Why the Bahrain Grand Prix will be the most unpredictable race in the final year of Formula 1

Formula 1 is entering a new era with the release of technical regulations that changed the aerodynamic appearance of cars by 80%, and the return of ground effects 40 years later. The rapid change made the team's efforts difficult since 2019, when changes were announced. This weekend it could be a lottery ticket at the beginning of the season, and even Lewis Hamilton warned that the Mercedes benchmark team is not ready to fight for victory since 2014.

Expectations were higher because every time F1 released its technical regulations, it represented a revival for everyone. This championship began a few years ago when the first digital concept was created and the future arrived. Those who put the most pressure on the norm and had already reached or exceeded the limit could go one step further.

Eight years ago, when Maxim underwent another radical change with the beginning of the hybrid era, it was an electric motor and another internal combustion engine. It is unprecedented in its category. Last year, in addition to his dedication to the pilot title of Max Verstappen, he won the eighth designer title.To start the game, the company that manages the Formula One (FOM) and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) category developed this new regulation that allows us to see new cars.

With the addition of new 18-inch tires to replace 13-inch tires, most of the aerodynamic nozzles disappeared and the car looked cleaner in terms of aesthetics. This reduces the overheating of the rubber and increases traction on the track, thereby improving the performance of the vehicle and changing the strategy of the pit stop.

Although the Hamilton-Berstafen duel attracted attention and offered continuous battles until the last round of 2021, the goal was to make the race more fun in terms of fighting for clues. There could not be only two or four drivers who had the chance to win. For this it was necessary to introduce alternatives such as the return of the Earth Effect, a system that allowed cars to move closer to the floor, accelerate in corners, and facilitate overtaking.

However, only three teams — Ferrari, Williams, and McLaren — know about this system. By the end of 1982, they were driving in completely different cars. Today, McLaren's Neil Oatley has worked for several engineers, such as Neil Oatley, who was a track engineer for Williams and Carlos Alberto Reitman, and conducted hundreds of hours of simulation in the wind tunnel. However, Monmelo's first car test revealed the effectiveness of the recoil and was noticeable. On the long main straight. This is due to the passage of air under the chassis. It was created by a small amount of space left in the sequence.

It was a paradigm of relaxation because of the millions of dollars that F1 operates. From this season, in addition to the salaries of drivers and chief engineers, it amounts to $144.4 million per year per team. The digital tools developed in workshops such as the NASA base could not resist the system that changed the air intake, and during this time the main focus was on the car as little as possible turbulence.

Therefore, to achieve a better air flow, a lot of work has been done on the pontoon, the side part where the pilots are located.However, since each team has submitted a solution, we mix and give it again. “We need to know Bahrain's qualifications and who will be the fastest in the race,” he said. Engineer Enrique Scalabroni spoke with Infoba.Williams , Ferrari, a technician who worked at Lotus.

Thanks to the innovation of each vehicle, I wanted to know that every car had a different vehicle. The photo of Hamilton, who saw Red Bull in Barcelona, home of his first rehearsal, went viral, and Sebastian Betel (Aston Martin) saw Mercedes in Bahrain. “Why is the pontoon of this pontoon more wavy? Or why are there so few pontoons?” They were rich in questions, and the answer was nothing more than a trial and error of each squad whose cars would change geography throughout the year.

According to a time seen in a recent test in Bahrain, thanks to this category reproduction development and method, the current car is 3 seconds slower than last year.On the same track, Stankappen set the best qualifying time at 1m28s997 in 2021, and equipped 1m31s720 with very soft tires that best fix asphalt and provide better traction and speed in the 2022 test.

But what is surprising is that Mick Schumacher, who was equipped with a Haas F1 team car, won the second best time with a 1m32s241 (soft tire), and his new partner Kevin Magnusen took 10th place at 1m33s207 (the same lineup). His team took an hour on Friday afternoon and two more hours on a Saturday afternoon to compensate for not arriving on time on Thursday morning tour.However, both were in excellent condition. It belongs to one of the two teams with the lowest budget, and Ukraine in Russia has an invasion that Mazepins Considering that they have left the most important sponsors they offer, the future of the American team is unknown.

And Hamilton? He had to be found in 16th place (1m34c141). “I don't think I'm competing for victory right now, I'm going to have a better presentation next week... but people will definitely be surprised. Remember that English generally praises the opponent's performance in these cases, opening an umbrella, putting pressure on it and fighting psychological battles.His new partner, George Russell, was the fifth (1m32s759) .So what is the reality of the German team? Is Mercedes or Hamilton hiding something?

The Red Bull of the RB18 revolutionized the previous model with a large cut under the pontoon. “They take the air from the wings, cool it, and the rest of the flow enhances the soil effect. It really went far,” he says. Another Argentine engineer Sergio Linland in a conversation with this remedy. This was the first car produced that all teams participated together in 2022.

Ferrari reached the third fastest time with Charles Leclerc (1m32s241), and although the engine has been improved, it is still too early for the typhoon to run away again in the fight for victory.

The one who squatted is McLaren. McLaren has recovered economically in recent seasons, its quality has improved with the return of Mercedes engines, took third place in the 2020 World Designer Championship, and Daniel Ricciardo, who won Monza in Italy in 2021, returned to victory.

Finally, it is the main problem that will arise with race speed and a few laps in a new car. One thing is testing, and the other is real competition. This shows what the real degradation of new tires is and how drivers cope with car rebounds during several laps that need to be corrected by engineers.

In recent years, F1 has become a game of chess, because a good strategy is worth winning and this weekend will be the first game. Radio messages are already common when some people talk about the wrong problem or talk about a hasty change in the holes that embarrass rivals. There is no favorite thing to start in Bahrain for the first time in 8 years. With the new rules for drivers to adapt to the car, the photo shows that everyone has kept the best cards for proper driving without showing what they have.

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