All the teams can change their ratios once this year, but the only team I'm aware of having done so is RB quite early on. So simple question, has any of the other teams changed theirs yet?
Gear Ratio Changes
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Clatter
, Jun 22 2014 17:38
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RubalSher
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Posted 22 June 2014 - 18:01
I thought Ferrari had changed theirs quite early on too.
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blacky
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Posted 22 June 2014 - 18:03
I thought Ferrari had changed theirs quite early on too.
This was just a rumour.
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Posted 22 June 2014 - 20:46
Clatter, do you have a source for that?
I've done this:
http://www.f1technic...php?f=4&t=18700
and Red Bull had the same ratios in Monaco as they had in Australia. I suspect that if they changed, them they did before the first race of the season, which wouldn't count.
Same for Ferrari, same ratios in Monaco as in Malaysia. But the rumours keeps reappearing.
AFAICT, nobody changed the ratios so far.
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Posted 22 June 2014 - 20:56
Toro Rosso are the only team to have used their 'joker'. Both drivers had new ratios put in before Monaco
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Posted 22 June 2014 - 21:12
Clatter, do you have a source for that?
I've done this:
http://www.f1technic...php?f=4&t=18700
and Red Bull had the same ratios in Monaco as they had in Australia. I suspect that if they changed, them they did before the first race of the season, which wouldn't count.
Same for Ferrari, same ratios in Monaco as in Malaysia. But the rumours keeps reappearing.
AFAICT, nobody changed the ratios so far.
Have to say I've not seen it in print and can't find anything on it now. It was reported on TV that they had changed their ratios to help with issues they were having with the engine, but maybe that was actually pre-season.
I'm a bit surprised that we have reached this stage of the season with no changes.
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Posted 22 June 2014 - 21:14
Toro Rosso are the only team to have used their 'joker'. Both drivers had new ratios put in before Monaco
Cheers. Had no idea they had,
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Posted 22 June 2014 - 21:57
What intrigues me is that Williams have the lowest gear ratios of all the Merc teams and everyone thought they'd change their ratios after Monaco. They didn't and on the fastest tracks (Bahrain, Montreal and Austria) they're inevitably fastest in the speed traps. Either they've got their ratios spot on or the car is extremely slippery through the air or perhaps a combination of both?
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Posted 22 June 2014 - 23:41
I think it's more about aero than gear ratios for Williams, but it's all just guesses. It could also be the gear ratios, and all the little factors add up.
Edited by HoldenRT, 22 June 2014 - 23:41.
