particular at Interlagos.Good explanation here by Driver 61 of where the Mercedes suddenly found that 'extra' pace in the last 3 races.
The video does make some good points (typical Merc optimisation and big picture risk analysis), but as I said, it had very little to do with Lewis being so fast in the last 3 races!Thanks for explaining Ian. I've edited my post as question instead!
Why does every team that Alonso drives for seem to end up in a mess management wise? I want to believe it's coincidence, but there comes a point....