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The shock issue holding Haas F1 group again at race weekends
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The shock issue holding Haas F1 group again at race weekends

Motorsports May 3, 2025
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“Till we begin working, it’s fairly nerve-wracking – that’s the sincere reply.” Haas group principal Ayao Komatsu was usually frank when requested in Miami concerning the squad’s progress in understanding the instability that plagues its automobile in high-speed corners. The group fast-tracked some experimental ground tweaks for the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, shortcutting the standard simulation procedures in doing so. However whereas this appeared to mitigate the VF-25’s tendency to enter a section of vertical oscillation in high-speed corners, the group continues to be unable to forecast precisely when it would happen – and at what circuits it’s almost certainly to occur. That’s why it has to run the automobile to seek out out, which prices very important monitor time – much more damaging in dash weekends the place there is just one follow session. “In the event you had an ordinary weekend, most of Friday, or I’d say no less than half of Friday, we’re attempting to grasp if we have that difficulty or not,” stated Komatsu, “after which the place we will run the automobile [in terms of ride height, etc]. “Whereas we must always be capable to put the automobile on the monitor in FP1 when it comes to our platform, then work on tyres, work on the steadiness. However we’re kind of one session behind on that – in order that makes it even more durable for the dash weekends.” The phenomenon of high-speed oscillation has stricken numerous groups for the reason that introduction of the present ground-effect ruleset. To attain peak downforce the automobile has to run as near the monitor floor as potential, but when it will get too shut and the underfloor airflow ‘stalls’, the automobile can enter a cycle of uncontrolled vertical oscillation.

Ayao Komatsu, Haas F1 Workforce

Photograph by: Peter Fox / Getty Pictures

Mitigating this requires an interaction of aerodynamics and suspension kinematics. It’s troublesome to simulate, which is why Haas was caught abruptly when the phenomenon occurred within the first spherical of this season. Within the second spherical, in China, the smoother monitor floor and relative shortage of high-speed corners meant the problem didn’t current itself however that didn’t imply it was solved – or that the group had understood why it was taking place. Regardless of the approaching arrival of an improve bundle for the subsequent spherical, at Imola, Haas doesn’t but have a full understanding of why the VF-25 is behaving as it’s. “I would not say [we have a] fully full grasp,” stated Komatsu, “as a result of if we did, I believe we might be assured that sooner or later we will deliver an answer that fully eradicates the problem. “Sure dimensions we perceive, however I do not suppose we perceive each single dimension… there’s some query marks over how the dynamics get, for example, initiated. “I would not say we’re fully on high of it. However each time we’re working, it is higher. “If we will get that robustness and consistency, then I believe we will combat within the midfield persistently – that is our intention. Whether or not the Imola bundle achieves that or not, I do not know.”

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