Ged! heyyy man hows ya. guess wad, I haven't missed that the
overevving occurs during downshifting. check out this post earlier
in the thread. its the 11th post here, when i talked about the
difference between button and sato during downshifting:
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Originally posted by [email protected]:
[b]nah... i think takuma sato is the best still... his hasnt driven
the most races but his record so far already eclipses most of his
predecessors before him. Engine failure is usually due to an
engineers fault not the driver, though it must be said Takuma is a
real fearless driver and a real treat to watch. I'm sure you have
noticed that he takes all overtaking opportunities although he
still lacks the experience to do them properly. He has had only
about 8 years worth of competitive motor racing which is really
remarkable. Primarily because of his daring and a bit careless
style of driving... he pushes the car a bit too hard sometimes and
therefore has to pit to rectify damage done. Because the engine has
to deal with the sudden increase and decrease in performance during
pitting.. some analyst said that the engine could not take it and
therefore blew up. Others say however that BAR has been testing
experimental technology on Sato's car. For example, BAR won an
award this year for implementing the first ever composite gear
box... Nevertheless, Takuma has a lot of potential and can only get
better from now on..
hmm but remember most of his predecessor did not have a good team
like he does now.
And I've got a nasty suprise for you but engine failure CAN be due
to the driver's fault. If you consider the fact that Taku had more
failures than Button, then certainly driver factor is involved,
despite what the team says. Button is known to be very smooth. Taku
is less so. You may not know, but driving a car roughly, pushing it
too hard, braking later etc, actually subject the crankshaft,
engine, etc, to undue stresses. Its not just the engine's
temperature increasing and decreasing during a pit. Let me show u a
scenario:
For a certain corner, Button starts braking 5m earlier. He is on
the brakes gentler than Taku. He downshifts slightly later to allow
for the revs to drop more than Taku does. Taku, because he brakes
late, only can start downshifting later. He brakes from a higher
speed which means his engine is at a higher RPM, and he has to
downshift faster and sooner after he starts braking than Button. At
highr RPMs, the engine is subject to more stress. So perhaps for
those few seconds of downshifting, he subjects the engine to an
extra, say 500RPMs of stress. 500 RPM may not seem like much, but
as the RPMs increase, the stress and wear increase in a non-linear
fashion. And then add to the fact that there are possibly 5 to 6
such corners in a circuit(not including the fast corners), and the
fact that this situation is repeated over and over again. You can
see why Taku's engine breaks.
I am not being unfair in saying that Taku is still too rough on the
car. Jacques Villeneuve, 97 F1 champion, is known to be a rough
driver as well. When he was with BAR Honda in 03, the same
situation was happening, in that he broke more engines than Button
did. The key to Sato improving now, is that he actually smoothens
his driving out, and he will definately improve."
