• Did the cars look slower today?

    From D Munz@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 5 16:57:38 2023
    I'm not sure if it was just getting back into watching or bad camera work but the cars did not look as quick as in years past to me. I noticed this mostly in the long shots and when they followed a single car around curves.

    In fairness, when there was tight action (e.g., the Alonzo fight with Sainz) it looked right but a lot of the race just looked slow.

    FWIW
    DLM

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to D Munz on Sun Mar 5 19:01:49 2023
    On 3/5/23 16:57, D Munz wrote:
    I'm not sure if it was just getting back into watching or bad camera work but the cars did not look as quick as in years past to me. I noticed this mostly in the long shots and when they followed a single car around curves.


    It appearing slow is probably just your eyes, or memory or camera angles. Although, truth to be told, they are slower than they
    used to be (VERY SLIGHTLY),

    Bahrain Lap Record: 1:31.447 by Pedro de la Rosa (2005)

    In fairness, when there was tight action (e.g., the Alonzo fight with Sainz) it looked right but a lot of the race just looked slow.


    Yes, I thought they showed the action pretty well
    all things considered.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to D Munz on Sun Mar 5 21:40:16 2023
    On 2023-03-05 16:57, D Munz wrote:
    I'm not sure if it was just getting back into watching or bad camera work but the cars did not look as quick as in years past to me. I noticed this mostly in the long shots and when they followed a single car around curves.

    In fairness, when there was tight action (e.g., the Alonzo fight with Sainz) it looked right but a lot of the race just looked slow.

    FWIW
    DLM

    I thought the cars looked a lot more stable today.

    We'll all got used them bouncing and we just didn't see that today.

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  • From D Munz@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Mar 6 04:28:19 2023
    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 11:40:21 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:
    I thought the cars looked a lot more stable today.

    We'll all got used them bouncing and we just didn't see that today.

    This is actually a really good point. Maybe I was seeing smooth and stable as slower.

    Until your post, it didn't occur to me that we were not seeing the wicked bouncing we saw last year.

    FWIW
    DLM

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to D Munz on Mon Mar 6 09:18:38 2023
    On 2023-03-06 04:28, D Munz wrote:
    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 11:40:21 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:
    I thought the cars looked a lot more stable today.

    We'll all got used them bouncing and we just didn't see that today.

    This is actually a really good point. Maybe I was seeing smooth and stable as slower.

    Until your post, it didn't occur to me that we were not seeing the wicked bouncing we saw last year.

    Two things were visible to me that I thought significant.

    1. The cars weren't bouncing (or only barely).

    2. The cars were running lower to the ground.

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  • From jb343@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Mar 6 11:43:30 2023
    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9:18:42 AM UTC-8, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-03-06 04:28, D Munz wrote:
    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 11:40:21 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:
    I thought the cars looked a lot more stable today.

    We'll all got used them bouncing and we just didn't see that today.

    This is actually a really good point. Maybe I was seeing smooth and stable as slower.

    Until your post, it didn't occur to me that we were not seeing the wicked bouncing we saw last year.
    Two things were visible to me that I thought significant.

    1. The cars weren't bouncing (or only barely).

    2. The cars were running lower to the ground.

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the ride height 15 mm (to help prevent bouncing). How did you determine the cars were lower?

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  • From News@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 6 14:59:19 2023
    On 3/6/2023 2:43 PM, jb343 wrote:
    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9:18:42 AM UTC-8, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-03-06 04:28, D Munz wrote:
    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 11:40:21 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:
    I thought the cars looked a lot more stable today.

    We'll all got used them bouncing and we just didn't see that today.

    This is actually a really good point. Maybe I was seeing smooth and stable as slower.

    Until your post, it didn't occur to me that we were not seeing the wicked bouncing we saw last year.
    Two things were visible to me that I thought significant.

    1. The cars weren't bouncing (or only barely).

    2. The cars were running lower to the ground.

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the ride height 15 mm (to help prevent bouncing). How did you determine the cars were lower?


    Lots of Ti rub strip sparks...

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  • From jb343@21:1/5 to News on Tue Mar 7 08:12:19 2023
    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 11:59:21 AM UTC-8, News wrote:
    On 3/6/2023 2:43 PM, jb343 wrote:
    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9:18:42 AM UTC-8, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-03-06 04:28, D Munz wrote:
    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 11:40:21 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:
    I thought the cars looked a lot more stable today.

    We'll all got used them bouncing and we just didn't see that today.

    This is actually a really good point. Maybe I was seeing smooth and stable as slower.

    Until your post, it didn't occur to me that we were not seeing the wicked bouncing we saw last year.
    Two things were visible to me that I thought significant.

    1. The cars weren't bouncing (or only barely).

    2. The cars were running lower to the ground.

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the ride height 15 mm (to help prevent bouncing). How did you determine the cars were lower?
    Lots of Ti rub strip sparks...

    Just like last year in Bahrain.

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 7 13:09:03 2023
    On 3/7/2023 11:12 AM, jb343 wrote:
    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 11:59:21 AM UTC-8, News wrote:
    On 3/6/2023 2:43 PM, jb343 wrote:
    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9:18:42 AM UTC-8, Alan wrote:

    Two things were visible to me that I thought significant.

