Are Red Bull using traction control?
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- pezzarinho17
Launch control is a one off use device, Webber wouldn't have been planning to stop the car at the hairpin in order to launch away. He would probably have engaged the paddle operated clutch though to avoid stalling the car.
It looks dubious, but I would expect it is down to a bumpy track rather than trickery.
It looks dubious, but I would expect it is down to a bumpy track rather than trickery.
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I really just think that it may have been an instability in the chassis that caused it, because, like it's been said before, if TC caused that, there would be more than just 2 streaks. I have a personal speculation, but i'm going to keep it to myself.
Also as with a lot of these internet questions/topics there is an easier way to work it out. If the other teams haven't said anything then it's nothing. You can be sure they've seen this clip as well or learnt about it and if they've said nothing about it then they obviously don't think it's TCS either.
I get that, but I'd rather have some inside thoughts or comments of what it could be. Not one major newssite has picked up this item or mentioned it in any way. For once, we have an interesting rumor, yet major autosport news sites are posting 'news' such as "Driver A is looking forward to racing in Silverstone", "Driver B hopes to score podium finish", etc. Oh, and 20 posts about tires or the testing gate.
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If you've never driven a stiffly set-up car on R-Comps or even decently sticky tires, you'll never see it... but I've seen my share of stuttering tire tracks... that I've made myself without the benefit of traction control, on seemingly smooth tarmac. Can happen due to drivetrain oscillation, LSD settings, ultra-stiff tire carcasses... anything.
Same answer Scarbs gave here:
http://jalopnik.com/has-red-bull-figured-out-how-to-cheat-f1s-traction-con-514107361
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More to the point... if there is any possibility of it being traction control, the other teams would have raised bloody hell by now. And the evidence would be there, as all the ECUs are surrendered at the end of the race for scrutineering.
And the engine note would be an obvious giveaway. There is brake-based traction control, but that's impossible with the complete ban on ABS (and ABS is banned, too).
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If you want a poor man's traction control, you do it the McLaren way... have a second set of paddles under the paddle-shifters to alter engine maps on the fly. Flick down a few gears and a few engine maps at the same time, get a lower power map for less wheelspin on corner exit, and then flick up back to the max power map once you're straight.
Same answer Scarbs gave here:
http://jalopnik.com/has-red-bull-figured-out-how-to-cheat-f1s-traction-con-514107361
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More to the point... if there is any possibility of it being traction control, the other teams would have raised bloody hell by now. And the evidence would be there, as all the ECUs are surrendered at the end of the race for scrutineering.
And the engine note would be an obvious giveaway. There is brake-based traction control, but that's impossible with the complete ban on ABS (and ABS is banned, too).
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If you want a poor man's traction control, you do it the McLaren way... have a second set of paddles under the paddle-shifters to alter engine maps on the fly. Flick down a few gears and a few engine maps at the same time, get a lower power map for less wheelspin on corner exit, and then flick up back to the max power map once you're straight.
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