Emag wrote: ↑04 Sep 2024, 12:00
Vanja #66 wrote: ↑04 Sep 2024, 11:52
Is there any estimate/analysis how much time did Max lose due to lower PU performance in the race? How many laps did he drive like that?
If you assume he would be able to hold a 21.7s pace (the first lap out of the last stint), then I guess the PU would have cost him around 0.8s since his pace soon-after stabilized around 22.5s
It's the only obvious spike in laptime and it sticks out compared to the others who pretty much held the same pace they had from the first lap out on new tires, so I guess it's also fair to assume he was only limited by the PU (at least substantially so) on the last stint.
The PU problem occured earlier than that. Very soon after the first stop actually. He also had to do a 'fail' setting on the steering wheel ('fail 20 fail'). He came back about 3 seconds behind Hamilton and although much fresher tyres, he only just could match his pace, or even slowly lost out, while in the first stint he was quicker than Hamilton and even was right in the DRS before Hamilton pitted. (he would have overtaken him that lap 100%)
The last stint he started with a recharge lap, to do a 'mode 1, strat 1' fastest lap on lap 2. After that he had to cool the tyres for a significant amount of laps. I think the tyres were done after that push lap anyway, because there was never any real performance after that.
And yes, my focus during the race is 99% on the Verstappen onboard/radio, whit the world feed as second screen.