Power doesn’t scale like that to lap time. The faster you go, the less a change in percent of power makes a difference.Henk_v wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 15:191% lead on a 100 seconds lap is one second/lap lead...wvkc9nhe wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 07:15But from what I understand from Wazari-san's comments, in terms of pure ICE power, Honda is leading its competitors by 1%.AR3-GP wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 14:53The best way to understand the usefulness of the PU is to do a calculation of the "Average" power output of the PU over the race distance. I suspect this is where Honda does the damage to the competition, based on what they said last season and the changes they made for this season.
I think the value of the Honda PU is being able to run higher ERS modes for longer than competitors. This gives an incredible advantage over a race distance as you have more energy to deploy in the race than the competition.
Remember, drag is proportional to the square of velocity. 10hp at 60mph doesn’t translate to the same speed gain at 190mph.