Sorry, I should have been clearer. I was talking about Sector 3, so from Turn 12 onwards. Obviously, there is a power deficit compared with the best ICE, so maybe I should have said it wasn’t just about power.
I was also thinking about the cars Alonso was trying to pass in the Sprint race, not the Racing Bulls. Even there, if you look at the throttle chart, you can see that Alonso is later and less aggressive on the throttle out of Turns 12 and 13. That’s because he lacks traction. So he starts off behind, gets on the throttle later, and is less aggressive, which means it’s normal for him to fall further behind initially, before the extra power later takes over.
Think about it: they have less power, but they’re also later and less aggressive on the throttle.
