Good observation.rogazilla wrote: ↑09 Dec 2021, 16:44This is the part where I think Merc's new "ICE" really bothered me with which I asked in the Merc engine thread. From Quali point of view, you top off the battery and you run your 1 lap and it doesn't matter that you deploy every last bit of it for that 1 lap and I think Honda does that as well as Merc. In the race though, you have to recharge, there is a balance for the deployment strategy. It seems this deployment strategy in the race is where Merc has a huge advantage with right now. This is of course ignoring AERO changes. Though the pace Hamilton demostrated in Brasil specific, it didn't look like he needed to slow down to recharge (this is of course may just be the TV broadcast would focus only during action or overtaking to create such illusion). Since this is not really the topic for the above discussion... back to RBR, this is where I think Honda is saying that a new ICE itself wouldn't result in a big gain the way Merc's does.
You might be new here. But Honda (since 2016) and all the manfuacturers do what is called "extra harvest" which is charging the batteries with the MGUH even while the car is accelerating. It was on of the original advantages of Mercedes in 2014.
So all cars do this depending on how the engineers program it for the track and state of charge, engine load, wheel slip etc.