[Official] Rate the race- Chinese Grand Prix

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by TrueBlueFlyer

one of my favorite moments:



Wheeee...

It goes accordingly to their motto.

[bjohnsonsmith]

That's why the French call drivers Pilote.

[Bononi]

Not only french...

[JeremySmith]

So Adrian can you please explain why this car is airborne ?

[wnut]

Originally Posted by Bononi

It goes accordingly to their motto.

Look at the front suspension movement on landing.
Zip, zero, nada, nothing.

Why does anyone bother with suspensions?

This is a gokart!

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by wnut

Look at the front suspension movement on landing.
Zip, zero, nada, nothing.

Why does anyone bother with suspensions?

This is a gokart!

Is it a bird? Is it a plain? No this is Mark Webber.

[Bononi]

Mark Webber wants to have wings...

[TrapezeArtist]

I gave it 8. I understand the 9s and 10s: the last 10 or 15 laps was definitely worth a 10 but it was pretty processional in the early stages (after it had settled down).

Why does anyone think that the marbles improved the race? Please explain to me.

Interesting comment on the lack of suspension travel when Webber's RB landed. Every year I am further appalled by the ever worsening geometry of F1 front suspension, but of course it doesn't matter if the suspension never moves.

[Born Racer]

I wouldn't necessarily say the marbles improved the race, but a lot of passes got done in a few different places where I would have thought offline, cars had been shedding marbles. If so, it demonstrated it was still possibly to make these moves work even if they were a bit on the limit.

Drivers going wide after getting on the marbles also generated some frantic action, although I wouldn't say the marbles in themselves made for an improvement in the race, but just a part of the interesting nature of it.

[Neil22]

Gave it an 8, would have given it a 10 if they started two hours earlier.

[The Original Instag8or]

Originally Posted by TF110

Gave it a 9, terrific race, passing on the regular and not just from the DRS. Well done to Mercedes and Rosberg. I knew he'd win.

Had there ever been a doubt as to whom would win the race, I would have given it higher than an 8. It was a great race, for second place... but for example, had Kimi been leading with ten or twelve cars breathing down his neck...

[JamesH]

Originally Posted by TrapezeArtist

Interesting comment on the lack of suspension travel when Webber's RB landed. Every year I am further appalled by the ever worsening geometry of F1 front suspension, but of course it doesn't matter if the suspension never moves.

Ever worsening? I was under the impression that some of the best car and suspension designers in the world designed this stuff. And the cars keep getting faster. How can that be worsening?

[TrapezeArtist]

Originally Posted by JamesH

Ever worsening? I was under the impression that some of the best car and suspension designers in the world designed this stuff. And the cars keep getting faster. How can that be worsening?

Suspension geometry is sacrificed on the altar of aerodynamics. The raised nose obliges the chassis attachment points to be far too high. Thus the roll centre is ridiculously high and there is a lot of transverse scrub as the suspension goes up and down (or at least there would be IF the suspension went up and down).

I think there is a fundamental rule somewhere that says a car must have suspension. Otherwise someone would have built a car with no front suspension by now. It would work just as well and be much lighter and simpler.

[wnut]

Originally Posted by TrapezeArtist

I think there is a fundamental rule somewhere that says a car must have suspension. Otherwise someone would have built a car with no front suspension by now. It would work just as well and be much lighter and simpler.

This is what I was thinking.
To accommodate the rules just make the suspension so rudimentary that it is non-existent. It clearly isn't needed at all.