F1 | Leclerc – Vettel: the Power Unit did not make a difference – Federico Albano



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The beautiful walk of Leclerc In Q3 of Sakhir’s standings, he opens a significant gap in performance with his teammate. Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel had one Power unit quickly switched between free thirds and trouble qualification reliability, and the doubt that this replacement had a burden on the result The final of the SF1000 number 5 came spontaneously last night. We analyze in detail the data of the best lap of the two drivers to understand if this situation occurred or not and based on our conclusions it seems not.

Stalking line analysis in fact we notice that on the second straight, from curve 3 to curve 4 there is practically no difference between the two, with only 18 thousandths gained by Leclerc, thanks mainly to a better exit from Turn 2 (Leclerc’s relative microsector was the absolute best of the session).

The situation is different in third consecutive, which is between turn 8 and turn 10, where Leclerc wins almost 2 tenths of the German. At first glance, however, it is not a question of power that makes a difference, how much an initial velocity much better than Leclerc, thanks to which it manages to bring more speed than all over the straight. The initial velocity is given by curve course 7, which we have in detail.

In fact, looking at the comparison in turn 7 (bottom) we see how Vettel brakes first and reaches a minimum speed of 10 km / h less than Leclerc, this supposes a loss of 2 tenths in that section and a difference later dragged. for all the following straights as mentioned above. The other curve where a significant difference was found is curve 4, with a tenth in favor of Leclerc. Leclerc and Vettel take off at the same point, but Leclerc slightly lengthens the braking and has a slightly higher travel speed (3 km / h). Vettel goes back to gas first and minimizes the loss, but generally leaves a tenth on the asphalt. In that section, however, Leclerc makes a correction that costs him a tenth also against Bottas, as seen in the analysis of the comparison between the two.

So it doesn’t seem like there is a significant difference in power or power unit performance between the two cars, which seems reasonable also due to the rule of single mapping. By not using the map heavily pushed by qualifying, single lap usage rates are no longer exasperated but naturally tend to level out.



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