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[Sphere3758]

Can you please explain why we can keep up with mercs only up to 6-7 laps?

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i believe Charles was just preserving his tyres hoping to attack on the last few laps but the safety car killed that. He might have not been successful, but I dont think the Ferrari killed its tyres, atleast on Charles's car. It reminds me of Austria 2022 sprint

[woocasz]

How much do the drivers and teams control the battery deployment lap to lap versus the software doing things on its own or pre-planned?

Something that caught my attention in the interviews just now is Leclerc said the battery deals better with consistent laps than pushing to the limit, and this is something he dislikes about these regs.

A few commenters here have given differing views on how the battery deployment works, either that the team controls some or that the software decides it all. Do we know for a fact or is this just theory based on what the drivers say?

I am just wondering what he means by pushing isn't rewarded as much as consistency. Is it because the software calibrates better with a smaller delta between laps or something along those lines? Or is he referring to something with their car?

Charles: “The important thing in qualifying isn’t perfection. It’s better to stay within the limit by doing the same thing every time, rather than getting into Q3 and trying something more. It’s a bit disappointing, as it was clearly one of my strengths in the past, but I’ll adapt. It’s not a disaster, but I have to say I’m not really enjoying qualifying at the moment.”

what a shame...
still, great results form Charles
his worst track on the calendar and still beating Hamilton (tire whisperer)
Ferrari losing 0,9s on straights to Mercedes and gainig 0,6s on corners
come on Ferrari, we need a bit more on the straights

[ali623]

Leclerc was referring to qualifying. Basically, previous to these regs, in qualifying the track grips up more through Q1/2/3 hence the driver can carry more speed through the corners and the laps get faster throughout.

Obviously the track still grips up the same way now, but if the driver carries more speed through the corners, they use more energy which then kills their speed down the straights and typically results in a net loss of laptime. Because the energy deployment is set by the software, you have to do the same thing throughout qualifying. (I think)

What Leclerc is saying, is that you have to basically drive the same through the corners in Q1/2/3 despite the track gripping up so that you don't mess up the energy deployment for the straights.

This is what I was asking basically, how much control do they have over this in the middle of quali? Do they really set a specific deployment beforehand and if they try to go against it, the software gets messed up? That's what it sounds like but I haven't seen anyone confirm the specifics, just theories

I assumed that was what Charles meant in his comment, he can't push more throughout qualifying because it messes up the 'pre-set' deployment.