Tech Time with Matt Somerfield November 17, 2021
Missed Apex Formula 1 Podcast
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🗓️ 18 November 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Trumpets and special guest Matthew Somerfield aka SomersF1 sit down for a mid-week special of technical tidbits before the Qatar GP. From DRS disasters to Power Unit propensities, from new track challenges to tyre taming temperatures, no rear winglet height goes unchecked in this, the latest episode of Missed Apex Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to Missed Apex Tech Time with Summers F1. |
| 0:04.7 | We live F1. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm your host Matt Trumpets and once again we're fortunate enough to be joined by the hardest |
| 0:16.7 | working man in Tech F1 Matthew Summary Field, aka Summers F1 assistant technical editor |
| 0:23.0 | at Motorsport.com who is doomed to sit down and share some wisdom with us. |
| 0:27.5 | It's good to see you again. |
| 0:29.2 | Thanks for taking the time. |
| 0:32.0 | No problem, it's great to be along again. |
| 0:34.3 | Yes, well and so much has happened in Tech World since I saw you last but it's been tough |
| 0:38.6 | with these back-to-back races to create some time to talk about the more exciting, interesting |
| 0:43.9 | and important technical stuff. |
| 0:46.0 | Yeah, there's certainly been a challenging schedule this season. |
| 0:50.4 | It has and it may not be any better next season as we all know but I figure even though |
| 0:55.2 | I kind of want to get to the Mercedes power unit. |
| 0:57.8 | Let's talk about the DRS stuff first because that's a big technical issue that happened |
| 1:02.2 | and a lot of people were very, very interested in it and maybe just help understand the difference |
| 1:07.6 | between technical infringements and sporting infringements because there is a big difference |
| 1:12.8 | in how they are looked at. |
| 1:14.5 | So let's just start with the obvious stuff. |
| 1:16.8 | What went wrong and why did it go wrong? |
| 1:19.8 | Okay, so Mercedes essentially got dinged for their DRS slot gap. |
| 1:25.3 | Now basically the technical regulations permit you to have a 10mm slot gap when the wing |
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