If they need 2 laps to cool the brakes down at the speed of their cool down lapse, there's no way their brakes will survive the race.
No I think tyre deg is low. Fastest strategy was 1 stop, hard tyre went 50+ laps for some drivers. Those who stopped twice just ruined their race - Ferrari in particular, who had a Leclerc 1, Vettel 2 early in the race but somehow managed only one driver on the podium, that driver, Vettel, stopped once. Undercut is very powerful.ringo wrote: ↑06 Nov 2021, 19:21At this rate. Hamilton needs to aim tor P2 even if its 0.5s a lap slower in Q3.
If he can pick the start and stay ahead of Max on the straights he has a chance to win.
Redbull may just repeat what the did in Texas but Mercedes need to be ready to pit earlier.
Was tyre deg a factor last year?
You missed my point, cool down laps are 40 to 45 seconds a lap slower. If you need 2 of those, there's no way Your brakes, are going to survive a race distance running laps that are only 5 to 10 seconds a lap slower than your qualifying pace. Keep in mind at race start you're going to have a lot more fuel on board at that is also going to work the brakes very hard.
Is this really true? Cars are much heavier in the race. You won't see the same peak deceleration, but top speed into braking zones will be similar (at least for quite a few turns) and corner speeds will be lower, so you have the same or higher speed delta with higher mass for most braking zones. Way more energy and therefore heat into the brakes in a race I'd say.
Kinetic energy is 0.5*M*V^2 so calculating the energy you need to dissipate is pretty easy.cooken wrote: ↑06 Nov 2021, 21:03Is this really true? Cars are much heavier in the race. You won't see the same peak deceleration, but top speed into braking zones will be similar (at least for quite a few turns) and corner speeds will be lower, so you have the same or higher speed delta with higher mass for most braking zones. Way more energy and therefore heat into the brakes in a race I'd say.