2018 Formula 1 Season Paddock

I think the questions about the Haas / Ferrari partnership centre more around the aero on the current Haas car . Aerodynamics is one aspect that teams are not allowed to supply to a customer team , but Haas uses the Ferrari wind tunnel and magically the 2018 Haas car is a carbon copy of the 2017 Ferrari

 

Mercedes investigation concluded that an offline tool , not their race strategy software , contained a bug that led to their incorrect pit lane delta calculation in Australia

https://youtu.be/n3-ZQqU8m08

 

F1 tech insight: The aggressive changes Red Bull made for 2018


https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/135110/the-aggressive-changes-red-bull-made-for-2018

 

What You Need to Know About the Haas F1 'Ferrari Replica' Row

https://www.google.ca/amp/amp.timeinc.net/thedrive/accelerator/19799/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-haas-f1-ferrari-replica-row?source=dam

 

That link.

http://www.thedrive.com/accelerator...to-know-about-the-haas-f1-ferrari-replica-row

EDIT: Not much meat there, just a collection of conjecture.

 

I always get a giddy kind of excitement when I see a new post by @OZ-T in this tread.

Ok read, but I'm with @wdb on this one, not much meat there.

 

They're not allowed to share aerodynamic info or designs yet the 2018 Haas is the 2017 Ferrsri . That's the crux of the issue .

 

Im guessing the answer is buried somewhere in the volumes of rules.

Haas may have an incentive to cheat but what would be Ferrari's incentive help? My guess is if (big if) anything wrong was done it was espionage and not outright collusion.

 

I'm not saying there wasn't wrongdoing, but Gene Haas does not seem to me to be the kind of person to condone it. So I'm skeptical. FIA being what it is though, any sort of decision could come out of it.

 

https://youtu.be/lg2LUKEEhRg

 

I wonder how much Haas could reverse engineer just from pictures of the 2017 Ferrari. Since they share suspension they could copy the basic premise from just photos couldn't they? And then fine tune it in the wind tunnel.

 

That's a reasonable explanation.

 

I saw that yesterday but like you just sort of a rumor. Figured it was April 1st so didn't give it much credit

 

In the olden days, quali was a 1 hour session, best time of the session got pole.

The issue was, and why we have it the way it is now, is the top teams didn't run until the last 5 minutes.

 

Qualifying is working just fine the way it is, I don't see any reason to mess with a good thing.

 

https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2018...als-stamp-out-or-copy-their-tech-share-model/

 

Mercedes explains approach to F1 engine power modes usage


https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-explains-f1-engine-power-modes-usage-1021339/

 

Don't help me , no

 

MP61 : What happened to those Haas F1 pit stops ?

Skip to 3:00

https://youtu.be/oQGghY_HGFI

 

YES! ty