Juzh wrote: β12 Apr 2023, 21:21
I'm like 70% certain RB didn't run full power in melbourne.
I am 100% certain as no one does.
Juzh wrote: β12 Apr 2023, 21:21
I'm basing this by looking at a bunch of onboards, telemetries and so on. I've got nothing concrete obviously, just a feeling.
Ah, ok...feeling...from onboards...
You know that they were nursing the tires like crazy? Means...they were not using full traction. No idea how you can judge acceleration...
Juzh wrote: β12 Apr 2023, 21:21
It's happened already in bahrain, so it's not completely unheard of. There they turned it down mid-race, here they were turned down already for qualifying.
This is why the ERS was so much on the edge that it put Per into the gravel?
First thing you would turn down a bit is the recovery under braking giving both drivers a nasty feel.
Juzh wrote: β12 Apr 2023, 21:21
Almost entire field was driving away from both RBs during initial acceleration. Only at top end they had advantage, but that was coming almost entirely from honda's ERS advantage.
This is normal, the Honda ICE was always the lowest on torque.
Juzh wrote: β12 Apr 2023, 21:21
As for perez, he was just slow with no confidence. Forget that fastest lap, it's meaningless. We've seen verstappen was able to dispatch hamilton at will when needed, meanwhile perez needs 15 laps to catch norris, then another few to overtake slowest car on straights.
So the car is dominant and Perez is so bad? I do not really see this.