2022 F1 Thread

[944 S2]

In other F1 news….Schumacher is back in at Merc as a reserve driver! Would love to see him do well.

[Rtrorkt]

wisdom from Martin Brundle

[astrochex]

This might be interesting.
https://youtu.be/xRtjeWsIscc

[David]

One big takeaway from this video and another Steve Nichols interview is that Haynes has made some formula 1 repair manuals! I’d love to get my hands on one but I couldn’t find one online.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by David

One big takeaway from this video and another Steve Nichols interview is that Haynes has made some formula 1 repair manuals! I’d love to get my hands on one but I couldn’t find one online.

I bought the RB6 version of the Haynes manuals a while back. I wish I could remember why I picked that one; all things being equal, on any given day I would've rather had the one for the MP4/4. Maybe that one was already sold out. Fun to read once, it's unfortunately not a 'repair manual', more like a magazine full of facts and pictures.

As for my takeaway on the video above, I was fascinated with the mounting of the front shocks on tracks as opposed to being bolted into a link. I thought that was a brilliant solution for giving the driver a little room in the footbox. (My second takeaway was the fact that great care had to be taken to keep from bending the slender pullrods!)
(My third takeawaywas that the starting procedure didn't yet require the oil and fluids to be brought up to working temperature to open the tolerances of the moving parts)

A great video. And the pride that the mechanic had toward the car and his job was wonderful. I'd love to hang out for a long afternoon in the pub with him! Or SN. Either or.

[David]

I enjoyed the Steve Nichols interviews so much I watched several including the 2+ hour one. It was nice hearing so much about the drivers and teams. Not surprising to hear the Senna, Prost and other driver comments. I was a little surprised to hear how undeveloped the Ferrari team was like only having springs in 250 lb increments. I was also a bit surprised to hear how little some drivers put into car development but more surprised to hear of engineers who didn’t seek driver input.