Lewis Hamilton says the popping that Mercedes F1 is struggling with has nothing to do with the characteristics of the circuit and must take into account that the same problem will occur in Saudi Arabia this weekend.
The Mercedes W13 suffered from the porpoising phenomenon, a by-product of the aerodynamic philosophy of the new ground effect effect, with the car visibly bouncing straight in Bahrain.
This problem didn’t seem to be so extreme throughout the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, but Lewis Hamilton said it could occur at the Jeddah Cornish circuit because popping is the basis of the car, not the circuit characteristics. He said it was highly sexual.
“There was a problem in Barcelona and it’s definitely not track-specific,” he told Lewis Hamilton’s RacingNews365.com.
“I don’t have as much bumpy as here, but I still had problems. Bahrain is a bumpy course with long straights.”
“In the next race, the straight will be much longer. Unless you fix it, you’ll have the same problem. There are a lot of people in the background who work incredibly intelligently 24 hours a day and come up with the right solution. I’m trying to get it out. “
“We do a thorough investigation of everything before making a decision not to rush to do anything.”
Regarding popping, the main issue hindering the Mercedes F1, Lewis Hamilton explained how downforce is being adversely affected when the car bounces straight.
“It’s a big problem. I’ve never experienced that in an F1 car before,” added Lewis Hamilton.
“The car isn’t designed to jump up and down like that. So every time you go up and down, you get downforce, you lose downforce, you get downforce, you lose downforce.
“I wasn’t comfortable on my hips and neck during the last two weeks of riding, but we’ve made it a little smoother so it’s much better and will continue to be better.”
When asked if he wanted to deal with the area of the car after eliminating popping, Lewis Hamilton said that the main flaw now is not other design issues, but popping that affects downforce. Told.
“After all, it’s just downforce. With this popping, we don’t have the downforce we need,” commented Lewis Hamilton.
“It keeps us from getting closer to other drivers. They put their cars in a much better position and they’re probably not all downforce, but they’re pulling out more than we are. Therefore, they are able to get more lap times. ”
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