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12th August 2015, 21:10 #21
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They don't.
The clutches are very sensitive and the biting point can change with different conditions including with the powertrain warming up.
The biting point would be found on the warm up lap with the driver having to do complicated procedures to get the clutch to set itself up.
The new rules forbid drivers from setting the clutch up during the warm up lap, ie after the car has left the garage. The rules also forbid the pits from telling the driver how to set the clutch to find the biting point, the pits don't do anything and never have to set up the clutch directly.
It might introduce new problems as the clutch was never designed for manual starts, but hopefully new fixes are on the way. Its just another added expense for the teams.
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12th August 2015, 22:51 #22
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I doubt the Mercedes problem has anything to do with power or increased power. If that was the case then what we would have seen at the start of the Hungarian GP would have been lots of wheel spin and smoke with no traction. But what really happened was the car bugged down with a dip in revs and no wheel spin which suggest it was a clutch problem.
Interesting suggestion but my guess is the clutch rather than engine power. Note l said guess.Last edited by Nitrodaze; 12th August 2015 at 22:57.
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13th August 2015, 00:54 #23
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13th August 2015, 18:48 #24
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22nd August 2015, 17:17 #25
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Who's gonna ace it from the start tomorrow?
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24th August 2015, 08:41 #26"Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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24th August 2015, 10:52 #27
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I figured he might be given that in Austria Hamilton had to find the bite point all by himself and did a pretty good job of it. He could have failed and gone into anti-stall but that feel he has for the car allowed him to get away reasonably well considering his troubles.
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24th August 2015, 15:31 #28
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