Ferrari2007 Wrote:
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> The Williams was awful without all of the driver
> aids and stuff, I think it was the handling that
> was the big issue, especially for the first half
> of the year. I think Williams only pulled level
> with Benetton at Suzuka and Adelaide. Also Schumi
> was driving great, totally outclassing Hill, Senna
> even made a mistake at Interlagos trying to keep
> up with him.
thats pretty much as i remember it. The Fw14 and 15 were good cars aerodynamically and the renault engine was very strong, but one of their real advantages was an active suspension system that was lightyears ahead of the others. (this was then added to via ABS and traction control)
however, to make maximum use of it, their entire car had been designed around it over a number of years, thus taking it away showed problems with the design that it had effectivly hidden.
at the start of the year, it was quite unstable, particuarly at the rear making it quite a hard car to control especially over bumps.
if i recall, Sennas spin in brazil was put down partly to a mistake and partly due to the cars rear end stability over the bumps.
over a single lap the Senna/williams combo was still the quickest though. don't forget Senna took 3 poles out of 3 and Hill didn't start lower than 4th at the start of 1994.
so the apparent closeness, was partly down to the williams not being the car it was in 92+93 and the light and nimble benetton being a fairly solid alround package(ok they may have been cheating) but lets not forget, schumacher was quite useful too
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2009 10:51AM by marwood82.