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#1 Nar Nar

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Posted 16 August 1999 - 18:49


Watching the last GP of Hungary and seeing how badly the Ferrai performed made me wonder is true what Eddie said about the car...I think i noticed it was somewhat unstable and bouncing all the time.does anyone feel the same??

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#2 Christiaan

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Posted 16 August 1999 - 20:00

I have always wondererd why Eddie said that the car was so balanced yet it always tends to skid somewhat while exiting corners. It seems that the chassis buckles or something, and I really wonder why that is.

#3 Zeus

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Posted 17 August 1999 - 01:29

Pretty surprizing that the Ferrari can look so bad in Hungary, but was so nailed down at Monaco, where the run virtually the same set-up. Perhaps it is because McLaren have made more steps forward recently, and the Ferraris' had to push past a comfortable limit in order to be competative.

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Posted 17 August 1999 - 02:50

Perhaps what is so surprising is that Ferrari was so good in qualifying (only 0.1 behind MH) and yet obviously well behind Mac in the race.

I am not sure the comparison with Monaco is quite valid, as the Hungaroring corners are very different and require good perfomance braking into the apex of the corners, and this is where the Ferrari looked unstable. This could be partly a function of brakes and partly suspension geometry/spring damper rates.