THere is proven research that letter swapped words are as comprehensible as the original.Originally Posted by MrKipling
We've had a few examples posted on UCP for fun
erm you're assuming you're only playing with final diff ratios for that to be true. With a full race gearbox and gear sets you can get close to varying it for EACH gear. So for example it's common to put in a long gear if the track has a downhill section at that speed as gravity helps.Gear ratios can't make that much of a difference to the acceleration without sacrificing top speed,
I wasn't "playing a game", I was giving you an Alonso quote ON THE ENGINE comparison as we were discussing Alonso's capacity to drive the differing engines.and if we're playing the quoting game, I just found this on Crash...
As the quote was from Button who is comparing the Honda V10 and V8 in a Honda chassis so it's comapring apples and oranges. So as you say pinch of salt. Sorry to pint it out, but the reason I selected that quote I gave was becaues it was Alonso saying how he saw the differences you were trying to ascribe to be giving him potential problems. ( May I suggest that's the problem when providing quotes is seen as "a game" instead of trying to seek insight"We are still doing over 200mph and are only lapping three seconds a lap off the V10 so it isn't that slow," he said. "It does feel different, there isn't as much torque there, and you really notice it when you make a mistake. There isn't the torque to pull yourself out of a difficult situation and that will hurt some people who aren't consistent. If someone makes a mistake in front of you, it could it easier to overtake them because they will find it harder to pull themselves out of trouble.
"The V8 requires a different style of driving as it is important to be smooth and hopefully it will help me. It's strange because in Barcelona you take turn three flat out, and I've never taken it flat out before – it isn't a corner anymore – and that could happen at more circuits. Aerodynamically we will be stronger next year as we keep improving that year by year so we will have more downforce and we will have less power
I think in the case of these two quotes, it's likely to be a his fault/his fault situation with both drivers trying to make their situation seem the most favourable. So I think a pinch of salt is required.)
Besides, Button IS a very smooth driver and possibly why he'll never be in the top echelon. It needs a STRONG team to make a smooth driver a winner. A driver capable of wrestling a car adn dramtically asdjusting style can make a team a winner. I put my hand up, I think Button was over-rated before he came to F1 and since joining.
If the package makes the differnce, how are all other things equal when it's the "package" that is everything ? Unless do you think it's the bird he's shagging in the motorhome that makes his performance better ?? That never worked for DCYou're certainly right on the fact that it's the package that makes the difference, but all other things being equal, I still think he'll struggle.
Anyway, I think it's to odifficutl to say as too many things have changed and there is no point to migrate to on performance so we're likely to see a mix of understeering, oversteering, twitchy, revvy, punchy, hard, soft setups until they start gettign to grips with these major changes. I predict it will be at least mid season before we start seeing the same car turning up for consecutive races
noob error of assuming because I point out something that I naturally support the issue I'm presenting evidence in defence onSo here's the real battle of 2006 Button & Kipling vs Alonso & Alpine!
Schumacher will be THE force in the early races and if he doesnt' get tagged will win the first 3-4 races. once it starts to settle out we'll see if any team has pulled some magic out of the bag on the engine front or the new aero package. FAR too early to call except for fanboys.
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i'm actually quite mortified. No joking.
