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Qatar has a surprisingly high percentage of the lap at full throttle. It's greater than Las Vegas (according to this chart?). The PU could be a factor. If the Mclarens have only used 4 PUs, then their freshest PU has done 4 GPs already if it was evenly distributed. Verstappen has the one from Brazil. It only did the Brazil Race + Saturday/Sunday in very cool conditions in Las Vegas.

[venkyhere]

Qatar has a surprisingly high percentage of the lap at full throttle. It's greater than Las Vegas (according to this chart?). PU could be a factor? If the Mclarens have only used 4 PUs, then the their freshest PU has done 4 GPs already if it was evenly distributed. Verstappen meanwhile has the one from Brazil which only did the Brazil Race + Saturday/Sunday in very cool conditions in Las Vegas.

https://i.postimg.cc/hvWkSDFd/image.png

Didn't expect Qatar to be higher than Spa, didn't expect LasVegas to be lower than Imola.
Shows that people like me who think we 'understand the sport better' than the casual DTS fan , need to swallow some humble pie.

[Waz]

It could be. I'm fairly sure "Mode" is what determines the net deployment across a lap. "Strat" may determine where on the lap you deploy.

'where on the lap' => GPS co-ordinates are woven into the control unit that sends voltage/current to the MGU-K ?
Then what about the 'overtake' button that they press ? what does it do, if it's not a manual 'where on the lap to deploy' ?

Yelistener believes GPS to locate a car's position is forbidden for purposes of mgu-k deployment strategies:

The deployment is programmed using throttle traces telemetry. GPS would require pit to car signal which is disallowed.

A good example of this was in 2015 or 16. Alonso at McHonda used full throttle through a bend at Spa which meant the ERS didn't deploy afterwards because it was programmed to recognize a lift.

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Qatar has a surprisingly high percentage of the lap at full throttle. It's greater than Las Vegas (according to this chart?). PU could be a factor? If the Mclarens have only used 4 PUs, then the their freshest PU has done 4 GPs already if it was evenly distributed. Verstappen meanwhile has the one from Brazil which only did the Brazil Race + Saturday/Sunday in very cool conditions in Las Vegas.

https://i.postimg.cc/hvWkSDFd/image.png

Didn't expect Qatar to be higher than Spa, didn't expect LasVegas to be lower than Imola.
Shows that people like me who think we 'understand the sport better' than the casual DTS fan , need to swallow some humble pie.

I guess a "by distance" chart would look more like you'd expect.

Long straights like in Vegas are completed quickly and the cars spend more time in the slow corners.

[tinuva]

Some humor


https://x.com/verstappenews/status/1994014745418998030

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[venkyhere]

Qatar has a surprisingly high percentage of the lap at full throttle. It's greater than Las Vegas (according to this chart?). PU could be a factor? If the Mclarens have only used 4 PUs, then the their freshest PU has done 4 GPs already if it was evenly distributed. Verstappen meanwhile has the one from Brazil which only did the Brazil Race + Saturday/Sunday in very cool conditions in Las Vegas.

https://i.postimg.cc/hvWkSDFd/image.png

Didn't expect Qatar to be higher than Spa, didn't expect LasVegas to be lower than Imola.
Shows that people like me who think we 'understand the sport better' than the casual DTS fan , need to swallow some humble pie.

I guess a "by distance" chart would look more like you'd expect.

Long straights like in Vegas are completed quickly and the cars spend more time in the slow corners.

Right. Good point.

[venkyhere]

Some humor


https://x.com/verstappenews/status/1994014745418998030

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They may not be the most disciplined, may have infights, revolving door at HR, etc etc.. but this is the only 'truly maverick' team on the paddock, who can't resist making a joke, even if it risks looking stupid at the end. For decades together that's how they've been. I wonder whether they will retain the same 'character' once they transform from a chassis team to a 'factory team'.