godlameroso wrote: ↑16 Jul 2018, 18:37
I'm not interpreting anything it says "Max 4MJ/lap from ES to MGU-K" How else can I interpret this along with 4MJ state of charge any time the car is on track and the unlimited arrows going everywhere else? Are you saying that ES sending energy to the turbo counts against this 4MJ? I don't think it does, nowhere does it say it does. I'm not even arguing I'm just trying to see where exactly we disagree because I honestly think it's just a misunderstanding.
Yes the "Max 4MJ/lap from ES to MGU-K" is obviusly per lap. I agree. Also you can send more directly from H to K. You can also send more energy to the H not counting the "Max 4MJ/lap from ES to MGU-K". So far so good.
But apart from all that there is another rule that says that during the whole session the b82rez can't ha ve a flutuation from max to min state of charge of more than 4MJ.
The reasons for this are IMO two.
1) If it said that the maximum ES capacity to be 4MJ it would just suck ass cause it would die with so many full charge/discharge cycles. So obviously it needs more capacity.
2) Because as stated in 1) it needs more capacity but the FIA also wanted to create a limit so they created that rule so effectively it's like all cars have a 4MJ ES for all purposes.
If it was like you think it is it would create a huge arms race to have the most capacitated ES possible. Imagine starting the race with 300MJ (I know it's impossible but it's just for the argument sake) you could deploy the maximum alowed MGU-K for the whole race without harvasting by just sending 4MJ per lap and having the value reset for the next lap. This is obviusly not the case. If it would be that way believe me we would be getting news every week that "team X just improved its ES and can now start the race with extra x MJ of juice."