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[Fedcup]

P4 in his first qualifying.
On a new circuit with a new car against drivers with lot's of experience. And with a Honda motor.
One word-> IMPRESSIVE

[Fedcup]

And out qualifying his team mate.

[Fedcup]

http://www.motorspor...-fourth-689450/

[muramasa]

eh, Stoffel did excellent overall not just Q3 time but it's been obvious from pre-season testing that Honda motor improooov'd fair bit which is what enabled his performance

SV has been consistently outperforming his teammate since winter testing anyway, and this quali performance further cemented that trend which is good.

one thing to note is that Honda has weaker team, Mugen and dandelion is their top teams but even them are not up to those Toyota top teams atm imo

Yamamoto and Mugen has always been lonely Honda powered machine to mix with Toyotas in the past 2 years and now he's on pole which is natural. Now with improved Honda motor and Stoffel in it, this season shud be fascinating one, hopefully.

Edited by muramasa, 23 April 2016 - 07:03.

[Muppetmad]

Are there any ways to watch the races?

[Marklar]

Are there any ways to watch the races?

The Nigerian Club 

 

Otherwise just highlights on the official website or you might find the whole races later on youtube.

[Kev00]

They are showing highlights on MotorsTV but that's a couple of weeks after the races. Full races usually on YouTube not long after the races.

[Quickshifter]

The ease with which he can get lap time out of car is simply impressive.

[chhatra]

Only 3 seconds off the best time McLaren could manage last year in the hands of Alonso.

These cars are pretty quick. Watching the onboards they look faster and more exciting than today's F1 cars.

[Marklar]

They don't just look faster. They ARE faster in corners...

[Kev00]

They don't just look faster. They ARE faster in corners...

Only 550bhp. It's amazing when you look at the basic aero and wings compared to f1.

[stewie]

Only 550bhp. It's amazing when you look at the basic aero and wings compared to f1.

Some phat underbody aero / ground effects going on.

[Kev00]

Some phat underbody aero / ground effects going on.

Yep, and a decent set of tyres

[muramasa]

current car SF14 has no ground effect ie wing car underbody but has physically sealed diffuser (some pics of the car can be found in page 1).

another key aspect is chassis weight, it's quite light, minimum weight 660kg with driver, so with full tank fuel it's another 70+kg approximately. (i think lighter car is the way to go. F1 has hybrid power unit so it has to be heavier but still it can be lighter and at least going lighter shud be the direction)

 

[Seanspeed]

Only 550bhp. It's amazing when you look at the basic aero and wings compared to f1.

Yet some people want F1 to drastically reduce downforce on the cars to make passing easier....

Edited by Seanspeed, 23 April 2016 - 12:08.

[SophieB]

The thread now seems to be mostly updates of how Stoffel is getting on, probsbly because the thread question has been answered for now.