I'll take your point of course if Charles says it, then it's true, it still seems strange as he literally only pushed deployment in the second straight.Juzh wrote: ↑21 Mar 2022, 19:10Dude, go watch leclerc's onboard when he came out of pits for the first time. He used whatever was left in the battery on his outlap in an attempt to make 1s gap before drs detection line, then he had nothing to defend with on the main straight. That's why Verstappen was coming at him with 45 km/h advantage. Leclerc couldn't do anything at that point but watch verstappen fly past him. He was smart second time round to just let him have inside line and then outdrag on him down to T4, but in both cases he had no charge left for main straight.dialtone wrote: ↑21 Mar 2022, 16:58Battery wasn't empty, but he sure wanted to make sure it was full by the main straight. In all attempts by VER, LEC lifted, left the door open and then proceeded to re-pass in the next DRS zone. LEC can't possibly deplete the battery in a single straight, while VER uses battery deployment in every straight with minimal recharge, and obviously in quali they deploy all lap.
He even tells Verstappen as much during his pen interview after the race
"struggling with SOC (state of charge - battery)"
These are laps 17 (red), 18 (white), 19 (yellow), 20 (green). The only outlier in terms of deployment is the second straight to T4, all the other straights are recovering energy and in T1 he's not struggling at all, he's not switching to 8th gear.