Minimizing the video on his computer, Qin Miao then opened the files in Hamilton's USB drive.
He began looking at Hamilton's teletry data for the race.
Later, Qin Miao also obtained his own teletry data from Frankie.
Qin Miao's laptop has two screens, one primary and one secondary, which allowed him to place his teletry data below and make a simple comparison with Hamilton's.
The two then began discussing the main purpose and intent behind their setups, as well as the effects after setting them up.
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Sotis people are just strange like that.
When there's no conflict of interest, the interaction between two people can be very amicable.
But once there's a conflict of interest, the relationship deteriorates, and aside from appearing together in public, they might not even speak privately.
Yet now that both drivers have lost their chances at the world championship, they can co together to discuss how to solve the issues with insufficient car performance and car tuning this season.
After analyzing the data, Qin Miao found that in many corners, his braking points were earlier than Hamilton's, and his entry speed was also faster than Hamilton's.
Although it's very slight, this difference was apparent to Qin Miao, who often watched race replays and onboard videos.
After thinking for a bit, Qin Miao asked Hamilton, "Lewis, when you're driving the car, do you feel there's anything that makes you noticeably uncomfortable?"
Hearing this question, Hamilton nodded helplessly, "There are quite a few."
"First and foremost, I can't accept the porpoising issue."
Seeing Qin Miao's expression of "Is that even a problem?", Hamilton explained, "Maybe people your age might not feel it, but as you get older, your physical condition does decline and can't compare to before."
Hamilton said sowhat wistfully, "Basically after every race, my back hurts a lot.
Besides, when braking into corners, the car always exhibits oversteer. You know how uncomfortable oversteer is for drivers like us who prefer understeer."
Qin Miao nodded, knowing that feeling when you just want to push the car to the grip limit into a corner, but the car wants to drift in, isn't a good one.
After thinking for a while, Qin Miao asked, "Have you tried shifting the brake balance towards the rear?"
Hamilton raised an eyebrow, "Wouldn't that change have little effect?"
In Hamilton's mind, the cause of the oversteer is excessive rear downforce, so even shifting the brake balance to the rear won't change the car's aerodynamic characteristics.
During corner entry and through the corner, it would still oversteer.
Qin Miao snapped his fingers, realizing the problem lay there.
"Actually, you can try shifting the brake balance more towards the rear wheels during the upcoming Miami Grand Prix corner entries."
Hamilton nodded slightly, indicating he understood Qin Miao's idea, but then questioned, "But wouldn't adjusting the brake balance towards the rear increase braking distances? That would still significantly affect lap tis."
Qin Miao nodded, "That's indeed an issue, so I usually find the most appropriate braking point in heavy braking zones during practice sessions and set the corresponding brake presets."
Hamilton nodded, knowing this would undoubtedly increase his workload during practice sessions, but currently, it seed there was no better solution.
Moreover, in the recent races, Hamilton's performance hadn't matched Qin Miao's. It's not just about the car's issues; at least Hamilton's speed lagging behind Qin Miao's suggests he's not exploiting the car's potential as well as Qin Miao is.
He's unable to fully unleash the car's performance.
So Hamilton planned to go ho and try Qin Miao's thod after work ended today.
Nonetheless, Hamilton was still puzzled, "Why would adjusting the brake balance solve this nagging issue for us? What's the reasoning?
Of course, Qin Miao, I'm not doubting your suggestion; I'm just curious."
Qin Miao rubbed his temple, "Honestly, I don't know either."
In Hamilton's bewildered and sowhat incredulous gaze, Qin Miao spread his hands and said, "I just felt during practice that this setup maximized the car's entry and exit speed in high-speed corners.
And the results proved that my choice wasn't wrong, right?"
Though Qin Miao spoke vaguely, Hamilton understood his point: Even if my approach sacrifices so speed, at least my single-lap speed and long-distance speed are faster than yours.
But Hamilton didn't mind, as it was the truth, and then switched to another topic, "Haven't you asked Allison about this?"
"I have, but they said verifying this issue requires special wind tunnel testing to know the reason, and with the current limitations on wind tunnel ti, it's not feasible to waste precious ti on my personal queries." Pausing here, Qin Miao added, "Besides, you might have noticed, entering this ground effect era, Allison and his team are a bit flustered; even the car's developnt isn't fully understood."
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