Ferdie:
Whoopsy:
kudryavchik:
Whoopsy, testing time is the same for everyone in F1. R&d time is different.
Simple.
Honestly, go pick on someone else. You not succeeding here.
I don't know what's your beef with him but the point he made is entirely correct.
Testing time is entirely different to R&D, you check whether your simulations are correct, test the functionality of the car and its behavior and discover new things that only a real driving car can.
R&D comes before and next to that and it even states in the video (3:10 to 3:38) that these effects can not be simulated. Aerodynamics in themselves are already so complex that there are limits in simulation, even more so if it is combined with other influences such as suspension and tires as well as imperfections in the road surface.
I do remember that there have been only a handful specialists solving the area between front wing endplate and tire, which, on an open-wheeler, is a complex yet very relevant area. Even there, the possibilities of CFD have been limited. Now imagine these effects working on the entire car...
Hmm sorry, but you two seems to have gotten the terms crossed up. Or simply misunderstanding the whole FIA sliding scale concept.
All 10 teams have the same budget to do their R&D and run the race team for the whole season. There is no difference there,
The difference is the testing time. Test time on the wind tunnel and CFD simulation is what the FIA is limiting on the sliding scale.
Me, you, him, can draw up a shape, aka R&D, that we each think will work best. But until it get testing in the tunnel or on the simulation, we wouldn't know if it works or not. The top team get less time doing this trial and error phase, so they have to be more selective in what they test to not waste valuable test time. Haas getting 30% more times means for every 10 Mercedes test runs, they get 13 runs. Big difference there. Mercedes can throw 200 people to do their R&D and come up with 400 ideas, but they can only test 100 of them, while Haas can test 130 of those ideas. The deficit adds up over time.
The testing phase is the most important aspect, it's where the results can be gathered and draw conclusions on ideas. Hence why FIA put a limit on track testing even. Every team gets the same amount of time testing on track to gather knowledge. No one team can go out and rent a track and run weeks on end to get the upper hand on their handling setup.
Hope this will finally cleared up you guy's confusion.
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