PlatinumZealot wrote: β16 Mar 2020, 19:26
In that case, yes you are correct... Likely there is only one maximum braking value, that proportionally corresponds to the brake line pressure, and thus leg force. AND that the driver only applies the appropriate leg force as needed, based upon the deceleration that he desires. Common sense.. I guess I was over-complicating things too much Initially...
No, I don't think there is a "maximum" braking force. There is a break pressure limit related to the stiffness of the brake assembly itself, but drivers are probably not reaching it, other than in some freak accidents. There is probably an "average" maximum for any driver, which will cover, say, 95% of their braking inputs, but there are also outliers, like for example an overtake by Hamilton on Raikkonen in Monza'07, where Hamilton locked BOTH wheels on the INITIAL braking.
This value probably varies between drivers, there was an article by BREMBO on that subject. But even in that case, I believe with the help of BREMBO a threshold value which would make sense for all the drivers can be found, and there plenty examples where it works.
PlatinumZealot wrote: β16 Mar 2020, 19:26
With that said... yes.. Formula 1 likely can use the maximum pressure from the teams and set that as the max scale for the graphic... Maybe they are just too cheap or couldn't be bothered.
Probably the latter...