    1. The cars weren't bouncing (or only barely).

    2. The cars were running lower to the ground.

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the ride height 15 mm (to
    help prevent bouncing). How did you determine the cars were
    lower?

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the *floor edge height* 15 mm.
    "Ride height" is not legislated.

    Lots of Ti rub strip sparks...

    Just like last year in Bahrain.

    "Rub strips" are in the plank.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    "Incineration of organic matter within it" is
    a bad feature for an umbrella. - Randall Munroe

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  • From jb343@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Tue Mar 7 12:27:51 2023
    On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 10:09:06 AM UTC-8, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 3/7/2023 11:12 AM, jb343 wrote:
    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 11:59:21 AM UTC-8, News wrote:
    On 3/6/2023 2:43 PM, jb343 wrote:
    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9:18:42 AM UTC-8, Alan wrote:

    Two things were visible to me that I thought significant.

    1. The cars weren't bouncing (or only barely).

    2. The cars were running lower to the ground.

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the ride height 15 mm (to
    help prevent bouncing). How did you determine the cars were
    lower?
    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the *floor edge height* 15 mm.
    "Ride height" is not legislated.
    Lots of Ti rub strip sparks...

    Just like last year in Bahrain.
    "Rub strips" are in the plank.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    "Incineration of organic matter within it" is
    a bad feature for an umbrella. - Randall Munroe

    Thanks Mark for the correction. If the floor edge height is raised, isn't the ride height raised (probably depends on spring rates, preload, and all that)? I guess I was wondering about the comment that the cars are lower. Can anyone confirm this
    observation?

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 7 15:45:18 2023
    On 3/7/2023 3:27 PM, jb343 wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 10:09:06 AM UTC-8, Mark Jackson wrote:

    On 3/6/2023 2:43 PM, jb343 wrote:

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the ride height 15 mm
    (to help prevent bouncing).

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the *floor edge height* 15
    mm. "Ride height" is not legislated.

    Thanks Mark for the correction. If the floor edge height is raised,
    isn't the ride height raised (probably depends on spring rates,
    preload, and all that)? I guess I was wondering about the comment
    that the cars are lower.

    AIUI the lower limit of ride height is, ideally, determined by bottoming
    / wear of the plank. Last year many teams had to run higher because of bouncing / porpoising. This year the floor edge is higher relative to
    the plank, which reduces ground effect at a given ride height - but
    presumably teams can recover some of this by running lower without
    experiencing bouncing.

    Anyway that's what I think is going on. Informed corrections welcome.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    "Incineration of organic matter within it" is
    a bad feature for an umbrella. - Randall Munroe

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Mon Mar 13 19:32:52 2023
    On 2023-03-07 12:45, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 3/7/2023 3:27 PM, jb343 wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 10:09:06 AM UTC-8, Mark Jackson wrote:

    On 3/6/2023 2:43 PM, jb343 wrote:

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the ride height 15 mm
    (to help prevent bouncing).

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the *floor edge height* 15
    mm. "Ride height" is not legislated.

    Thanks Mark for the correction.  If the floor edge height is raised,
    isn't the ride height raised (probably depends on spring rates,
    preload,  and all that)?   I guess I was wondering about the comment
    that the cars are lower.

    AIUI the lower limit of ride height is, ideally, determined by bottoming
    / wear of the plank.  Last year many teams had to run higher because of bouncing / porpoising.  This year the floor edge is higher relative to
    the plank, which reduces ground effect at a given ride height - but presumably teams can recover some of this by running lower without experiencing bouncing.

    Anyway that's what I think is going on.  Informed corrections welcome.


    That's basically the way I read the situation.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 13 19:21:34 2023
    On 2023-03-06 11:43, jb343 wrote:
    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9:18:42 AM UTC-8, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-03-06 04:28, D Munz wrote:
    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 11:40:21 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:
    I thought the cars looked a lot more stable today.

    We'll all got used them bouncing and we just didn't see that today.

    This is actually a really good point. Maybe I was seeing smooth and stable as slower.

    Until your post, it didn't occur to me that we were not seeing the wicked bouncing we saw last year.
    Two things were visible to me that I thought significant.

    1. The cars weren't bouncing (or only barely).

    2. The cars were running lower to the ground.

    The rule change for 2023 was to raise the ride height 15 mm (to help prevent bouncing). How did you determine the cars were lower?

    By looking at them.

    Particularly the rake angle.

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to Alan on Tue Mar 14 15:05:47 2023
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 8:32:56 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:

    That's basically the way I read the situation.

    lol

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  • From bra@21:1/5 to D Munz on Wed Mar 15 09:23:36 2023
    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 4:57:40 PM UTC-8, D Munz wrote:
    I'm not sure if it was just getting back into watching or bad camera work but the cars did not look as quick as in years past to me. I noticed this mostly in the long shots and when they followed a single car around curves.

    In fairness, when there was tight action (e.g., the Alonzo fight with Sainz) it looked right but a lot of the race just looked slow.

    FWIW
    DLM
    The cars look much too quick, to be honest. Spectating is more akin to video gaming.

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