Mistake by Honda for not taking up the gearbox.diffuser wrote: ↑07 May 2026, 14:51Based on this https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... bwt8K3Epwietusch wrote: ↑07 May 2026, 10:26There's talk of a power deficit of more than 50 hp. Slipstreaming won't fix that. I haven't had the chance to watch clear on-board footage. But the fact that Alonso couldn't easily overtake him on the straights indicates a deficiency. However, it should be less than what's circulating around, and I think in a good car, it might be something that can be compensated for...diffuser wrote: ↑07 May 2026, 00:37
When you’re following another car in F1, you benefit from the slipstream, which reduces drag and increases straight-line speed. In this case, Alonso spent most of the time in Pérez’s slipstream, while Pérez didn’t have that advantage. Despite that, Pérez was still able to stay ahead for multiple laps, which suggests he managed his ERS deployment more effectively or had stronger deployment on the straights. It looked like Alonso had to conserve energy throughout the lap and then use a significant portion of his battery deployment on the main straight to get past him. If they were even in power it would have been fairly easy for Alonso to pass him.
Perhaps it lack of same amount of power, but let's not forget importance of traction. Of course, I don't know how Cadillac fares in this regard. Maybe their traction is bad too, or maybe it's better.
It sounds like they haven't been able to optimize the electrical side at all yet. Maybe that just started in Miami. So perhaps we have huge chunks of HP to recovery from energy recovery under both regen braking and throttle regen.
Aston had decided to go for a Mclaren model, guess it was too ambitious for start of regulation. The wise thing would have been for them to have the bugs sorted out in their capacity and operations by doing one for 2025.
