Adrian Newey, az Aston Martin Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will be able to run a limited number of laps this weekend to avoid the risk of permanent damage to nerves in their hands, his team boss has revealed.
The measure was introduced just before the start of the Australian Grand Prix, as the team’s cars had the Honda strong vibrations caused by the engine occur. “What we achieved for this weekend [egy megoldás]we tested it on a dynamometer […] and significantly reduced the vibration transmitted to the battery,” Newey explained.
“However, it’s important to remember that the source of vibration is the power source – that’s the amplifier. The body in this case is the receiver. A carbon frame is inherently a rigid structure with very little damping, so we haven’t been able to make progress in preventing vibration from being transferred to the frame.”
“We will have to significantly limit the number of laps run during the race until we identify the source of the vibration and can reduce it,” he added in the interview.
Alonso is not expected to do more than 25 consecutive laps AMR26without risking damage to the hand nerves, while for Stroll the limit can be even lower, only 15 laps.
A Honda Racing representative, Koji Watanabe stressed that “engineers are developing and evaluating several countermeasures to address issues identified during pre-season testing” held in Bahrain in February.
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