Time of day and impact on lap times

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Tobias Münch, Sep 23, 2020.

  1. Tobias Münch

    Tobias Münch New Member

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    Im curious if the time of day has an impact on track performance? Is the cooler track temperature at sunrise/sunset simulated and impacts track performance. I just practice in sunset conditions and am not able to match my laptimes from noon time. My pase is roughly half a second off pace at Spa.

    I drove more than an hour to adapt to the conditions but still... - not even close to noon lap times.

    Any ideas?

    Thx, regards, Tobias
     
  2. Zziggy

    Zziggy Well-Known Member

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    According to what previously was stated in this forum it doesn´t have any effect at all, so it may just be coincidence. Maybe it is the better vision at noon?
     
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  3. Christian G

    Christian G Topological Agitator Beta tester

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    To the best of my knowledge, this is (still) the case. Track temperatures stay the same regardless of the time of day.

    I would also assume that the different shadows might simply put you off a little bit. I can relate very much. ;)
     
  4. Vale

    Vale Well-Known Member

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    There was a story about Jean Alesi crashing in a race. He was adamant that the car had a problem because he had braked at the same reference point every lap. What he had forgotten was that his reference point was a shadow on the track and that the sun was slowly setting.
     
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