Have Aston Martin F1 Recovered from THIS?
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Published 2023-10-02
There is a lot of talk about TD018 and flexible front wings being responsible for Aston Martin's loss of form... but what exactly does a flexible front wing do for performance? So far, I've not seen anyone even come close to trying to describe this.
In this video, I'll explain what TD018 means for car performance, then look at the performance characteristics with telemetry data, and try to see if maybe Aston Martin was playing some tricks at the start of the season...
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All Comments (21)
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Aston Martin are still a midfield team. It will take time for them to be where the top 3 are. First thing they need to do is get TWO consistent, point-scoring drivers.
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I don’t doubt Aston was pushing the limit with flexi wings. I remember last year they found a loophole that allowed them to have an end plate on the rear wing until it was banned😂
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just from watching the races, I been amazed all year how flexibile Merc and AM front wings were
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Well, it is also about Lance Stroll. He has virtually disappeared and he is truly struggling to even handle the car. There is something wrong with the car and the defects are masked by Alonso once again wringing everything he can out of the car.
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Flexible teammates
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Alonso in the coming races: "GP2 WINGS, GP2 WINGS"
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I think once AM found out they were on the right track, they started focusing the resources on next year car.
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It's also tough only having one car consistently in the front of the grid
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Was Spain not the point where the the front runners started bringing their major upgrades also?
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Absolutely love your videos mate keep up the good work.
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Great graphs and illustrations on this video, Blake! 🤜🤛
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Great video! Enjoying every piece of content! Just wanted to share a technical issue that I see in the video all the time. There is a huge framerate drop after changing from external shots (from the races, etc) to the headshots (when you talk directly to the camera) or vice versa. For example, in this video you can see it on 3:35 and 11:10. Since it is systematic, I hope that you will be able to fix it! Cheers!
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I really feel like once they realized they had a decent car they stopped and put all effort into next year. They have to know that they have nothing in Lance, and Fernando only has a few more goes. their best chance to make a splash is next year.
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In my experience designing tunnels, they are highly sensitive to the flows upstream of them. You might start with a simulation, a simple 3D graph showing utilized ride heights. Based on that, you might design a floor that, at lower ride heights, does not expect its upstream flow to behave in a certain way. You choose the compromises and then find yourself knocked off the mountain. As the video says, you might be out of the mechanical setup window, but it could be worse. The tunnels might end up really sensitive to a front-wing angle that simulations did not predict. The same can be said for the coupling of the rear wing; you might end up running a different and more aggressive rear-wing angle to recover lost rear downforce or to rebalance a now higher-angle front wing. So, from my experience, with a flexible front wing and a tunnel car, you might find yourself not just out of a mechanical setup window but also outside of an aerodynamic synergy design characteristic. You probably could have designed for this, but you didn't expect it and will need time to re-optimize.
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Love the analysis and appreciate the hard work put into it... There were two things I had heard talked about as well with Alonso Martin F1 team I mean Aston... 1st that they made a philosophy change after Monaco, it wasn't said what but maybe this is what changed not the directive. They also said later that they went in the wrong direction with their development. So maybe parts expected to do one thing in practice were doing something different. 2nd... Going off what ive heard from others Alonso Martin F1 team... damn it I mean Aston Martin have continued to improve relative to themselves but at a slower rate then the teams around them making their relative speed slower. Just wondering if you had looked into either of these explanations as well and if so what you may have found. Keep up the amazing work!
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I’d love an actual explanation of how flexible wing actually works
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What I dont understand is since they signed Dan Fallows. Wouldn’t he know how the RB works. Thus try incorporate that into the AM. Instead of going backwards or moving in different direction.
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How can we explain Alonso's performance in Zandvoort? He was P2 and matching Verstappen. Is it circuit related or just another spectacular performance by the driver?
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What about the new structure of tyres , Blake ?
