S D wrote: ↑12 Apr 2022, 18:04
Mulman wrote: ↑11 Apr 2022, 22:32
Big Tea wrote: ↑11 Apr 2022, 21:58
It did not seem 'vigorous' enough to be fuel burning. Then again, it may have been a small amount that set fire to something else then stopped with the engine
What I found odd, on the onboard from Verstappen, in the corner before he smelt someting he reported he lost the rear
out off nowhere. The braking went strange, that could point to the mgu-k? Pherhaps fuel/fire damaged the mgu-k.
If he is leaking fuel and that flow leaks onto the rear tires then could this not cause him to loose traction on the rear?
I've been looking at the onboards too, thanks Juzh, and something strikes me: He was firmly told the corner before he lost the rear to change to strat 8. My idea is that this is a lower strat than he was in because he recorded much higher top speeds on lap 37 compared to the laps before and lap 38 (lap 37 was when he heard Checo was now the car behind, he suddenly went 0.7s faster than any lap he had done up until then).
My suspicion therefore is that the higher strat use was just enough to cause a leakage due to vibrations or even MGU-K (over)heating on a car that already had multiple fuel and hydraulic system fixes in parc fermee after qualifying. Even Max said after the race they had doubts before the race whether they would be able to finish it.