Hah. Pull the wheel back for more front toe in (less front toe out). Might be a drag saving there / change in tire scrubbing. Also might change ride height a bit. Fascinating - stuff like this is the best part of F1. Tweet added by Gavin Ward 🇨🇦 @GDubRacer

Gavin Ward 🇨🇦

4 years

Hah. Pull the wheel back for more front toe in (less front toe out). Might be a drag saving there / change in tire scrubbing. Also might change ride height a bit. Fascinating - stuff like this is the best part of F1.

Petr Hlawiczka

@hlawiczka

4 years

#F1 #Mercedes latest trick on the straights: pulling steering wheel narrows front track width, decreases drag thus increases top speed 📹

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Gavin Ward 🇨🇦

@GDubRacer

4 years

That or maybe Merc forgot to tighten their steering rack up

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Gavin Ward 🇨🇦

@GDubRacer

4 years

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Trent Strunk

@TStrunk33

4 years

@GDubRacer My favorite thing about stuff like this in F1 is the 30 sources of speculation from people who have no vehicle dynamics knowledge. Haha

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Gavin Ward 🇨🇦

@GDubRacer

4 years

@TStrunk33 I’ve figured it out though... see Hamilton is really fast. And Einstein says “the faster you go, the shorter you are”. Well Lewis is sooo fast that by the end of the straight he can now barely reach the wheel - so it’s all about ergonomics really.

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Petr Hlawiczka

@hlawiczka

4 years

@GDubRacer Also tyre management probably: more heat into tyres or let them cool down.

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The Spare Steward 🧡

@SpareSteward

4 years

@GDubRacer Does this same thing work on their road cars? I’m going to try it today if I can get a mate to stand in front of me and watch the wheels as I drive towards him and pull the steering wheel.

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Leigh

@sg12wall

4 years

@GDubRacer @hlawiczka Reminds me of the time McLaren had a 2nd brake pedal to aid cornering in 1998. F1 at it's best.

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