Originally Posted by
pcar951
I'm wondering the same thing...Is the trend to more chassis flex really helping us go faster or, just widening the setup window?
it makes the setup window much much bigger. What you actually find is that the flex will hide some potential handling issues you may have.
If you had a track that was 100% consistent and you could test on it whenever you wanted, a stiff chassis with the perfect setup would be quicker.
However, this is very rarely the case. The majority of tracks develop as a meeting goes on due to rubber, additive, weather, etc. Meaning that the setup you had for round 1 might not work for round 2, hence why flex is now so important, it means that the car will be much more consistent through the meeting.
On another note, my car has come in at 1330g with a battery that weighs 315g!! Light is the word!!