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8th July 2018, 20:42 #1
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Evil tactics or aero flaw ?
Ham and Toto both mentioned questionable tactics , but I think this isn't to do with how evil the red team is , but , rather the aero demanding drivers drive these cars differently as they evolve .
We've seen in these last two races , a car go around the outside , just ahead , getting tagged by a car inside , locking up .
The reason seems to be that the outside car is taking the air off the inside car's front wing , thus reducing downforce and inducing the lock-ups .
On the Sky coverage , Ant showed us Max and Kimi through the same corner , and , though it was just about identical , the difference was that Max left more room , and Kimi did everything he could that time , to stay out of the slipstream , keeping the wind on his wing .
The point of mentioning this is to illustrate that it took both drivers understanding the dynamics of these super-sensitive aero packages to get them both through the corner .
With this being essentially a flaw in the aero rules , should this be taken into account when assessing these incidents ?
The Grosjean and Sainz incident would be another example of this issue , it would seem .
And , by the way , I don't believe there were any evil tactics at all , just so the thread doesn't steer off course .
What do you cats think ?
In case of Fourmaux and Lappi, they are/were all the time sideways or power sliding. That is one form of aggressiveness. But you can also be aggressive when you brake very late and accelerate...
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