@mrinmaykumar03@brakeboosted He would have had to overtake a lot less cars. He was losing over 20s per lap in those first 3-4 laps and almost got lapped coz he stayed on slicks
@brakeboosted What I'm saying is Charles ended up overtaking lewis even with a front wing change and being behind coz they put him on inters at the time. If they had boxed Lewis Immediately after the start for inters like some cars did he would have lost so much less time
@brakeboosted They boxed Charles 2 laps later, Did a front wing change and Charles ended up overtaking and around 6s ahead of Lewis. So boxing lewis a lap earlier and having no front wing change would have saved him more time negating the extra pitstop times
@F1_driven It's how sporting penalties have always been applied. One could argue drivers in Lewis's position shouldn't benefit and receive a 2 place penalty just because another driver got a penalty as well. Its fairer to reward a driver who wasn't penalised. Its always been like this
@F1_driven He added another 2 clicks for the final stint as well. Probably tyre corrected but still significant to start and end on wing settings of +7 !
I often read 'The ADUO only considers the ICE power, not the ERS; Mercedes has the best ERS; that's why they got the 2-% ADUO' - but that's wrong! Read on to understand why 💡
The 🔋ERS does NOT produce energy: it simply deploys what it previously harvested. ALL energy originates from the ⛽️ICE
Harvesting happens:
-At partial throttle, when the ICE produces MORE energy than can be put down (the ERS harvests the surplus)
-When coasting or braking, using the car's kinetic energy
Having a more powerful ICE:
-Extends the partial throttle phase → more harvesting✅
-Raises top speed → more kinetic energy → more harvesting✅
Maximum power (tractive and harvesting) is fixed by the rules, and electric motor efficiency is already extremely high (90-95%), so even halving the losses yields only marginal gains
Conclusion: the most powerful ICE means the strongest ERS too, unless a team gets its harvesting/deployment strategy completely wrong!
[ADUO is evaluated using an "ICE Performance Index", calculated from the ICE's average power and the lap time's sensitivity to power. The exact formula is kept confidential to prevent manufacturers from gaming the system]
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